The Politics of Dancing

'Ofsted report into alleged Trojan Horse plot at Birmingham schools finds "culture of fear and intimidation has developed" in schools after David Cameron wades in over Michael Gove and Theresa May row' Daily Telegraph. Michael Gove http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10886674/Trojan-Horse-Ofsted-report-live.html You didn't need a crystal ball to foretell that something like the so called ‘Trojan Horse’ scandal in Birmingham schools was pretty nigh on inevitable. [1] The cosy political consensus on the value of ‘faith’ schools and the view that religion is a force for good in society in general and in the education system in particular, set in train by Tony Blair, was a recipe for the perfect storm that we have now had in Birmingham. No wonder the governors are bewildered, there they were just a few months back getting a pat on the back by Ofsted and told what sterling work they were doing, only now they find themselves excoriated for ...

David Cameron says he is evangelical about his Christian faith "Jesus created the big Society " Prime minister criticises some non-believers for failing to see that faith can give people a 'moral code' Evangelical Christianity has wrecked American political life introducing a level of public hypocrisy not seen since Caligula’s Rome. Across the world from the Indian sub-continent to Burma, from Thailand and Russia to Turkey and the Balkans religion has poisoned public life. Some states like Saudi Arabia have been turned into theocratic prisons. In Russia the Orthodox church cheers on Putin as he destroys civic society. Hostilities between faith groups tears societies apart across the planet, as Christians attack Muslims, Muslims murder Christians, Buddhists murder Muslims and everywhere turn their violence against non believers. Any possibility of a peaceful settlement in Palestine is blocked by religious fanatics on both sides, with Jewish settlers st...