Nanny Bans Religion

Nanny has a rather schizophrenic personality. On some occasions she is happy to offend the vast majority people; by telling us that we are fat, lazy and unhealthy.

However, on other occasions she frets that the slightest word, or action, by her subjects may offend others. She therefore seeks to remove these offending words and gestures from our lives.

In this instance she has decided that St Mary Magdalene Church of England Primary School, in Nanny’s favourite constituency Islington, has an offensive name.

It seems that, in Nanny’s perverted view of the world, the word “saint” is offensive to other religious groups. Therefore, Nanny’s “thought police” in Islington council have deemed that calling schools after saints or bishops alienates people from other faiths.

Those of you with good memories, will recall that Ofsted ruled that Islington was running the worst schools in the country a mere 5 years ago. I am therefore a tad puzzled as to why the Islington thought police feel that they are now in a position to harangue a school, that has been serving the community well since 1710, about its name/standing within the community.

In typical “Nanny speak” James Kempton, children and young people spokesman for the council (whatever that means), noted:

“..a consultation had been launched because of concerns over the use of the word saint...we want to create a school that is open to everybody in the community, not a school that selects through the back door...We need to ensure this is a school which is appropriate for Islington in the 21st century…Church-going is now a much less significant part of people's lives..."

Nanny’s thought police have come up with an “approved” list of names, the Islington Academy or the Barnsbury Academy.

Like all third rate dictators, Nanny dislikes religion; as it places God and morality above her. Dictatorships seek to channel peoples’ religious faith away from God, and into the “state”.

Witness the use by the Nazis of the Swastika on top of Christmas trees, as an example of state symbolism replacing religious symbolism.

However, Nanny won’t be allowed to get away with her dictatorial plans; the parents, governors and teachers at St Mary Magdalene are going to fight this Nanny nonsense. John Stewart, the head teacher, said:

"We have been serving the community in the area since 1710 and there is no reason why we should change our name..The name makes our Christian ethos clear to everyone and there are plenty of Church of England schools named after saints in Islington and elsewhere which take children from many other faiths or none who want the education and ethos we offer..."

This case provides us with a good example, whereby the weeds of a dictatorship can be seen poking their heads above the soil.

When you see a weed in your garden, you take swift action and poison the weeds before they spread and infest the entire garden.

Do the same here, tell Nanny’s thought police to keep their hands off the school. Here is the email address of their “young persons spokesman” james.kempton@islington.gov.uk.

When the time is right, remove Nanny’s grasping claws from the levers of power; by voting her, and her acolytes, out of office.