**** off Cameron

[kentonio]

'Trojan Horse': Government criticises education select committee

The government has claimed MPs risked undermining efforts to tackle extremism by downplaying the seriousness of the "Trojan Horse" events in Birmingham.

The Department for Education was responding to the education select committee's report on an alleged school takeover plot led by a conservative group of Muslims.

Published in March, the report found only one incident of extremism.

It also said there was no evidence of a plot to take over the city's schools.

The Department for Education said: "This downplays the seriousness of events in Birmingham and risks undermining our efforts to tackle extremism.

"It is important to state clearly just how damaging these were to the young people in the care of those schools."

Several inquiries and investigations were launched after an anonymous letter surfaced last March containing instructions for installing sympathetic school governors.

It has since been regarded as a hoax in some quarters, and claims made about a number of schools named in the letter have been deemed groundless.

However, speaking in June 2014, Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw said a "culture of fear and intimidation" had taken grip of some of the schools and there was evidence of an attempt to "impose and promote a narrow faith-based ideology" in secular schools.

In all, 21 schools were investigated by Ofsted and five were put into special measures last year.

At the time, criticism was broadly directed at the leadership of the schools, as well as teaching standards in some cases.

Birmingham City Council has introduced new rules for appointing governors in the wake of the controversy.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-33296268

This is exactly why I can't vote for this goverment. Official inquiry finds most of the claims were hoaxes and bull****. Government accuses committee of 'undermining efforts to tackle extremism' for basically telling the truth. Just so they can continue to divert attention away from domestic problems by pointing the finger of blame at minorities and immigrants.

This government really can just go **** off.

[Dauphin]

This doesn't upset me as much as snoopers' charter claims.

[kentonio]

Oh there's plenty worse, this just got on my tits because of the bare faced hypocrisy of it. They don't even bother being subtle anymore.

[Dinner]

When you have a (muslim) public school teacher trying to get public school students to join ISIS and commit terrorist acts you have a problem. I am not sure how wide spread this problem is or what the response should be but you sure as hell have a ****ing problem.

[kentonio]

When you have a (muslim) public school teacher trying to get public school students to join ISIS and commit terrorist acts you have a problem. I am not sure how wide spread this problem is or what the response should be but you sure as hell have a ****ing problem.

It had nothing to do with ISIS, it was 'supposedly' about conservative muslims trying to take over school governorships so they could impose strict muslim teachings in schools. Claims that on investigation turn out to have been largely bull****. There were some issues that have since been acted on by the education department, but its mostly just a rallying call to the racists and bigots. Something our government seem to have no problem with as long as it helps shore up votes that otherwise might leak to UKIP.

[Sava]

When you have a (muslim) public school teacher trying to get public school students to join ISIS and commit terrorist acts you have a problem. I am not sure how wide spread this problem is or what the response should be but you sure as hell have a ****ing problem.

**** you

This is the same bull**** we have here in the US. Islamaphobic idiots

[David Cameron]

we must combat the enemy within

[ricketyclik]

Whenever our conservatives are down in the polls or want to divert attention from the fact that they've dropped their pants again they trot out something like this.

[Feckan Eejit]

mind your language