Metropolitan Police Federation Declares ‘No Faith’ in London Mayor Sadiq Khan

The Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents over 31,000 officers in London, has declared that it has “no faith” in the leadership of leftist London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Following the dramatic resignation of Met Commissioner Cressida Dick in response to a lack of “sufficient confidence” in her from Sadiq Khan, the Metropolitan Police Federation has said that the Labour London Mayor has “undermined” the police force as a whole through his public comments condemning the “toxic culture” of “racism, sexism, homophobia, bullying, discrimination and misogyny” allegedly displayed by some officers.

Declaring that the Federation no longer has “faith” in Khan, chairman Ken Marsh said: “This is not a move we take lightly. We have let the Mayor’s office know in no uncertain terms how our brave and diligent colleagues deserve better.

“The atmosphere amongst Metropolitan Police officers is horrendous – it’s rock bottom. Officers in London feel saddened and angry that Commissioner Cressida Dick has been pushed out in the way she has. She was reforming. She was changing. The culture is changing. We are deeply disappointed with the actions of the Mayor.

“The hard work of our colleagues – and public trust in our colleagues – is being undermined by politicians. And by the Mayor of London in particular. The continuing scaremongering, sniping and sweeping statements are causing disaffection with the public… not the thousands and thousands of hard-working officers who are out there keeping people safe.”

The Metropolitan Police Federation chairman went on to say: “These officers are being unfairly lambasted for things they haven’t done. Every minute of every day – as we speak – thousands of Metropolitan Police colleagues are out there putting their safety at risk, tackling knife crime and robbery, countering terrorism, capturing child sex offenders, locking up bad people.

“The Federation will continue to speak up for these courageous colleagues. They are being forgotten about by our elected Mayor. Enough is enough. Officers have no faith in Sadiq Khan.”

Though Commissioner Dick suffered serious blows to her legitimacy following the conviction of one of her officers for the rape and murder of Sarah Everard last year, followed by a heavy-handed shut down of a peaceful vigil held for the slain woman, Khan did not oust her then. It was only after leaked WhatsApp and Facebook chats from officers making crude and derogatory remarks that the mayor finally moved against Dick.

Commenting on the move, Brexit leader Nigel Farage also noted that Khan “wasn’t critical because knife crime is out of control, he wasn’t critical because rape and sexual assault is out of control and convictions are miserably low, he wasn’t unhappy with her because of the rise of gang violence.”

Last year, Mr Khan was re-elected for a second term as London Mayor, yet recently his leadership has faced growing criticism, with a plurality of Londoners (48 per cent) disapproving of the job he is doing, according to a YouGov poll conducted in January.

In terms of handling crime, the polls were even less favourable to Khan, with 60 per cent believing he was handling crime “badly”.

During his tenure as Mayor, through which he also serves as London’s Police and Crime Commissioner, the British capital has seen over one hundred killings each year. Last year, London saw a record number of teenagers being killed on its streets, with 30 youngsters losing their lives. It has been estimated — as full crime stats for the year have yet to be published — that 127 homicides were seen in 2021.

While real crimes, such as the knife crime epidemic, have plagued the city under his leadership, Mr Khan has instead focussed on woke censorious projects, such as policing Twitter through his Online Hate Crime Hub or determining which statues are deemed worthy of remaining based on the opinion of a Maoist-style council filled with far-left activists.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/02/15/metropolitan-police-federation-declares-no-faith-in-london-mayor-sadiq-khan/

‘Education, Not Indoctrination’: UK Minister Demands Schools Uphold Political Impartiality

Schoolchildren need to be afforded the ability to make up their own minds on political matters rather than being “indoctrinated” into particular positions by teachers, Education Secretary Nadhim Zawahi said on Sunday.

Amid growing concerns about far-left ideologies such as Critical Race Theory being pushed upon British schoolchildren in school districts such as Brighton, Conservative MP and the government’s Education Secretary, Nadhim Zawahi called on schools to maintain impartiality.

Zawahi is reportedly investigating Brighton and Hove city council over teachers being coached up on the latest leftist views on race in “Racial Literacy 101” courses that told teachers that children are not “racially innocent”.

In an open letter written in The Sun newspaper on Sunday, the education secretary — who is supposedly in charge of England’s national curriculum — stressed the importance of schools being free from political proselytising.

“Children need to form their own views at the same time as they learn to respect those of others,” he wrote. “This is how we prepare young people to take their place as a well-balanced and tolerant member of society.”

“That is why parents and carers need to be able to trust schools to be totally impartial. They need to be confident that their children can learn about political issues and begin to form their own independent opinions, without being influenced by the personal views of those teaching them.

“No school should be encouraging young people to pin their colours to a particular political mast… Put simply, it means education, not indoctrination.”

