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  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    taffys said:

    ''No - the 2014 register will be complied on the old basis''

    The BBC says from 2014 individual voter registration will be compulsory for 1. new voters
    2. Anyone voting by proxy or by post.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18002966

    Impacts of this ? On the roll ? On votes "cast" ?
  • anothernickanothernick Posts: 3,591
    taffys said:

    ''No - the 2014 register will be complied on the old basis''

    The BBC says from 2014 individual voter registration will be compulsory for 1. new voters
    2. Anyone voting by proxy or by post.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18002966

    Yes - my understanding is that this means any new voters joining the register complied in Autumn 2014 will need to fill in IER forms but existing voters will not be required to comply with IER until 2015. IIRC a lot of the IER data will be derived from existing databases (eg DWP) so most voters will not need to complete IER forms because their data will be picked up from elsewhere.
  • Life_ina_market_townLife_ina_market_town Posts: 2,319
    edited November 2013
    Pulpstar said:

    I'm looking through the various 1800 slave acts - all seem to be concerned with the 'trading' of slaves. SO far as I am aware noone was 'traded' here... What laws have actually been broken up to 2010 ?

    Slavery was unlawful in England long before the decision to abolish the overseas slave trade (Somerset v Stewart [1772] 98 ER 499, 510). Unlawful and intentional (or reckless) restraint of a person’s freedom of movement from a particular place is false imprisonment against the common law, and an offender is liable to imprisonment for life.

  • TheWatcherTheWatcher Posts: 5,262
    edited November 2013
    Scott_P said:

    @ITVRichard: An announcement from the Bank of England on Co-op Bank coming in the next 25 mins, I gather.

    "Don't Panic!"

    Anything to do with this?

    'The FRC was also looking at areas including the bank's disclosures on its loan impairments.'

    http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/22/uk-britain-coop-accounting-idUKBRE9AL0CN2013112

  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    Good media management :D

    Gerard Tubb ‏@TubbSky 2m
    Paul Flowers' solicitor is the former chair of NE Leeds Labour Party http://www.andyhollassolicitor.com/#!about2/c4nz
  • richardDoddrichardDodd Posts: 5,472
    edited November 2013
    Is that the sound of massive shredding coming from the Co-op HQ...
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @bankofengland: News Release - Statement regarding the Co-operative Bank http://t.co/nczz4GsfBv
  • AMENDMENT to heading

    There are SIX months to go - not FIVE
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @michaelsavage: Inquiry to be "led by an independent person appointed by the regulators, with the approval of the Treasury". Osborne veto...
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633

    AMENDMENT to heading

    There are SIX months to go - not FIVE

    Show us the tables !!!
  • SeanT said:

    Anyone got an idea for a really amazing, tense, stunning, high concept literary thriller they don't need? I'm paying cash money. £5 minimum. Maybe more.

    Just to say Sean thank you for your generous donation to Wednesday's PB gathering. We did toast you and someone took a video of this great moment.

  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @Sun_Politics: BREAKING: Chancellor confirms independent inquiry into events at Co-op Bank & circumstances surrounding them from 2008 to present.

    @Sun_Politics: The FCA and PRA are considering whether they should also launch formal enforcement investigations, which will delay the start of an inquiry.
  • richardDoddrichardDodd Posts: 5,472
    edited November 2013
    MS..Lets hope he stays there..
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited November 2013
    I'm sure we can expect the three main parties (in terms of Westminster seats) to spend the next six months talking up UKIP to a ridiculous extent so that no matter how well they do it'll seem like a bad result for Farage's party by comparison, or at least that's the plan. Of course the fact that they're bothering to do so in the first place is a tacit acknowledgement of UKIP's new-found importance on the political scene.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited November 2013
    Council areas where UKIP topped the poll at the last Euro elections in 2009:

    Hartlepool
    Hull
    Dudley
    Newcastle-under-Lyme
    Stoke-on-Trent
    North Devon
    Plymouth
    Torbay
    Torridge

    http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/.../rp2009/rp09-053.pdf
  • TheWatcherTheWatcher Posts: 5,262
    edited November 2013
    tim said:

    "The ex-Bank of England Governor warned of a "political desire" for the Co-op to buy 630 branches, Sky News learns.

