Teachers will also use the conference to argue that the union should establish a political fund that would allow them to organise against far-right parties such as the British National Party (BNP). At present the union is not allowed to campaign against political parties.

'All we can say at the moment is vote for education,' said Sue McMahon, from Calderdale, west Yorkshire, who is proposing the motion. 'This is to give us a voice against a political party like the BNP. Recently there was a by-election in Calderdale and the BNP just missed getting in by 70 votes.'

McMahon said she did not want the NUT to campaign against mainstream parties, but far-right ones which were 'seeking to damage the comprehensive system'. The BNP made election manifesto promises to 'prohibit all curricular pandering to the cultures of immigrants' and to 'fight tooth and nail against the looming catastrophe of forced integration within secondary schools'.

Sinnott said there had been attempts by the BNP to recruit teenagers and rumours of pupils promoting the party in school. 'The BNP is anathema to the NUT. Its policies to divide and rule are unacceptable.'.............

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_ne...047524,00.html

Another sway to towards totalitarianism in this country. Its scandalous that teachers are trying to force politics into the classroom. Welcome to 1984

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EUROPE - back to British independence!
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