The education secretary admitted that while “legal duties on political impartiality have been in place for many years,” the government has not clearly defined the perameters of play when discussion contensious polical issues “like the legacy of the British Empire or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

In a veiled comment on the Marxist Black Lives Matter movemet, Zawahi said that when teaching lessons surrounding racism, teachers should impress upon children that it has “no place in our society” but should refrain from endorsing organisations “that have widely contested political aims or views.”

He said that to combat the alleged confusion of schools surrounding political impartiality, guidance will be published for teachers next week by the government to prevent such indoctrination from occurring.

The op-ed from Zawahi comes amid ongoing controversy surrounding the teaching of Critical Race Theory in the Brighton and Hove council.

In January, it was reported that the Green Party-controlled city council had embarked on conducting seminars for teachers in which they were told that children as young as three and five-years-old could be the beneficiaries of so-called “white privilege”.

In an interview earlier this month, Green Party Councillor Hannah Clare questioned why the teaching of CRT principles was seen as controversial, claiming that the Marxist doctrine merely seeks to “talk about racism”.

She said that because white people “potentially experienced benefits from their race” it was important for teachers “to tackle” how “white privilege and institutional racism impacts our city’s pupils and staff”.

The Deputy Leader and Chair of the Children, Young People and Skills Committee for the city council went on to say: “This isn’t some covert thing it’s been going on for over a year.”

Aside from Critical Race Theory creeping its way into the UK education system, there has been a longstanding push to “decolonise the cirriculum” by leftist educators in response to the alleged deliterious impacts of the British Empire and slavery — a practice first abolished by Great Britain, which took great pains to stamp out slave trades throughout the world.

Targets of the woke decolonising drive have included Issac Newton, sheet music, Medieval English literature, the Queen, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, and even lectures on tropical viruses.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/02/14/education-not-indoctrination-minister-calls-on-schools-to-uphold-impartiality/

Covid in Wales: All five to 11-year-olds offered jabs

Wales has become the first UK nation to announce it will offer all five to 11-year-olds Covid vaccinations.

Welsh Health Minister Eluned Morgan said she was following a "yet to be published" recommendation from the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI).

She said ministers and health boards were working on implementing the plans.

There are reports the official JCVI announcement has been delayed due to a disagreement with the UK government.

BBC Wales health correspondent Owain Clarke said he understands there may have been "a little frustration within the Welsh government that the UK government was moving perhaps too slowly on this, given reports that the JCVI advice had been ready for quite some time".

The minister did not set out a timetable for the vaccination programme.

She told Senedd members: "We're not going to do that as a matter of urgency, as we did over the Christmas period.

"That's partly because the risk isn't as great to that cohort.

"And we're also waiting to hear from the JCVI to see whether they'll need a booster on top of the booster for older age groups in the spring."

Ms Morgan said it was a "shame and it's perplexing to understand" why the JCVI advice on jabs for younger children had not been published yet.

She said it was likely to have been a "very difficult decision for the JCVI" because "generally, children have a milder illness and fewer hospitalisation, but, of course, they have to balance that against the prospect of missing school".

Later, in a written statement, the health minister urged "all families with children between the ages of five and 11, who are not in any clinical at risk groups, to visit the Public Health Wales website for information about vaccination and to begin a conversation about whether they want to take up this offer".

"We will be publishing an update of our Vaccination Strategy next week, which will set out further detail about the offer, once the JCVI advice is published," she said.

"Vaccination is the most important thing we can do to protect ourselves and our children against ill health. They prevent up to three million deaths worldwide every year."

In the Welsh Parliament, Plaid Cymru health spokesman Rhun ap Iorweth said he was "aware of calls from parents, from staff in education, from health professionals and care workers to push this option of vaccination forward as soon as possible".

This was because of "concern that the virus is spreading most among children and the impact that that has on family members who are unable to work and the impact that remains in terms of children's education, where there they do lose large amounts of school time", he added.

A low-dose version of the vaccine for younger children was approved for use in the UK in December, after being deemed safe and effective.

Since earlier this year five to 11- year-olds with conditions making them vulnerable to Covid have been offered the jabs.

There are approximately 250,000 children aged five to 11 in Wales.

Northern Ireland's Department of Health said it "intends to continue to follow JCVI advice on vaccination and will formally respond once the JCVI statement has been officially released".

What do we know about Covid in younger children in Wales?

In recent days, around 6% of all positive Covid tests have been in the under 10s, compared to as much as 15 to 16% back in November and December.

There has been a drop in case rate amongst the five to 11-year-olds, based on PCR tests only, since mid January, when it peaked at around 1,250 cases per 100,000.

Latest school absence figures show 4.9% of primary-age pupils were absent from school for a Covid-related reason in the week ending 4 February.

A third of 12 to 15-year olds have now had their second dose of vaccine - including more than 2,500 in the last week - following up from more than 57% of that age group having a first dose.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-60394709