Daniel Kebede thinks Reform UK is “increasingly likely” to take power (Alamy) 10 min read37 min Head of the UK’s biggest teaching union Daniel Kebede tells Matilda Martin that schools are the frontline in the fight against Reform – and teachers should get time off for Glastonbury Zia Yusuf told the Reform Party conference in September that the country’s schools and universities are “indoctrination camps”. It’s a claim that Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), uses to rally opposition to the party he thinks is “increasingly likely” to take power. It’s also how he justifies a drive to recruit support staff despite a TUC agreement forbidding the NEU from doing so. “Schools have become a bit of a battleground for Reform in terms of the narrative that they’re pushing,” Kebede tells The House. “I have real concerns around a Reform government, artificial intelligence, Farage’s links to Elon Musk – the Trumpians, essentially. And I would like to see all education workers, really, in a trade union, to ensure that …