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We must resist this, and that starts by calling it what it is: evil.
You may think this is hyperbole, trotted out after too much festive frivolity. But allow me to make my case, and to call for you to join me on the barricades.
The most obvious and egregious front of Phillipson’s war is her “review” of Britain’s curriculum. The terms of reference for the Department for Education’s review will explicitly call for a curriculum that reflects the “diversities of our society” and help produce young people who “appreciate the diversity” of Britain. In other words, old dead boring white men will be replaced with ahistorical teachings that are meant to align young people with the false but modish trends that have already had too much power in Britain today.
Just as the tide of woke is receding in its place of birth, the USA, British kids will be forced to lap up more of it here.
Beyond the curriculum “review” (as if we don’t already know exactly what nonsense it will recommend), Phillipson is determined to attack our education system on multiple other fronts.
There are the disgraceful punitive attacks on those who have scrimped and saved to send their child to a private school, whose efforts are punished with a new tax. We know that this will disproportionately hurt children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities whilst barely affecting Eton. Bridget Phillipson doesn’t care.
Or the scrapping of funding for the Latin GCSE in state schools midway through a year, hurting those few kids who dared to think they were allowed to rise above their station (and messing up their A-level chances). Bridget Phillipson doesn’t care.
Nor the removal of freedom for academies in how they teach, leading to greater parental choice and better results. Bridget Phillipson doesn’t care.
Nor the cancelling of the Free Speech Act that would help students and scholars alike at British universities have redress against the cloying cancel culture that is ruining higher education. Bridget Phillipson doesn’t care about that either.
thecritic.co.uk...
Will the people ever wake up to the gaslighting?
With 28pc of the public's vote, just 6pc more than their current support, Reform would become the largest party in parliament with just under 200 seats. In this scenario, Reform could be governing in a coalition with the Conservatives, likely with Nigel Farage as Prime Minister and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch as a deputy Prime Minister.
If their vote share increases to 31pc, Reform would get an overall Commons majority. In this case, Reform could govern on their own and Nigel Farage would be Prime Minister and able to choose his cabinet freely. This would represent an exceptional scenario, as it would be the first time in over a century when neither of the two British mainstream parties, Labour or the Conservatives, would be in power.
www.electoralcalculus.co.uk...
I'll ask again.......is home schooling NOT an option in UK?
In 2023, it was estimated that between 125,000 and 180,000 children were homeschooled in the UK, a number that is rising significantly each year. In the UK, homeschooling is gaining momentum and popularity amongst families as homeschooled students demonstrate its success, both academically and socially.
Is home schooling up to the standard of Private Education , I'd say it isn't nor is it up to State school education unless the parent is qualified , kids also miss out on life lessons and social interaction when home schooled.
originally posted by: angelchemuel
a reply to: Cvastar
Yes it is, and growing.
In 2023, it was estimated that between 125,000 and 180,000 children were homeschooled in the UK, a number that is rising significantly each year. In the UK, homeschooling is gaining momentum and popularity amongst families as homeschooled students demonstrate its success, both academically and socially.
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Council leader Milan Radulovic had been a party member for 42 years before he walked away from Labour on Thursday.
"I cannot support and will not support another centrist government intent on destroying local democracy and dictating national policy from a high pedestal," he said.
"I believe the concentration of power in the hands of fewer people and the abolition of local democracy through the current proposals of super councils is nothing short of a dictatorship, where local elected members, local people, local residents will have no say over the type and level of service provided in their area," he said.