An Obituary printed in the London Times – Interesting and sadly rather true. Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He [...]
And again we see the political correctness stupid bus come into town! When is a school not a school? When it is “a place for learning”. Watercliffe Meadow Primary in Sheffield has adopted the new phraseology because it thinks that the word school may have negative connotations for pupils and parents. – Times Article, 3rd [...]
There is an excellent article in The Times by Libby Purves on how our overmanaged, system-crazy, authoritarian society is destroying common sense and initiative! I must apologise to fellow passengers on the 0731 from Newton Abbot. I may have snorted. I know I laughed, out loud and suddenly, in the dozing carriage. This outburst of [...]
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In a recent poll, 20% of teachers would like to see a return of the cane into schools. Discipline in schools appears to be at a low and teachers ability to discipline unruly behaviour seems to be limited. I have a friend who is a primary school teacher and it really shocks me what she [...]
It has been revealed that the government has been thinking of having a Central Database holding the details of everyone’s phone calls and emails supposedly to protect us from “terrorist activity”. When will this government see sense! Apart from the Government’s appalling track record with data so far, keeping a track of everyone’s phone calls [...]
On question time the question “Should the Roman Catholic Adoption agency be allowed to opt out of the new equality law” was asked. Recently, the government decreed that school children must learn about Britishness what it means to be British. How does one actually teach Britishness when it is actually something which can’t really be [...]
The question “What does the Prime Minister’s absence from yesterday’s Iraq debate say about his accountability to Parliament and nation about the war?” was raised on Question time this week. I think the problem is that his absence says a great deal about him as a political leader. I feel that Tony Blair does not feel [...]
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A 12-year-old girl in Kent has been fined £50 by her local council for not recycling a cardboard box properly! Click here to see the BBC Clip
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The media has been reporting over the last few days that a contestant has been subjected to racial bullying. There is some question if the remarks made were actually racist remarks or whether they are just ill-thought and unpleasant raceless comments. According to the latest statement from the Big Brother website; Shilpa tells BB: “I [...]