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Pettiness And Control Freakery, It's Got To Be Carefully Taught..

A school in Leicestershire has sparked backlash after it banned jumpers until October, describing it as "dictatorial". Lutterworth High School, has warned students will not be allowed to wear additional layers. Parents have slammed the move, which came into effect after the Easter break. An email newsletter told parents jumpers were only required as an "extra layer of warmth during the colder months".

This is Britain, and you think you know what are the 'colder months' with any degree of accuracy?  

Parents have said the policy change has resulted in their children coming home wet and cold.

Mother Natalie Navaratne said the decision was a "meaningless" issue.

She's right, it's petty control freakery of the sort that school love to indulge in, rather than tackling the real issues. 

She told The Sun: "My daughter wears the school jumper which is on the uniform list, so I don’t see the reasoning behind this decision."We as parents feel that students are able to make their own decisions on whether they feel like wearing a jumper to school or not."

She continued: "It is very dictatorial. It isn’t unreasonable for me to say that I have ongoing concerns over the leadership style at the school."

Then remove your child, if you feel that strongly. You as a parent should know schools are run by petty dictators who love this sort of thing.

She also said children with special educational needs may prefer to wear jumpers.

Oh, god, the appeal to the modern concept of 'mental 'elf'... 

Sarah Filemar, told BirminghamLive her daughter had been placed in "isolation for the first three days" after Easter break."All the teachers go to school in their jumpers, so why can’t the children?" she added.

Because teaching staff set the rules but don't have to live by them.  

Mr Kirby, issuing an update, apologised to parents on the school's website. 

Bad mistake, never apologise. 

He said: "I communicated a change in the school uniform policy whereby the optional jumper would be removed from the uniform during the summer term. In recent years we have seen a considerable increase in Level 3 (L3) behaviour consequences being issued in relation to uniform adherence when the weather improves."A significant proportion of these issues have arisen from students notwearing their mandatory blazer or leaving it at home and instead choosing to wear the optional jumper, often citing that they are too warm. 

'Choosing to wear the optional jumper' - does no-one teach English in your school? Or understand it? 

"In light of this, the decision was made to remove the jumper from the summer term uniform list, which runs from after Easter through to October half term. This decision was not taken lightly."It was made with the intention of reducing avoidable behaviour incidents, ensuring clarity for students and parents, and supporting a consistent and fair approach for all. Our aim is always to create an environment where expectations are clear and where students can focus fully and maximise their learning.

Brother, if the only behavioral issues you have in your school are pupils obeying the uniform code because they understand what 'optional' means, unlike you, count your blessings! 

"However, I fully recognise that for some families, this change has caused concern, and for that, I am genuinely sorry."

Don't be - you've taught them a valuable lesson for adulthood, which will serve them well in the world of work; Sometimes the petty buraucrats make the rules, and they won't make sense, but you either knuckle down or leave and find a better job.

All The Usual Hallmarks

Three Staffordshire Bull Terriers attacked a woman as she was carrying her six-day old baby who was left with a cut to their head after being bitten and clawed.

Gosh, is it Wales again? 

Jason Stafford, 49, was the owner of the three dogs which became dangerously out of control and latched onto the victim's feet and wrist during the savage attack in Cardiff. The three Staffordshire Bull Terriers have been destroyed as a result of the incident.

Is it a case where the owner did nothing and left it to others to act? 

A friend heard the woman's screams and saw one of the dogs had latched on to her wrist. He managed to get the dogs off of her and she left the area with her baby.

Eventually, Stafford was able to pacify the dogs but the injuries sustained by the victims were described as "appalling".

And is it a case where there have been previous issues with the mutts that, if dealt with properly, would have prevented this attack? 

The court heard there had been a previous incident in December where the dogs had attacked another individual and a safety plan had been put in place, but the defendant had "chosen to ignore" this.

And is the owner a known criminal? 

Among the defendant's previous convictions are offences of affray, robbery and drink driving.

*sighs* And is he hoping to get a lesser sentence? 

In mitigation, Derrick Gooden said  the dogs have since been destroyed and the defendant has been out of trouble for more than 20 years, but has a number of health issues.

And did it work? 

Stafford was sentenced to a total of two years imprisonment. The defendant was also disqualified from having custody of dogs for 10 years.

A classic case which ticks all the modern boxes! 

Oh, Marvellous!

He's an avid cyclist, known for taking swipes at bad drivers. But Jeremy Vine admits his three-point turns aren't always up to scratch - with one scrape costing him £1,000 in damages.

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha !  

The TV and radio presenter scratched a Land Rover while doing the manoeuvre in a car park.The 60-year-old, who courts controversy online with his videos of dodgy drivers, claimed it was 'microscopic', adding that 'oversized SUVs' have ruined the atmosphere in the Devon village where he bumped the Landrover.

The scratch probably only cost £50 to buff out - the rest was an asshole surcharge!  

Let's Call It What It Is....

'Asian' gang, eh? Can I expect the defendants to be named Akimoto, Kihara, Myung, and Kim?

