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[Politics] The 2024 US Election - *MATCH DAY*
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dsr-burnley
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And also with parents. In terms of "who knows most about educating a child", both teachers and parents are surely ahead of the person in Whitehall.
Cordwainer
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Strong Deliverance vibes.
portslade seagull
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The madmen have taken over the Asylum
Withdean11
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It’s the person in parliament that I am worried about. The false scare claims around gender and trans issues being taught or talked about in schools from the Tories, Refrom and right wing media politicised education to an unacceptable level. Perhaps an independent regulator should lead on this with input from parent groups, pedagogy academics and teaching unions. Going back to the main point, this might be a saving to the tax payer if the DoE and Secretary of State for Education were taken out of the process.
dsr-burnley
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False scare claims? On the last couple of days it has come out that over 100 local authorities are asking parents to fill in what gender their children identify with, on their infant school applications. They are talking about three and four year olds here. The children may identify as a boy or a girl (or a teddy bear or a pony or Thomas the Tank Engine, none of which had an available box to tick).
Tell us your three-year-old’s preferred gender when picking school, parents told
Critics brand admissions question ‘totally inappropriate’ after it is asked by more than 100 local authorities across UK
www.telegraph.co.uk
To me that's a bit like saying - "we amputated 3 of his limbs but he's still alive, so..."?
Many people think Twitter is far worse than it used to be, miles more bots etc.
5Ways Gull
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On a slightly lighter note I saw an article on line this morning about Agent Orange's youngest son, Barron. Is it just me or does anyone else look at the name Barron Trump and think there is a "von" missing somewhere?
Cordwainer
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Strong Greg Succession vibes.
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nicko31
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Feels like giving Paul Dacre the nuke codes for fun.
And Musk is going to be like Ester McClueless on steriods
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
BadFish
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Quite right, those bloody Chagosians don't deserve their island back.
Stolen from them fair and square it was.
BadFish
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Isnt that now the standard wording on most/all forms now?False scare claims? On the last couple of days it has come out that over 100 local authorities are asking parents to fill in what gender their children identify with, on their infant school applications. They are talking about three and four year olds here. The children may identify as a boy or a girl (or a teddy bear or a pony or Thomas the Tank Engine, none of which had an available box to tick).
Tell us your three-year-old’s preferred gender when picking school, parents told
Critics brand admissions question ‘totally inappropriate’ after it is asked by more than 100 local authorities across UK
Sorry but I am struggling to get to outraged about this. Asking the question like this makes no difference to nearly all parents and makes the form a little easy to those few parents who have chosen to bring their children up gender neutral.
You really need an agenda on this issue to find it shocking and your last bracketed sentence highlights yours.
dsr-burnley
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What Starmer is proposing is nothing to do with giving the Chagossians their islands back. What Starmer is proposing is that the UK will withdraw as their colonial overlords, if you like, and will instead make Mauritius the colonial overlords in our place. Mauritius being not much more than a thousand miles away from the islands.
The Chagossian people haven't been consulted.
BadFish
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Ah interesting, I'll be honest this morning was the first I heard of it. Thanks for the info.
Are the Chagosians still around, they were treated pretty badly in Mauritius from what I recall.
Mostly sleeping homeless or in temporary accommodation around Gatwick / Crawley
BadFish
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Is that true? Lots ended up over there?Mostly sleeping homeless or in temporary accommodation around Gatwick / Crawley
So sad.