    "George Osborne, the Chancellor, and Lloyds directors including Sir Win Bischoff, its chairman, have consistently denied any attempt by ministers to influence the outcome of the auction."

    http://news.sky.com/story/1172417/king-warned-of-political-push-for-co-op-deal

    Unlike George to shoot off both his feet in an attempt to score a political hit.

    Sky running film of George being remarkably enthusiastic about the Co Op-Lloyds deal in 2012

    Would you rather that any potential wrong doing at Co Op Bank was left under the carpet?

    Actually, don't bother replying. We know that you're useless with anything financial.
  • MarkSeniorMarkSenior Posts: 4,699
    AndyJS said:

    Council areas where UKIP topped the poll at the last Euro elections in 2009:

    Hartlepool
    Hull
    Dudley
    Newcastle-under-Lyme
    Stoke-on-Trent
    North Devon
    Plymouth
    Torbay
    Torridge

    http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/.../rp2009/rp09-053.pdf

    And how well did they do in those areas in the 2010 GE and how many seats in those areas did they win in the 2011 to 2013 local elections ?
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    UKIP must be confident of topping the poll in one London borough given the following result last time:

    Havering, 2009 Euro election:

    Con: 17,303
    UKIP: 15,737
    BNP: 8,627
    Lab: 6,596
    LD: 3,940
    Green: 3,479
    Others: 5,722
  • anothernickanothernick Posts: 3,591
    AndyJS said:

    UKIP must be confident of topping the poll in one London borough given the following result last time:

    Havering, 2009 Euro election:

    Con: 17,303
    UKIP: 15,737
    BNP: 8,627
    Lab: 6,596
    LD: 3,940
    Green: 3,479
    Others: 5,722

    But there will be local elections in Havering in 2014 - there weren't last time. The Tories dominate the Council so it would be a real turn-up if they didn't top the Euro poll as well.
  • TheWatcherTheWatcher Posts: 5,262
    edited November 2013
    tim said:

    tim said:

    "The ex-Bank of England Governor warned of a "political desire" for the Co-op to buy 630 branches, Sky News learns.

    "George Osborne, the Chancellor, and Lloyds directors including Sir Win Bischoff, its chairman, have consistently denied any attempt by ministers to influence the outcome of the auction."

    http://news.sky.com/story/1172417/king-warned-of-political-push-for-co-op-deal

    Unlike George to shoot off both his feet in an attempt to score a political hit.

    Sky running film of George being remarkably enthusiastic about the Co Op-Lloyds deal in 2012

    Would you rather that any potential wrong doing at Co Op Bank was left under the carpet?

    Actually, don't bother replying. We know that you're useless with anything financial.
    Osbornes attempts at being clever are always amusing, the fantasy LIBOR conspiracy aimed at Labour which ended up with the boss of the LIBOR rigging company turning out to be a £5m Tory donor and Treasurer being a particularly funny example.

    Perhaps he'd forgotten he was lobbying hard for the Co Op Bank and had been filmed welcoming the deal that fell apart
    Was Michael Spicer directly involved?

    It was good that ICAP were fined fined $87m / £54m by UK & US regulators and 3 traders charged, don't you agree?

    I look forward to more prosecutions for wrong doing in the banking and finance industry.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @JGForsyth: Co-Op inquiry can compel witnesses and has contempt powers. Next question is, will it sit in public?
  • anotherDaveanotherDave Posts: 6,746
    AndyJS said:

    I'm sure we can expect the three main parties (in terms of Westminster seats) to spend the next six months talking up UKIP to a ridiculous extent so that no matter how well they do it'll seem like a bad result for Farage's party by comparison, or at least that's the plan. Of course the fact that they're bothering to do so in the first place is a tacit acknowledgement of UKIP's new-found importance on the political scene.