Mustafa Iqbal, 43, Ziaullah Badsha, 25, Mohamed Arshad, 36, and Jaswinder Singh, 65, face 28 charges between them, including accusations of trafficking for sexual exploitation, rape, supplying drugs and sexual assaults. They deny the charges.

Thought so. The MSM lies all the time, describing men as women, illegal immigrants as 'migrants', and Pakistani Muslims as ‘Asian’… 

And glossing over the fact that they have help in their offending from a race traitor:

A woman, Sarah Gray, 53, from Gronant, faces charges of conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis. Gray is accused of allowing her house to be used by Iqbal for sexual exploitation and perverting justice by washing bedding following a rape, which involved handcuffs, of the 16-year-old girl.

Is there any sign that this is yet another case where the police and courts have failed to get a grip and deal with the issue?  

Iqbal is also alleged to have breached a slavery trafficking risk order.

Gosh, it’s almost as if some cultures are just not law-abiding, isn’t it? 

This Man's Downfall Is Going To Be So Satisfying...

 

...and I can't wait to see how Matt covers it on Friday May 7th! 

Proof That Someone At 'The Guardian' Has A Sense Of Humour...

 ...and it's the typesetter (or whatever the digital equivalent is)!

Sunday Funnies...

 I don't think No 4 reckoned with the WFH epidemic and the rise of Teams...

No! You Can’t Handle The Truth!

Besieged by questions about his war on Iran and his wife’s statement on Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump tried to shift the national conversation back to his immigration crackdown by posting a graphic, distressing video of a woman in Florida being killed last week by a man he described as an “illegal immigrant” from Haiti.

Did he get it wrong? 

The video, taken by a surveillance camera outside a Fort Myers gas station, showed a man identified by authorities as a Haitian immigrant using a hammer to bludgeon to death the woman, who was reportedly a clerk at the gas station. Trump’s decision to elevate such graphic images of a woman’s death by posting it for his millions of followers on Truth Social was startling, but in keeping with a pattern of using shocking video of violence attributed to undocumented immigrants to sow fear about immigration and justify mass deportation.

No, the man was an immigrant though there’s every chance that he was legally in the States, like so many imported by the Donald's predecessor. And so it transpired… 

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement that the suspected attacker in custody was “released” in 2022 by the Biden administration and given temporary protected status, although it is unclear whether that information is accurate.

Meanwhile, over in the UK, someone else has a problem with people's free speech:

Sadiq Khan has called on ministers to take significantly stronger action against social media companies that spread disinformation after a study showed a surge in hostile accounts posting falsehoods about London’s crime rates and integration.

In an intervention on what he called “the outrage economy”, the London mayor, who has also written to social media firms demanding change, said a lack of action could prompt more domestic terrorism by people who believe conspiracy theories they find online.

What a world we live in, where people are more outraged about people breaking the Eleventh Commandment (thou shalt not notice!) than any of the other Ten…  

We Don't Need To Stop Women From Competing In Men's Sport...

Last month, the International Olympic Committee announced that transgender women athletes would be barred from competing in all Olympic events in the women’s category – but not the men’s events.

Well, that’s right, they are men, after all. No-one’s suggesting they not be allowed to compete at all, are they? 

The new rules effectively redefine womanhood – but not manhood – as a novel and previously unrecognized category consisting only of those with a specific set of genetic prerequisites.

No, they aren’t doing any such thing, they are simply expecting women to compete with women and men with men, like it was before the madness of transgenderism spread across the globe like a plague. 

To comply with this new requirement, women athletes – but not male ones – will be made to submit to genetic testing, to determine whether their womanhood meets the committee’s standards

Because women aren't trying to cheat their way into men's sport, you idiot! 

The move comes as increased political and media attention to the issue of trans rights and visibility over the past years – along with pressure from the Trump administration – has led athletic federations to ban trans women from sports competitions, a demand that has largely not been made for transgender men in women’s or men’s sports.

See my last point!  

Those who support the bans claim that testosterone, male puberty or male genetics confer an advantage in athletics, and that trans women must therefore be banned in order to preserve the integrity of women’s competitions. This sounds like the kind of argument someone could make without being unreasonably motivated by bigotry; the IOC, for instance, claims that its new ban is backed up by science and evidence.

It is, undeniably, as a fellow columnist points out.

This new insistence that a complicated scientific question is in fact a simple one – and that it is determinative and relevant only for women, and not for men – suggests that something other than a robust commitment to fairness is at play.

No, that's exactly what's at play here. 

It is possible to approach the question of trans participation in sports in a way that respects the dignity and identity of trans athletes and grapples with this range of possibilities.

Dignity? Lady, a man whose decided to play dress-up in womanface so he can cheat at sports hasn't got any dignity to lose.

Women who are not dainty, who are not weak, who are not reticent or passive or demure, will now be accused of being men. They will be hounded, smeared and degraded in ways that arise from transphobia but redound, finally, to more old-fashioned forms of homophobia and misogyny.

No, they'll simply have to take a swab to prove they are women. Far less undignified than peeing in a cup, which they are used to doing for drug testing..