Union

Gabrielle Union and husband Dwyane Wade sell their $5.7million LA mansion after a year on the market

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Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union have sold their sprawling Sherman Oaks property for $5.7million, after slashing the asking price by half-a-million in January. The five-bedroom, nine-bathroom mansion was listed for $6.2million last March, just days before the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.  After more than a year on the market without any luck, … Read more

Teaching union urges schools to ‘decolonise the classroom’

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The contribution of black people to British history and culture should be taught in all subjects at school, a teaching union’s conference has been told. The NASUWT’s annual conference heard that the national curriculum is ‘lacking’ and some teachers have taken it into their own hands to ‘decolonise their classrooms’. A motion passed at the … Read more

Anne Hegerty baffled by person who felt ‘intimidated’ after seeing Union Flag on porridge

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The Chase’s Anne Hegerty mocks Twitter user who claims they felt ‘intimidated’ and ‘upset’ after seeing the Union Flag on a box of Mornflake porridge in Morrisons Anonymous Twitter used claimed they felt ‘intimidated’ and ‘upset’ after seeing the Union Flag on a box of Mornflake porridge in a branch of Morrisons   Anne Hegerty asked whether … Read more

Tory MPs slam union guidance for nursery teachers to be taught about white privilege

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Nursery teachers should be taught about white privilege so toddlers can ‘develop anti-racist views’, say unions Unions and charities want nursery teachers trained so toddlers can be anti-racist Tory politicians said that it was the ‘wrong way to go about’ combating racism  MP says it ‘insults white working-class people from disadvantaged backgrounds’ By Mail on … Read more

Gabrielle Union says her children once said she ‘stay home’ because husband Dwyane wade was ‘rich’

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She’s continued to balance her busy acting career with being a wife and mother in recent years. But Gabrielle Union admitted that her children didn’t always want her to try to balance her career with her family life. The 48-year-old L.A.’s Finest star told Gwyneth Paltrow on a recent episode of The Goop Podcast that … Read more

Fury as Labour councillors and candidates say flying the Union flag is ‘chilling’

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Fury as Labour councillors and candidates say flying the Union flag is ‘chilling’ and a ‘move from the Fascist playbook’ despite Keir Starmer trying to use it to win back Red Wall voters The comments were made by Labour Party members in Warrington, Cheshire They contradict Sir Keir Starmer’s new strategy to use the flag to … Read more

Union chief says huge salaries of school academy chain leaders is ‘verging on criminality’

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Union chief says huge salaries of school academy chain leaders is ‘verging on criminality’ and have ‘little if no impact on student progress’ Phil Kemp, the new president of the NASUWT teaching union, made the claims He warns of ‘Wild West’ school system where education is in hands of a few CEOs Mr Kemp is … Read more

Pupils who staged protest over ‘racist’ Union Flag need to be taught about its history, say MPs 

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Protesting pupils’ list of demands presented to the head – and what he has already agreed to A statement purporting to be from the pupil protesters breaks down their ‘demands’.  An extract from this document is shown below, with changes that headteacher Daniel Smith has agreed to marked by an asterisk and italics.  DISCRIMINATION   We … Read more

Anger as Union flag is taken down from outside race row school

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Pupils’ list of demands as head praises protesters  A statement purporting to be from the pupil protesters breaks down their ‘demands’. An extract from this document is shown below –  DISCRIMINATION   We believe the school has unfairly targeted groups of students. The school should protect marginalised races, religions and other groups instead of target them.  … Read more

Teaching union donated to Islamic charity that published name and ‘endangered’ their own member

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The union representing the teacher who showed a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad had donated money to the charity that went on to oust him.  The National Education Union’s (NEU) Kirklees branch, in West Yorkshire, which represents the Batley Grammar School teacher, had donated £3,000 to the charity Purpose of Life who went on to publish the … Read more