    UKIP have talked up their own chances of winning the 2014 EU elections. That's one of their explicit targets.

    They also talked up their chances before the 2013 local elections.

  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633
    What a coincidence that Labour souces of funding - unions and the co op have been stitched up like a kipper.

    Phase 3 will be....
  • anotherDaveanotherDave Posts: 6,746
    DavidL said:

    My guess is that UKIP will come 3rd behind Labour and the tories in that order. I think the bubble is deflating now.

    UKIP membership passed 32,000 the other day. They started the year on ~20,000.

    twitter.com/UKIP/status/402782625531568128
  • isamisam Posts: 41,118
    edited November 2013

    AndyJS said:

    UKIP must be confident of topping the poll in one London borough given the following result last time:

    Havering, 2009 Euro election:

    Con: 17,303
    UKIP: 15,737
    BNP: 8,627
    Lab: 6,596
    LD: 3,940
    Green: 3,479
    Others: 5,722

    But there will be local elections in Havering in 2014 - there weren't last time. The Tories dominate the Council so it would be a real turn-up if they didn't top the Euro poll as well.
    UKIP won Gooshays ward in Havering this year, and headlines like this on the front of todays local paper will highlight immigration fears

    http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/black_and_white_council_staff_won_t_be_able_to_work_together_says_rainham_councillor_as_havering_and_newham_councils_to_merge_services_1_3028478
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395

    DavidL said:

    My guess is that UKIP will come 3rd behind Labour and the tories in that order. I think the bubble is deflating now.

    UKIP membership passed 32,000 the other day. They started the year on ~20,000.

    twitter.com/UKIP/status/402782625531568128
    UKIP will probably be helped in their quest for a larger membership by the greater propensity of older people to join political parties.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,411
    Completely Off-topic:

    http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/11/collision-course

    Cymrugel's commnt at the end is hilarious.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,916
    Live coverage from Dallas of the JFK commemorations which have just started
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25049473?post_id=856630313_10153563708545314#_=_
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,411
    isam said:

    AndyJS said:

    UKIP must be confident of topping the poll in one London borough given the following result last time:

    Havering, 2009 Euro election:

    Con: 17,303
    UKIP: 15,737
    BNP: 8,627
    Lab: 6,596
    LD: 3,940
    Green: 3,479
    Others: 5,722

    But there will be local elections in Havering in 2014 - there weren't last time. The Tories dominate the Council so it would be a real turn-up if they didn't top the Euro poll as well.
    UKIP won Gooshays ward in Havering this year, and headlines like this on the front of todays local paper will highlight immigration fears

    http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/black_and_white_council_staff_won_t_be_able_to_work_together_says_rainham_councillor_as_havering_and_newham_councils_to_merge_services_1_3028478
    Are you sure ? I'd have thought if you picked out a random black person and a random white person in Newham that the white person was more likely to be an immigrant from Eastern Europe or somewhere than the black person...

    Well that is my perception anyway.
  • Life_ina_market_townLife_ina_market_town Posts: 2,319
    edited November 2013
    HYUFD said:

    Live coverage from Dallas of the JFK commemorations which have just started

    The idolatry of Kennedy is repulsive.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,916
    Silence now breaks out across America and the bells toll as exactly 50 years' ago JFK was assassinated. A military choir sings 'America The Beautiful' in the background
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,916
    edited November 2013
    Lifeinamarkettown - Kennedy had his faults, but there is no doubt no politician in history has had more appeal or charisma or inspired more interest across the planet than him and the nature of his death elevated him almost to sainthood.
  • isamisam Posts: 41,118
    Pulpstar said:

    isam said:

    AndyJS said:

    UKIP must be confident of topping the poll in one London borough given the following result last time:

    Havering, 2009 Euro election:

    Con: 17,303
    UKIP: 15,737
    BNP: 8,627
    Lab: 6,596
    LD: 3,940
    Green: 3,479
    Others: 5,722

    But there will be local elections in Havering in 2014 - there weren't last time. The Tories dominate the Council so it would be a real turn-up if they didn't top the Euro poll as well.
    UKIP won Gooshays ward in Havering this year, and headlines like this on the front of todays local paper will highlight immigration fears

    http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/black_and_white_council_staff_won_t_be_able_to_work_together_says_rainham_councillor_as_havering_and_newham_councils_to_merge_services_1_3028478
    Are you sure ? I'd have thought if you picked out a random black person and a random white person in Newham that the white person was more likely to be an immigrant from Eastern Europe or somewhere than the black person...

