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Andrew Bridgen: Did you know that in Religious Eduction...

Did you know that in Religious Eduction (RE) as a GCSE (compulsory in many schools in the U.K. especially Church of England schools!), when our 14-16 year olds have to learn the education materials for the RE GSCE, it’s 50% Christianity and 50% Islam. That’s bizarre enough as it is. Why is it 50% on Islam? But what is even more telling, in the two exams, the one on Islam, is ALL on Islam. Then the other exam that is supposed to be on Christianity is split in two, with one half as a compare and contrast with Islam. So in the end, the students spend about 75% of their time learning about Islam for their GCSE RE! They are also taught that Jihad means to struggle and does not mean to wage religious war.

Lee Hurst: If workers want to stop paying less in tax...

If workers want to stop paying less in tax, they need to get behind a political party that will cut taxes. It really is that simple. If you vote for Labour, Tory, Greens or LibDems you will pay more in taxes. They all charge workers more in tax to give it to people who don’t work to buy their votes. If you refuse to work, they are clearly the parties for you. If you are temporarily out of work, they will rinse you as soon as you get a job again. You are now informed.

Bob Pickard: This guy hasn’t even taken office...

This guy hasn’t even taken office, yet a remarkable intensity of duelling mainstream and social media narratives with clashing image development and character assassination agendas. The next British PM’s extraordinary and controversial method of arriving at this point – and now poised to take power – puts the pressure on him to show he’s got the goods and motivates his critics to define him unfavourably even before the get-go.

Liz Webster: Brexit madness!...

Brexit madness! Matthew Elliott says the next election will be a rerun of Brexit, then argues we should stop looking backwards because the world has changed. But if Brexit is still the defining political issue 10 years on, that tells you something. He points to the EU’s declining share of global GDP, yet ignores geography and the fact that the EU remains the UK’s largest trading partner by far. The question was never whether Asia would grow faster than Europe. It was whether Britain would be more prosperous outside the Single Market than inside it. That’s the comparison Brexit still hasn’t won.
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