Shiraz Socialist (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
I was listening to Kenan Malik on the BBC’s Analysis discussing liberal responses to the BNP. What caught my attention especially was Chris Keates, General Secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (about 6 minutes in and transcript here.) Malik:- Chris Keates however wants to extend the idea of no platform to deny [...]
Lancaster Unity (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
The National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) is terrified by the current attempts by the British National Party (BNP) to infiltrate the governing bodies of schools in multi-ethnic communities, its deputy general secretary, Gerry Bartlett, has said. Mr Bartlett told delegates at this year's Lib Dem conference that the NASUWT remained implacably opposed to the BNP as well...
stroppyblog (Free subscription) | 29/08/2009
From Infantile and Disorderly There was at lively contingent from Queer Youth Network, injecting Pride with an important political message- LGBT liberation hasn't been achieved and Pride shouldn't be about profit at the expense of protest. LGBTory. The Conservatives cleverly erasing Trans identity with their very name. I take it they haven't heard of Section 28? Labour Party wearing some snazzy 'I've...
Let's Fly Under the Bridge (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
...of education, in the UK : Secondary schools are being fined millions of pounds a year for expelling violent and abusive pupils. ....Chris Keates, the general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, said: "Clawing back per pupil funding is understandable, as this funding should follow the child. "What is totally unacceptable is this removal of additional...
Catholic Action UK (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
Briefing. From Lifesitenews: The largest UK teachers' union wants the government to decriminalise sex with students who are over the legal age of consent. Chris Keates, the general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), said that teachers who have sex with pupils over the age of consent should not be placed on the sex offenders register. Keates called...
Dispel the Illusion (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Child protection experts last night condemned a teachers' leader for saying that staff who have affairs with pupils over 16 should escape prosecution. Chris Keates, general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, said teachers should not face jail for having sex with pupils who are over the age of consent. Her comments, due to be broadcast tonight, have outraged...
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