Those I have engaged with who are home schooling never mentioned multi culturalism, or Islam as their reasons for choosing to educate this way. Their concerns were all about either secularism, and the lack of "God" in the classroom, or the influence of other brands of Christianity polluting their children.

Indeed when the conversations expanded they would often express admiration for the approach to education in some Islamic countries.

As I have previously suggested the problem I see is with religion and not with any particular religion, even though some are benign and some aspects of others not.

Edited by Wisbech Eagle (31 Jul 2019 10.39am)

I think that whole reply is full of bias and bs.

Firstly, why do you think "working class" people who think like you are "normal"? That's just nonsense. I think people who think like you are abnormal and those who think like me completely normal. All it boils down to are different opinions, and not "normality".

We WERE a Christian country and our culture and heritage is founded on it. Today though we are largely a country of non believers. Whilst the threat certainly comes mainly from another source if we are to sustain a legally defensible position then action cannot be taken against one religion. It has to be all. I don't want to ban religion. I just want it removed from public life, including the schools.

I have no opinion on the political views of teachers. That is entirely for them personally and individually. What I expect them to do is to be professional and to teach the curriculum they are expected to teach and not insert their personal views into their teaching, whatever they might be. If they don't then I expect the system to pick it up and take the appropriate action. That's for the politicians to ensure and please be reminded we have had a conservative led government for many years now.

There is a huge amount of bs spread about that we have seen "mass immigration". What exactly do you think it means? The number of arrivals in total that exceeds the number of departures? Just from the EU? Asylum seekers included or not? How many does it need to be to be "mass"? 5%? or 10% per annum? In fact the net number is more like 0.5% mainly due to EU immigration which appears to already be reversing, due to the threat of Brexit.

Of course we must have an equal system of justice for all, and we have. The moaning and groaning that comes from the right is not because of any inequality but that they don't agree that some of their number deserve the treatment they are given. Rather than complain it's necessary that you look at why these people have fallen foul of the law and not cry foul just because they have. There are reasons why people get prosecuted, whilst some just get warnings and it's nothing at all to do with whether they are of the right or the left. It's the degree of threat they pose and the number of previous warnings.

Finsbury Park Mosque was closed for 2 years and only re-opened when new management took over. There are other examples.

If any hate preachers are slipping through the net then they have been very slippery because the level of enquiry at the main places of entry are now very severe indeed. You have to be very much more extreme than a "plain old conservative" to be banned. Even Alex Jones got in!

If "a lot of meat we have to eat is ritually slaughtered without us knowing", how do you know?

There is NO mass censorship of conservatives by "big tech". That's just moaning from their fan base. There are some who have been banned for breaking the rules, normally after repeated warnings. They own the sites. They don't want to run foul of the law by allowing hate speech to exist on their platforms. They don't want to drive away advertising revenue. It's their ball and they decide who can play with it and in which way. Don't like it? Go get another ball and another pitch to play on.

Public enquiries tend to take place after all the relevant legal proceedings have concluded, which is why they are often so delayed. Sometimes if something is urgently needed a Judge may speak out earlier. If there are lessons to be learned then they will be learned, but due process dictates that we need patience.

You do talk some rubbish.

A towns worth of immigrants arrive here every year net.

You think that is sustainable?

Only some?

I thought the general view on here was that any opinion that doesn't match their own is rubbish.

Whether it is sustainable is down to factors as yet unknown, like our economic growth, birth rate and increasing average longevity.

Whatever it is it isn't "mass", which indicates it's huge and potentially out of control. We have a points based system to come to the UK to either work, study or train for immigrants outside the EU. We don't need to discuss the situation inside the EU, which is well understood. Then there are those who enter on family visas or as refugees.

This is a controlled system which has been very much tightened in the last 15 years or so. What matters is not the use of emotional terminology like "mass" but whether the scale matches the need and whether sufficient infrastructure resources are put in place to cope. We have definitely failed on the latter, caused by other priorities as a consequence of the economic recession which followed the banking crisis.

Illegal immigration remains a problem for which there are no easy answers.

Complaining about how things are done now, under the management of a long standing conservative government, doesn't begin to suggest improvements. So what would you seek to change, that isn't already being planned to change?

By the way I have long said no-one needs to read my posts. That's especially true of posts in direct response to another.

I am therefore very glad to note that someone didn't bother although why they thought it necessary to announce their lack of interest beats me!

This is not an issue restricted to the UK. It is a worldwide trend which has been the result of population growth elsewhere and technology. Every era produces benefits and challenges and this one is no different. Look at this:-

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So I ask you again, what do you think can be practically done to change this in any reasonable, meaningful way that will have anything other than a marginal impact?

Is it not better to accept that we are part of a global economy in which population shifts are inevitable and try to manage our resources, and protect our culture, within that framework?

Behaving like King Canute is to just pretend you can stop the tide. Some things are just more powerful than wishes and hopes. Better to harness the power of the tide than to try to stop it.