According to the BBC he will say that the war on terror is not working and that wars we have fought abroad have contributed to us being more susceptible to terrorist attacks. Foreign policy should be predicated on reducing the threat of terrorism, not on fuelling it. Will be interesting to see how that is interpreted.
Current Affairs 2017 General Election
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You need to look at the role of Syria and Libya in creating terrorism, and then you need to look at role of the UK in ruining those countries.
Labour could just point out , they wouldn't have needed the army on the streets if they hadn't cut the police numbers down to the current level.
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Seanjd
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I think, hopefully, that's the angle they will take.
dandydan
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Or, to play devils advocate they are needed because of cuts to police funding. But i agree it's a disgrace we have come to this.
In fairness, it was a decision made by an independent body.
Anyhow, polls have tightened.
Decisions to be made. This is our chance.
Clint Planet
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Read the stark warning thousands of headteachers are giving parents ahead of the general election
MAY 25TH, 2017
EMILY APPLE UK
3,000 headteachers across 14 counties have come together to issue a warning to parents voting in the general election. And it’s one we all need to listen to if we value our children’s future and education.
The letter
The heads have sent out a letter to parents, seen by The Canary, to help them put education at the forefront of the election debate. And while they are careful not to be party political, they are adamant that what is happening with schools is a vital issue:
During all our campaigning work to improve funding for each and every child in each and every school, we have been careful not to become involved in a politically biased or partisan way. Headteacher colleagues and I feel that ahead of the forthcoming general election, it is crucial that parents, carers and all other interested parties raise the issue of school funding ‘on the doorstep’ with all prospective candidates.
The letter continues:
It would be naive to think that school funding is the only issue affecting everyone’s lives but school finances are in such a dreadful state that we believe it is vital to urge you to raise it as a key issue.
It also states:
As professionals, we are only interested in securing fair and adequate funding for the children we educate. This is under severe threat and has influenced our decision to contact you in a collaborative manner.
A clear choice
The letter may not be party political. And schools may have made every effort to keep party politics out of their campaigns. But the fact remains that it is the Conservative Party that is making real-term cuts to education. And it is under the Conservative Party that schools are being forced to make teachers redundant and cut essential services; and to teach in leaky classrooms with increased class sizes.
And it is the Conservative Party that has made it absolutely clear in its manifesto that it is not prepared to properly fund our schools. But not only is it not providing the funding, it is not listening to teachers.
Although too ashamed to call them by name, the manifesto reintroduces grammar schools. This is despite both the National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Headteachers opposing the plans.
Meanwhile, Theresa May has been labelled the “dinner snatcher” for proposals to take free school dinners away from primary school children. May wants to replace them with breakfasts. But that’s a policy the government has had to step back from, given original costings provided less than 7p per child for breakfast.
Another world is possible
The Labour Party, however, is showing that it doesn’t have to be like this. Jeremy Corbyn promised that:
We will make sure schools are properly resourced by reversing the Conservatives’ cuts and ensuring that all schools have the resources they need.
And the proposals in its manifesto could do just this. Labour plans include introducing a National Education Service that will invest £25bn into schools. This means reducing class sizes for infants, free school dinners for all primary school children, giving teachers more control over the curriculum, and ending the public sector pay cap.
Corbyn is showing that he is listening to teachers. And headteachers have responded by giving him a standing ovation at their conference. A conference that Education Secretary Justine Greening was too scared to speak at.
Schools in England don’t have to be underfunded. There is an alternative. And Corbyn is showing that another world is possible for our children. But it’s up to us on 8 June as to whether we want to take it
(Article from The Canary)
MAY 25TH, 2017
3,000 headteachers across 14 counties have come together to issue a warning to parents voting in the general election. And it’s one we all need to listen to if we value our children’s future and education.
The letter
The heads have sent out a letter to parents, seen by The Canary, to help them put education at the forefront of the election debate. And while they are careful not to be party political, they are adamant that what is happening with schools is a vital issue:
During all our campaigning work to improve funding for each and every child in each and every school, we have been careful not to become involved in a politically biased or partisan way. Headteacher colleagues and I feel that ahead of the forthcoming general election, it is crucial that parents, carers and all other interested parties raise the issue of school funding ‘on the doorstep’ with all prospective candidates.
The letter continues:
It would be naive to think that school funding is the only issue affecting everyone’s lives but school finances are in such a dreadful state that we believe it is vital to urge you to raise it as a key issue.
It also states:
As professionals, we are only interested in securing fair and adequate funding for the children we educate. This is under severe threat and has influenced our decision to contact you in a collaborative manner.
A clear choice
The letter may not be party political. And schools may have made every effort to keep party politics out of their campaigns. But the fact remains that it is the Conservative Party that is making real-term cuts to education. And it is under the Conservative Party that schools are being forced to make teachers redundant and cut essential services; and to teach in leaky classrooms with increased class sizes.
And it is the Conservative Party that has made it absolutely clear in its manifesto that it is not prepared to properly fund our schools. But not only is it not providing the funding, it is not listening to teachers.
Although too ashamed to call them by name, the manifesto reintroduces grammar schools. This is despite both the National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Headteachers opposing the plans.
Meanwhile, Theresa May has been labelled the “dinner snatcher” for proposals to take free school dinners away from primary school children. May wants to replace them with breakfasts. But that’s a policy the government has had to step back from, given original costings provided less than 7p per child for breakfast.
Another world is possible
The Labour Party, however, is showing that it doesn’t have to be like this. Jeremy Corbyn promised that:
We will make sure schools are properly resourced by reversing the Conservatives’ cuts and ensuring that all schools have the resources they need.
And the proposals in its manifesto could do just this. Labour plans include introducing a National Education Service that will invest £25bn into schools. This means reducing class sizes for infants, free school dinners for all primary school children, giving teachers more control over the curriculum, and ending the public sector pay cap.
Corbyn is showing that he is listening to teachers. And headteachers have responded by giving him a standing ovation at their conference. A conference that Education Secretary Justine Greening was too scared to speak at.
Schools in England don’t have to be underfunded. There is an alternative. And Corbyn is showing that another world is possible for our children. But it’s up to us on 8 June as to whether we want to take it
(Article from The Canary)
zzr45
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He's taking the debate exactly where the tories want it to go, at exactly the point where he had May where he wanted.
orchard
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Why's that mate?
zzr45
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It might not been the best time to say anything that even vaguely rationalises acts of terror. And seeing as there have been attacks in Sweden then it's a bit wrong too to turn around and blame it on us mounting bombing missions overseas.
flibbyflob
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Massive gamble, if the tone he uses is wrong he loses the election in this speech today. On the other hand he may win it off the back of it. Huge risk though when kids are still in hospital some seriously ill.
Yeah spot on. Open goal for Corbyn was to highlight cut police numbers and keep it domestic. Instead, he's gone in to territory where he is weak.
Either way, don't think the events in Manchester will effect the election. The big reason the polls have tightened is because of that Dementia/Death Tax, and May's awful response to it.
She still has the election in the bag though. Corbyn would have to have a substantial lead at this point to offset the left wing bias in the polls that has frequently existed.
orchard
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It's not really though, is it? We've effective razed whole nation's to exploit their resources.
zzr45
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And the current rash of terrorist attacks have absolutely nothing to do with that, hence why I pointed out the attack on Sweden. These are attacks on Western civilisation and to attempt to rationalise them in any other is disturbing at the very least.
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