Boris all but ruled out another lockdown in the House of Commons earlier and held out the prospect of a return “closer to normality” within weeks, hinting at the abandonment of ‘Plan B’ by February. MailOnline has more.
As the U.K. recorded another 194,747 cases – up 6.4% on a week ago – the PM cautioned that the growth is “the fastest we have ever known” and older, more vulnerable people are now being affected.
However, he said bluntly that the government “does not believe we need to shut down our country again”. Instead Cabinet has agreed to stick to the existing “balanced and proportionate” Plan B restrictions in England that are “taking the edge off” the Omicron wave.
The obligation to work from home where possible, as well as wear masks in many settings and use Covid passes at large events and nightclubs will be reviewed again before they expire on January 26th – but Mr. Johnson hinted strongly that they will not be renewed.
The premier was congratulated by senior Tories including Jeremy Hunt and Theresa May for holding his nerve despite pressure to clamp down before Christmas. In another boost, Nicola Sturgeon has U-turned by following England and cutting the self-isolation period in Scotland from 10 days to seven.
Challenged by another Conservative former minister, Steve Baker, in the House, Mr Johnson said he hoped that once Omicron “blows through” the country “life will return to something much, much closer to normality” and the current restrictions will “not be necessary”.
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Once they allowed climate change nonsense in, others were bound to follow. Home schooling is the only way.
Which is why they are trying to stop it under the pretence of caring about children who are no longer attending school post lockdowns.
And taxing private schools though maybe many are no better in this regard
Or Free Schools
Stop children from harming animals is certainy a much more laudable goal than get children to castrate themselves chemically. So, if Stonewall is present in schools, which it is, why shouldn’t PETA as well? I completely agree with the general direction of travel of this article but specifically, it seems very much like a call for bolting the stable door after the horse has been set on fire.
No organisation agitating for societal change to further some agenda has any place in children’s education.
It’s wearisome reading all the “time to do this, time we did that” articles – Government holds power because it has the monopoly on violence.
If people understood that, they would realise “time to do this, time to do that” wish-list is futile. The ONLY solution is to remove Government’s monopoly on violence. See history starting with the barons ganging up on King John.
Isn’t having a nominal monologue on violence fundamental to a government? I’m very much in favour of strict limits on what it’s agreed a government can do, but surely it needs to be able to pass and enforce laws?
Voters need to wake up. We have the parliament we voted for. Flavours of big state socialism.
I could get down with this type of sedate violence. Coming to a canal near you!
https://x.com/NotFarLeftAtAll/status/1915334714082152886
Lol. I know Eddie Hall has a tank but I’ve not seen a tank boat. Our town has 4 rivers and lots of people living on boats so could be a good option for us.
Brilliant!
Monologue? I’ll assume you mean monopoly.
Monopoly on violence is fundamental to government assuming you want a brutal tyranny that cannot be stopped.
You are very much in favour of strict limits on what it is agreed a government can do. Did we agree government could put us all under house arrest, stop us from going about our normal lives to “protect” granny? Have we agreed to pay more and more for electricity and not be allowed to heat our homes as we wish or drive the cars we want?
And in the event all do not agree how do you stop government imposing its will on those who don’t agree when it has a monopoly on violence?
Yes monopoly.
I struggle to imagine life as we like it without a government/state and some
level of coercion to pay for non excludable goods and enforce basic laws. I would stop there but most people seem to disagree with me sadly. Whether we will ever get to a healthier consensus I have my doubts
and certainly not in my lifetime.
Democracy will always be the tyranny of the majority (at best).
Kicking extremists out of the classroom means flushing out the truth-twisters who facilitate extremists getting into the classroom in the first place.
Stand up Stonewall against a brick wall and fetch the firing squad. Likewise the misanthrope philanthropists funding behavioural ops directed at children. Continue working up the chain of command all the way to Westminster and beyond.
It is a bit sneaky trying to present these materials as a stimulus to discussion as if the dubious propositions described above are being offered in order to encourage debate. When you’re a small child your grasp of metaphysics is very limited and so it would be difficult to contemplate the similiarity between human beings and animals. Of course when you reach intellectual maturity it is very easy to tear their arguments to shreds but they want to get in early during the formative years and essentially hijack the intellectual and spiritual development of their victims.
State Determined Education (and that includes the remaining Private Schools and Nurseries/pre-schools) has been turned into State Indoctrination.
The only solution, currently still available but now being targeted, is Home Schooling.
If you want to insulate your child from the indoctrination as much as possible, then care for them yourselves from birth until their formal education starts. Do not send them to Nursery/pre-school.
That will give you 5 years to instil YOUR values, teach them how to think and give them the ability to resist the indoctrination.
“Give me the child for 7 years and I will give you the man.” Five years is two years short, but determined parents should make very good use of that time. It will have financial and lifestyle implications, but then choosing to have a child always has and previous generations made the necessary sacrifices. So can this one.