Twitter seems to have exploded with anger at the proposals:
@sharpeleven: I think @TristramHuntMP may have lost #Labour hundreds of thousands of votes with his idiotic bash-teachers grandstanding. #NoToLabour
@NewcastleNUT: Well done @TristramHuntMP 3months in post you finally find something to say and alienate the whole teaching profession at once @TeacherROAR
@senornunes: Tristram Hunt in danger of becoming more unpopular than Gove. Incredible. Teachers expect Labour to respect them and education @TeacherROAR
@itvnews: Furious teachers react to licence MOT proposal http://t.co/3NKJpLUwfK