    Well that is my perception anyway.
    You could well be right, I am not claiming to be sure. But I am guessing that readers of the Romford Recorder will fear that Havering is on its way to becoming like Newham after reading todays paper, and that is not a vote winner.

  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,411
    Hmm I'd love to know who is backing the draw at 7.0 - 8.0...
  • TGOHF said:

    What a coincidence that Labour souces of funding - unions and the co op have been stitched up like a kipper.

    Phase 3 will be....

    So, if the co-op cannot lend, and Unite start to dictate the terms or withdraw their funding. No, nobody would do that, or would they?
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,300
    edited November 2013
    @Life_ina_market_town One of the most interesting lectures I went to was a deconstruction of the Camelot mythology. In the corruption stakes JFK could teach Nixon a thing or two. The voting in Chicago appears to be more bent than a boomerang.
  • HYUFD said:

    Live coverage from Dallas of the JFK commemorations which have just started

    The idolatry of Kennedy is repulsive.
    I wouldn't call it "repulsive" - as with all myths what is fascinating is watching humanity seek to extract some greater meaning from random acts of violence - best summed up by The Onion headline - "world's biggest metaphor strikes iceberg". History will give JFK all he deserves - truth is the daughter of time.

  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    edited November 2013
    Why is/was Kennedy so popular? Seems to be just because he was younger and better looking than previous presidents. I'm not impressed by those qualities: all they meant was that he got his dick attended to by Marilyn Monroe.
  • AndyJS said:

    Why is/was Kennedy so popular? Seems to be just because he was younger and better looking than previous presidents. I'm not impressed by those qualities: all they meant was that he got his dick attended to by Marilyn Monroe.

    He had a glamorous widow who cultivated his myth. Had he not died his chances of being a one term failure would have been high.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,916
    SeanT - Yes, you are right, as Gore Vidal once quipped when told of the death of Truman Capote 'a good career move!'
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Pulpstar said:

    Crikey, look at this CV:

    http://www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2013/03/Julian_Knight_selected_for_Solihull.aspx

    Independent, BBC. But he is going for the Conservatives, NOT the Lib Dems in Solihull ^^;

    Nigel Knowles has been selected for Labour in Solihull, which completes the 3 party lineup with Lorely Burt standing again for the LDs.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,916
    SeanT The comparison with Diana is apt, her death was the biggest shock since Kennedy's and has inspired similar conspiracy theories. Of course the religious point is also valid, connected as it is to the death of a young carpenter and preacher by crucifixion 2000 years ago
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Pulpstar said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Crikey, look at this CV:

    http://www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2013/03/Julian_Knight_selected_for_Solihull.aspx

    Independent, BBC. But he is going for the Conservatives, NOT the Lib Dems in Solihull ^^;

    Does this make it look more likely that Lorely will be going for a Burton then?
    Solihull is CON gain nailed on next GE.
    Are you joking? Everyone said that in 2010.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,916
    dr spyn Both the Kennedy's, Nixon and LBJ were whiter than white, it helped Carter get in that he was whiter than white after the scandals of preceeding presidencies, despite being mediocre
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    A couple of days ago Labour almost caught up with no majority on Betfair but the gap has widened again now slightly:

    No maj: 2.50
    Lab maj: 2.66
    Con maj: 4.30

    http://www.betfair.com/exchange/politics/market?id=1.101416490
  • AndyJS said:

    Why is/was Kennedy so popular? Seems to be just because he was younger and better looking than previous presidents. I'm not impressed by those qualities: all they meant was that he got his dick attended to by Marilyn Monroe.

