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CARD-CARRYING fascists must be banned from the country’s classrooms, Scotland’s biggest teaching union declared on Saturday following a landmark vote.
Cheers rang out across Perth’s concert hall on Saturday as EIS delegates passed a new measure urging that members of fascist political parties be barred from the profession, with the motion scraping through with just six votes to spare.
Glasgow delegate Charlie McKinnon warned that the BNP and similar parties remained influential in many parts of Britain despite dismal performances in last month’s European elections.
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
