WWI was indeed the upper classes getting the lower classes killed by the thousand simply because they had no clue how to get out of the absurd position they had got themselves into.

Could the British Empire really have done nothing in response to the German forces invading France?

The politicians having got themselves into a war though, the generals on both sides failed to learn how technology had changed combat and continually refused to learn from their mistakes.

Michael Gove has proved he knows nothing about Education and is evidently now intent on proving he knows nothing about History.

But the real question is how did he end up in the position to be able to do this?
Was there no better candidate in his constituency?
If not, and we must assume thre wasn’t, why not?