Posted on 06/22/2009 8:48:50 PM PDT by Lorianne
A possible ban on teachers in England from being members of the British National Party is under consideration, a government spokesman has confirmed.
A spokesman for the Department for Children, Schools and Families says ministers are investigating a ban.
But the profession's watchdog, the General Teaching Council, has said membership of a legal party cannot be seen as "unprofessional conduct".
A BNP spokesman said moves for such a ban were "naked intimidation".
There have been calls from teachers' unions for a ban on teachers belonging to the BNP.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Ah, where are Thatcher and Reagan when we need them.
The UK Labour Party and Lib Dems police state. The Tories should speak up. East Germany was less of a police state and the crime and corruption was less than the UK.
These are all they types of behaviors that I was told as a child only happened in the Soviet Union. I thought the US and the UK were nations of freedom. How silly of me.
It was unfair that such proposed restrictions would not apply to extreme left-wing teachers, the party's spokesman argued.
I have no truck with the BNP, but it seems to me if the Communists and Socialists are free to spew in their public schools, the BNP people should be able to hold their beliefs without government censure. The UK is creating a thought crime and punishing people for it. The British are watching their freedom evaporate at an accelerated pace.
“I have no truck with the BNP, but it seems to me if the Communists and Socialists are free to spew in their public schools, the BNP people should be able to hold their beliefs without government censure.”
Exactly. I’m not a fan of the BNP, but they are no worse than many of the ‘mainstream’ left parties.
Just wow! Can't teach the children because of an incorrect political affiliation.
Sounds familiar. Somthing from the late 30's, early `40's
Yea...
“The British are watching their freedom evaporate at an accelerated pace.”
The majority of us on here just got put on a terrorist watch list.
I think the EU generally want to impose a level of thought control on people. Criticism of Islam, immigration, or multi-culturalism is beyond the terms of acceptable discourse.
This will backfire, guaranteed.
When I read outrageous things like this, I console myself with the thought that for every action there is an equal and opposition reaction (with apologies to Sir Isaac). The pendulum swings both ways.
The BNP, for the record are National Socialists. They are hard left xenophobes.
Almost all of their votes are disaffected Labour voters.
That said, no government should be able to prevent someone from holding a job because of their politics. I can only think of a few very specific exceptions to that.
Leftists are thugs at heart the world over, from English schoolmarms to Stalin.
“When I read outrageous things like this, I console myself with the thought that for every action there is an equal and opposition reaction (with apologies to Sir Isaac). The pendulum swings both ways.”
Haha, that’s true. I hope the pendulum starts to swing back sooner rather than later.
Utter nonsense...
Throw the Muslims out of Britain.
The BNP stands up for England. If only we had a party like it here in the US. Instead we’ve got globalist party#1 and globalist party#2. The push is on to make all of the West obsolete and it’s citizen too.
"xenophobes"...Hmmm that sounds familiar. Oh yeah like being a 'racist" in America. I guess FR has it's share of Marxist too.
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