There are several good reasons why those who want the UK to remain within the EU should be cautious about calling for a second referendum. These include: 1. the referendum was legally a consultation, calling for a second toss of the coin suggests that it over-rode the duty of elected members to decide, which is…
A lurch towards more religious segregation in schools?
The appointment of Damian Hinds as Secretary of State for Education in the mid-January cabinet re-shuffle threatens further expansion of religious segregation in publicly funded schools. Plans to remove the 50% ceiling on religion-based admissions were put forward by the Government in a Green Paper in 2016, but were put on ice by the previous…
Time to stop beating about the bush
Farage’s tongue-in-cheek suggestion that he might support the call for a second referendum to kill off Remain illustrates all too clearly the mistake that Lib Dem and Green politicians have made in campaigning for another referendum rather than positively for the UK to stay in the EU. Public opinion (despite mounting evidence of the huge…