Labor MPs refuse Gillard's order to go to school Julia Gillard flexes her authority over her MPs: ... the Prime Minister on Tuesday told every Labor lower-house MP and senator to take their message to parents and teachers. "All MPs and Senators are encouraged to visit a school gate around school drop-off or pick-up [on Friday], hold a mobile office and talk to parents," said the message from the Caucus Communications Team, which issued it hours after Education Minister Peter Garrett was banned from any Queensland state school over that state's objections to the Gonksi plan. Mutiny in the air: News Ltd contacted each of Labor's 71 lower-house MPs and 31 senators for their most up-to-date diary entries and less than half of those who confirmed their plans were visiting a school. Many had already made school visits this week, so weren't keen to repeat the experience, others were travelling interstate or overseas. Some told News Ltd they simply weren't doing it. This surely can't last much longer. Thanks to reader CA.