    He had a glamorous widow who cultivated his myth. Had he not died his chances of being a one term failure would have been high.
    Cue the old Mao Tse Tung story ...

    "Chairman Mao, what would it have meant to world history if President Brezhnev had been shot instead of President Kennedy ?"
    "Well, for one thing, I don't think Mr Onassis would have married Mrs Brezhnev."

  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,916
    Carlotta Kennedy would have beaten Goldwater no matter what, even if his legacy may be more of an Obama let down to the hopes given it
  • VerulamiusVerulamius Posts: 1,550
    edited November 2013
    Good blog by Hopi Sen on the 2010 lib dems who currently don't know how they will vote. About 6% of votes are up to be caught. Www.hopisen.com
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633

    HYUFD said:

    Live coverage from Dallas of the JFK commemorations which have just started

    The idolatry of Kennedy is repulsive.
    Agree - lefty shagger who achieved not much.

    Like Obama -but unfaithful to his wife.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,916
    Quinnipiac Florida 2016

    •Hillary Clinton (D) 47% [50%] (51%)
    •Jeb Bush (R) 45% [43%] (40%)

    •Hillary Clinton (D) 45%
    •Chris Christie (R) 41%

    •Hillary Clinton (D) 50% [53%] (52%)
    •Marco Rubio (R) 43% [41%] (41%)

    •Hillary Clinton (D) 50%
    •Paul Ryan (R) 42%

    •Hillary Clinton (D) 51%
    •Rand Paul (R) 41%

    •Hillary Clinton (D) 52%
    •Ted Cruz (R) 36%

    2016 GOP primary Florida

    •Jeb Bush 22%
    •Marco Rubio 18%
    •Chris Christie 14%
    •Ted Cruz 12%
    •Rand Paul 9%
    •Paul Ryan 6%
    •Bobby Jindal 3%
    •Scott Walker 2%
  • AndyJS said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Crikey, look at this CV:

    http://www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2013/03/Julian_Knight_selected_for_Solihull.aspx

    Independent, BBC. But he is going for the Conservatives, NOT the Lib Dems in Solihull ^^;

    Does this make it look more likely that Lorely will be going for a Burton then?
    Solihull is CON gain nailed on next GE.
    Are you joking? Everyone said that in 2010.
    Not everyone:

    " ANDY JS
    LD gain, maj – 4,000
    May 6th, 2010 at 1:27 pm "

    IIRC I was non-commital.


  • fitalassfitalass Posts: 4,320
    Despite the Guardian spin on this story, I think that this move by Hunt just emphasises yet again his hands approach and connection with the NHS coalface.

    Guardian -Jeremy Hunt personally calls hospital bosses over A&E times

    "Jeremy Hunt has taken the unprecedented step of personally calling hospital bosses to ask why they have been breaching the NHS-wide target of treating 95% of A&E patients within four hours.

    The health secretary's intervention comes amid growing evidence that pressures on the service are increasing as it heads into what doctors and NHS leaders fear will be its toughest winter ever.

    Bed blocking has reached record levels while the number of cancelled operations and delays to patients being transferred are higher than last year, according to new official NHS England performance data.

    NHS insiders said Hunt's decision to ask five hospital trust bosses to explain why they had not met the 95% target, revealed by the Health Service Journal, showed that he is worried about the NHS being overwhelmed this winter and risked alienating and demotivating frontline staff.

    It follows David Cameron's summoning of the leaders of the two organisations that supervise England's 161 hospital trusts, and also of the NHS care watchdog the Care Quality Commission, to discuss the performance of A&E units."
  • FinancierFinancier Posts: 3,916
    More nonsense from South Staffs

    Parents today accused a primary school of trying to 'blackmail' them after they were told their children would be marked down for racial discrimination if they did not attend a workshop on Islam.

