I note that you do not respond about Muslim extremists but continue with your deluded UKIP bashing. Interesting.

Is this deliberate or the result of exhaustion induced by a heavy day of house husbanding?

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

Because you made such an arse of it in your attempt to compare my thoughts about UKIP. Exaggerating them to a point whereby your words, which come across as warped and ridiculous, do not deserve any kind of serious reply with regard to other matters.

Oh yeah, is this new obsession about house husbands a replacement for the fishing about my time as a teacher?

Shucks - I really must set up a Twitter account so you can follow me 24/7.

Edited by Kermit8 (17 Jun 2014 11.12pm)

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It does seem strange that OFSTED went into one of the schools, passed it, then went in the next week and put the school into special measures.

What the trojan horse affair did highlight (to be fair I don't know the whole story and have heard many conflicting reports) is that a lot of the problems were down to the fact that the schools are out of L.A control and therefore under the remit of the DFE (what happened to the tories pledge of a degree of localism during the election run up.
What is also clear is the hypocrisy of those that say it's ok to have catholic and c of e schools where the faith of the majority is followed in daily worship (a loose term) but as soon as a school starts to push muslim values it is a problem. More creeping islamophobia in the media?
Personally I think ALL schools should be secular.

I know this is the grauniad, but Sir Tim Brighouse's assessment of the affair and the implication is by far the most balanced I've read on the subject so far.

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Edited by nickgusset (17 Jun 2014 11.34pm)

Fair point, particularly re the perils of schools having been "liberated" from local authority controls in recent years..and the article by the school's (non muslim)deputy head in the Guardian last week to the effect the second OFSTED visit was a hatchet job, was interesting.His view being first hand and no less valid than anyone else's

My son went to St Olav's in Orpington, a state C of E school. Generally, a great education. But, there was a fair amount of shoving the virtues of one religion, Christianity, down the throats of the pupils, including the Jewish, Muslim, Hindu etc ones.

Its not a complete analogy with the Birmingham allegations by any means, but its an interesting thought: ban all religious state schools?

It isn't un-British to be critical of foreign policy or indeed to hold most views.

However, I repeat, to be British is to be western. If someone is anti-western then they are by implication anti-British. I think this is perhaps a question of language.

Also, I repeat, there is no hypocrisy in foreign policy only self interest. If you feel that we have behaved somehow different to any other country please name me a country that acts behaved in the same way? I'd like to research this 'ethical' country.

Also, I have to make the point here that 'we' have never 'ousted' dictators or whoever on our own without the support of groups within the country itself.

Sure we have interfered and affected results but no country.....Unless it has gone to war....Overthrows a regime without considerable help from fractions within the country itself.

Edited by Stirlingsays (18 Jun 2014 12.48am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Please do set up a Twitter account and cut & paste the below for an everyday description of your activities:

7.00 - up to make the wife her breakfast;
7.15 - told to get my arse back into bed by the wife 'if I know what's good for me';
7.18 - out of bed and dress the kids;
8.00 - post something self righteous on HoL;
8.30 - kids taken to school;
9.00 - post something self righteous in HoL;
10.00 - done the dusting;
10.15 - post something self righteous on HoL;
10.30 - wife rings to make sure I am not bashing the credit card by buying the Le Creuset Tagine I have been nagging her about;
11.30 - spoke to Pam next door about her bunions and her & hubby's attempts to have a third child;
12.00 - post something self righteous on HoL;
13.00 - Ryvita and Philly. I have got to get my Speedo body back for the holiday;
14.00 - post something self righteous on HoL;
15.00 - watch an 'Officer and a Gentleman'. Have a cry. All is ok now;
16.00 - post something self righteous on HoL;
16.15 - Kids back;
16.30 - post something self righteous on HoL;
17.00 - watch the news and feel sad about inner city street violence which is the fault of middle class white people and austerity. I can see this from being a middle class White house husband in Devon, why can't people living in the inner cities understand this?;
17.15 - post something self righteous on HoL about his;
17.45 - made dinner. It was gulped down in minutes without so much as thank you. Wonder why I bother;
18.30 - finished the clear up and made sure the kids were doing their homework;
18.45 - post something self righteous on HoL;
19.00 - got told off by the wife for buying a new Moroccan rug for the dining room. I don't care, it's gorgeous;
19.15 - post something self righteous on HoL;
19.30 - watched Eastenders. When will Sharon find love?;
20.15 - post something self righteous on HoL;
21.00 - went to bed and read the latest Danielle Steel;
22.00 - post something self righteous on HoL;
22.15 - looking forward to another day in Paradise.

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02