Archive for category Social Cohesion
So long, and thanks for all the work
Posted by David Merlin-Jones in Family, Marriage and the Culture, Immigration, Social Cohesion, Social Security on 12/08/2010
A recent survey by Aon has found that only 43% of Britons want to retire and enjoy their golden years in this country, the lowest satisfaction rate in Europe. However, the figures involved don’t add up to anything worthy of pessimism, as they are merely fantasy and ideals. Read the rest of this entry »
The Delights of Diversity: The Rhetoric and the Reality
Posted by David Conway in Social Cohesion on 16/02/2010
‘We believe that diversity is good for society—socially, culturally, economically.’
So runs the vision statement of the Institute of Community Cohesion, which last year received from the Department for Communities and Local Government almost a quarter of a million pounds ‘for a range a work aimed at helping local partners build more cohesive and integrated communities’.
One wishes in vain from this Quango for some account of exactly what the basis is of its guiding philosophy, when the truth so manifestly belies the exact opposite.
The True Winner of the X-Factor
Posted by David Conway in Social Cohesion on 15/12/2009
Irrespective of whether it is utter bilge or compulsive viewing, the massive popularity of ‘the X Factor’ reveals in the country a deep need for which the just concluded weekly TV singing talent contest apparently is able to cater admirably.
The Writing is Back on the Wall for Christianity, Sort Of
Posted by David Conway in Multiculturalism, Religion, Social Cohesion on 22/09/2009
Within the Roman Church, St Francis’ feast day falls on October 4th and is marked by ceremonies to honour and bless animals. When a Catholic church in London’s Kentish Town sought to display in a local public library a poster advertising a forthcoming ‘pet blessing’ there, it was refused permission on the grounds the event was a religious one.
Making History
Posted by Nick Cowen in Social Cohesion on 07/10/2008
At last week’s Tory party conference, shadow education secretary Michael Gove committed his party upon their return to power to restoring the teaching of narrative British history in schools. He reportedly said:
‘Instead of being taught about the Magna Carta the Glorious Revolution and the heroic role of the Royal navy in putting down slavery, our children are [now] either taught to put Britain in the dock or they remain in ignorance of our island story, That is morally wrong, culturally self-defeating – and we would put it right.’
Accord May Have Come Into Being, But Is Still Lacking in Reality Nonetheless
Posted by Nick Cowen in Social Cohesion on 02/09/2008
Yesterday was the first day of the month in which children return to school after the summer holidays. (Cue for cheers or boos depending on age.)
Along with the start of the new school year, yesterday also saw the launch of a new anti-faith school initiative.
Named the Accord Coalition, what distinguishes this new organisation from all other lobby groups campaigning for the same end is that its membership includes several prominent religious figures and groups. It is not just the usual group of virulently anti-religious suspects such as Polly Toynbee, Phillip Pullman and A.C.Grayling, although all of these belong to it.