    The headmistress of Littleton Green Community School, in Huntington, Staffordshire, wrote to parents telling them about the school trip to the Explore Islam workshop at Staffordshire University next week.

    They were told the Years Four and Six children would be looking at religious artefacts on their visit - and threatened with being labelled as racists 'throughout their school career' if they did not go.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2511841/School-wrote-parents-telling-year-olds-attend-workshop-Islam--branded-RACIST-permanent-record.html#ixzz2lP9r1X3F
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  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,916
    No Offence Alan Classic!
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Financier said:

    More nonsense from South Staffs

    Parents today accused a primary school of trying to 'blackmail' them after they were told their children would be marked down for racial discrimination if they did not attend a workshop on Islam.

    The headmistress of Littleton Green Community School, in Huntington, Staffordshire, wrote to parents telling them about the school trip to the Explore Islam workshop at Staffordshire University next week.

    They were told the Years Four and Six children would be looking at religious artefacts on their visit - and threatened with being labelled as racists 'throughout their school career' if they did not go.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2511841/School-wrote-parents-telling-year-olds-attend-workshop-Islam--branded-RACIST-permanent-record.html#ixzz2lP9r1X3F
    Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

    And this is from one of the most Tory councils in the country. South Staffs was one of a handful of councils which remained Conservative in 1995.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    First Ashes Test, Brisbane — Betfair:

    Australia: 1.2
    England: 29
    Draw: 7.2

    http://sports.betfair.com/?mi=100735574&ex=2&origin=SNG

    Draw might be value.
  • MarkSeniorMarkSenior Posts: 4,699

    Good blog by Hopi Sen on the 2010 lib dems who currently don't know how they will vote. About 6% of votes are up to be caught. Www.hopisen.com

    I have been mentioning this for quite some time . What has gone unremarked upon is that 15% of 2010 Conservatives are currently telling pollsters Don't Know as to their VI which is around 5% of the electorate . Labour are faring rather better but even so their figure for Don't Knows is around 10%
  • MrJonesMrJones Posts: 3,523
    edited November 2013
    SeanT said:

    Anyone got an idea for a really amazing, tense, stunning, high concept literary thriller they don't need? I'm paying cash money. £5 minimum. Maybe more.

    Global loan-sharking. Bankstas bribing national politicians to fiddle the books and run up huge national debts and then when it all goes bang the same bankstas swoop in to loot / privatize all the state assets.

    Pretty much all of the EU countries around the non-northern edges and even some in the middle could provide tons of research material.

    Bit like Elroy James but current - lots of sociopaths and lots of people with vices and weaknesses being black-mailed by the sociopaths. If you were feeling lazy you could prob lift a lowlife mafia loan-sharking story whole and rework it into a highlife banksta story as they're exactly the same under the surface.

    edit: the catalyst could be one of the politicians involved was a massive narcissist and although he went along with it at the time now he's retired he's more worried about how despised he'll be in the history books. throw in a few scenes set in bunga bunga parties and people being filmed indulging in their vices for blackmail and there's the spice.
  • JohnOJohnO Posts: 4,291
    AndyJS said:

    Financier said:

    More nonsense from South Staffs

    Parents today accused a primary school of trying to 'blackmail' them after they were told their children would be marked down for racial discrimination if they did not attend a workshop on Islam.

    The headmistress of Littleton Green Community School, in Huntington, Staffordshire, wrote to parents telling them about the school trip to the Explore Islam workshop at Staffordshire University next week.

    They were told the Years Four and Six children would be looking at religious artefacts on their visit - and threatened with being labelled as racists 'throughout their school career' if they did not go.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2511841/School-wrote-parents-telling-year-olds-attend-workshop-Islam--branded-RACIST-permanent-record.html#ixzz2lP9r1X3F
    Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

    And this is from one of the most Tory councils in the country. South Staffs was one of a handful of councils which remained Conservative in 1995.
    Education is the responsibility of Staffordshire County Council not that of the South Staffs District Council. The article refers to SCC intervening.
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