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  • Storm as Winston Churchill charity erases his first name from its website over controversy about 'aspects of his life' and his views on race that are 'widely seen as unacceptable'

    09/08/2021 10:28:28 PM PDT · by blueplum · 31 replies
    The Daily Mail UK ^ | 08 September 2021 | ELLIOT MULLIGAN FOR THE DAILY MAIL
    A charity named after Winston Churchill has provoked fury by rebranding itself amid concerns over his views on race. The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust has removed pictures of the wartime leader from its website and is changing its name to the Churchill Fellowship. Volunteers at the trust said it was 'rewriting history'. One told The Sun: 'He was voted, by the people, as the Greatest Briton in a BBC poll in 2002 but is now erased from his own charity by the woke brigade. ... ...Controversies surrounding his rule include whether he could have acted more decisively to prevent the...
  • As England Goes?

    08/24/2006 8:35:13 AM PDT · by JSedreporter · 6 replies · 421+ views
    Accuracy in Academia ^ | August 24, 2006 | Deborah Lambert
    Are British parents prepared to be 24-7 role models for their children? They’d better be, since British schools have apparently decided to opt out of a large part of their previous responsibilities for educating students. It all started when a re-wording of the national curriculum statement revealed that the education establishment was no longer bound by pesky moral absolutes like right and wrong. Ostensibly created to “slim down” the rules and regs, the working draft’s new wording eliminated a previous statement saying that “the school curriculum should pass on enduring values. . .(and) develop principles for distinguishing between right and...