Three recent cases illustrate what could be called a curious revisiting of some of the less encouraging moments in British History. After the crises of conflicting beliefs in the 16th century, whoever was in power would often impose penalties on those who would not or did not conform to the official viewpoint on religion. Believers…
Parents in the UK have a right, enshrined in English law and in European Human Rights law, to educate their children according to their philosophical or religious views. That includes the right to home educate. In 2007, the government clearly stated that it was the job of parents, not the state, to raise children. And…
In 2005, the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) was hailed as world leading: it did not require people who wanted to change gender to undergo a surgical procedure. Wind the clock forward 12 years. The same GRA is now seen as outdated, humiliating, demeaning, bureaucratic and in need of significant revision. Why? Under the current law,…
The Teachers’ Voice on Bullying in Schools A strategically generated hysteria claiming epidemic levels of ‘homophobic bullying’ in our schools has served as one of the main justifications for the enforcement of LGBT ideology at every level of the education system — including in our children’s classrooms. Headline findings from ‘surveys’ commissioned by special interest…
Well, it is getting complicated isn’t it? The tide has flowed in a certain way for some years now. It is standard to condemn as bigoted anyone who doesn’t share various presumptions about same-sex orientation or, more accurately, practice. We have just had a university student, Felix Ngole, lose his appeal against being expelled from…
The C of E has issued revised guidance to its Primary schools aimed at stopping transphobic bullying.The description is disingenuous. According to the NSPCC, almost all children experience bullying at some point. The main causes are identified as: religion; special educational needs; disability; being in care; low socio-economic status; young people whose mothers had higher…
Recent guidance in Scotland over “transgender“ pupils has caused a furore – and quite rightly. The new Scottish School Guidance, as reported in the Sunday Times, has been “produced by LGBT Youth Scotland and endorsed by the Holyrood government and 16 local authorities.” It quotes from a “study of more than 300 LGBT young people”…
A recent Panorama report has revealed data from 38 of the 43 police forces of England and Wales showing 30,000 reports of child-on-child sexual assault in the last four years, marking a 71% increase. They further revealed that 2,625 offences – with 225 alleged rapes – occurred on school premises, including primary school playgrounds, while…
This is the title of a recent Panorama programme, which investigated the hidden world of child sexual abuse when it is perpetrated by another child. Known as peer-on-peer abuse, it is happening in classrooms and on the playgrounds of schools (often primary) up and down the country. Is this a new phenomenon, or are we…
This morning the Daily Telegraph published the following letter, coordinated by the Coalition for Marriage and SPUC Safe at School, advising the Government to re-think relationships education in England: Parents and guardians must retain the fundamental freedom to bring up their children in accordance with their beliefs and values. The role of the state in…
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