The Science Secretary, Michelle Donelan, is initiating a review on the collection of gender data by public bodies, aiming to address the shift towards self-identified gender over biological sex. The Telegraph has the story.
Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference, Michelle Donelan will sound the alarm at what she calls the “denial of biology and the steady creep of political correctness”.
Ms. Donelan has been moved to act by examples such as the NHS sometimes using a person’s stated gender rather than their biological sex in data records.
The review will last six months and be headed up by Prof. Alice Sullivan, the Head of Research at UCL’s Social Research Institute.
It will analyse the collection of research and statistics by all public bodies on sex and gender, with specific recommendations to be made at the end.
Ms. Donelan will say in her speech on Tuesday: “To those who think they have the right to impose this utter nonsense on science, let this message go out from this conference hall today… We are safeguarding scientific research from the denial of biology and the steady creep of political correctness.”
She will also say: “We are making a stand before it suffocates British identity and values entirely… That is why we are depoliticising science, because science is the most extraordinary force for good – from curing disease to growing our food – [and] we must keep it that way.”
The intervention comes as the Conservative Party hardens its position on the importance of biological sex being recognised amid the debate about transgender rights.
The issue has played an increasingly prominent role in British political discourse, with all parties facing pressure to make clear how they would strike the right balance.
Rishi Sunak’s Government has long been promising to publish guidance for schools on how they should act when pupils want to self-identify as a different gender from the one assigned at birth.
But ministers have had to water down the proposals after being warned that a change to the Equality Act would be needed to implement them.
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“Researchers Find “A Considerably Negative Effect of School Closures on Student Achievement”
if they hadn’t found an effect we could have closed the schools permanently
Indeed. It could be regarded as something of a relief – it was starting to look as though modern state controlled schooling actually has overall negative effects as far as education is concerned…
That’s not it’s purpose…
Surely it’s to make it much more likely that both parents work and thus boost rents.
The major decline has actually been since it was largely handed over to private scam enterprises in the form of ‘academy chains’ – all sharp suits and pointy shoes for used car salesmen posing as ‘managers’ and ‘executives’.
Whether or no, it is vital that alternatives to indoctrination by state schools remain.
Major decline was from “comprehensive” education via a metastatic DoE
Well, d’uh!
I didn’t know there was a degree in stating the bleeding obvious.
And yet the A level results and GCSE results were the best ever?
Don’t send the kiddies to school at all, and they’ll grow up geniuses, yeah.
Not only are the government trying to cover up the harms they’ve caused over the course of this so-called pandemic, they’re also trying to confuse the hell out of people by telling them black is white, getting people to doubt their own judgment – a well known method of coercive control.
blimey, that required research
Amazing isn’t it? I wonder how much this cost us?
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive Jacinda Ardern
Sounds a bit like those bears are shitting in the woods again.
‘Researchers’ telling us what we’ve known for 18 months. This needs to end now. Don’t comply. Ditch the masks. Protect the children. Updated website with useful information, resources and links: https://www.LCAHub.org/
Off topic, but this is the latest episode of The People’s Project. One of the new and growing alternative news sources.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_11DW3zZRY
I was in a park today with my young grandchildren, family of five sitting on a bench, both parents masked up the youngest child, about 8yrs old covered her mouth and nose with both hands as we approached and walked past. Eldest grandchild 5 noticed (it did look very odd) asked “nana why is she doing that?” reply “because sadly she has very rude parents who aren’t teaching her how to behave”, grandchild ” well I think she looks very silly” he’ll go far.
Did the maskers hear and react to that?!
They were glaring at me when I glanced back
So covering her mouth and nose with hands that probably weren’t spotless, (what child’s hands are? Mine never were!), is a good way of preventing a virion or anything unhealthy entering her body. What wise parents she has! I would have said ‘Because her parents are hysterical morons dear!’
So come September, I have a couple of days off and I’m taking my son away for a break. After the shameful performance of all involved with teaching over the past 18 months they can royally do one if they think I’m paying a fine. They have completely surrendered any moral authority or high ground on this one.