David Blunkett has warned that there are not enough teachers to give Britishness lessons.

Citizenship lessons are mandatory in English schools only and last year, No Mandate Brown announced that he would force the indoctrination of English children with his “British” values.  He cannot, of course, insist on the indoctrination of children in his own constituency because education in Scotland is devolved.

I just sent this to the Department for Children, Schools and Families:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I see that David Blunkett has warned that there are not enough teachers trained to deliver Britishness lessons to English school children.

A lack of properly trained teachers for the subject combined with the fact that only English children will be receiving the lessons means that the project is doomed to failure.

This is the perfect opportunity, therefore, to scrap the plans to indoctrinate English children with so-called “British values” and allow them to be taught about English history, English values and English identity in the same way that Scottish and Welsh children are taught about their national history or identity.

English children are leaving school unable to read and write to a sufficient standard.  Rather than wasting time, effort and money on trying to create your Prime Minister’s artificial British identity, can I suggest that resources are instead directed at ensuring our children leave school with at least the basic skills required to get them a job?

Regards,

Stuart Parr
Campaign for an English Parliament

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