I'd just quite like religion not to be presented as fact. Singing a hymn, or praying, is to my mind implicitly presenting religion as fact. I have no real objection to kids learning about Christ… (View Post)

That's fair enough Nigel. And I don't mind the existence of CoE schools, and actually my understanding is where they have a monopoly - which is much of rural England - they don't explo… (View Post)

On thread - electorates can be pretty forgiving when a shock is clearly external (see: covid). Although once the cause of a shock needs only a tiny amount of thinking to understand (e.g. inflation fo… (View Post)

Well yes there are some splodges elsewhere in the developed world were religious fervour is the norm (though I'd question rural Ireland, nowadays - 30 years ago perhaps). But they are exceptions… (View Post)

I just find it a bit weird having religion at all in a school. I know it was a feature of my primary schooling in the 80s, but it seemed an incongruous going-through-the-motions-which-no-one-seriousl… (View Post)