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Armed forces 'should sponsor schools'

Britain's armed services have been included as potential sponsors to run state schools in a list published yesterday by the Schools minister, Jim Knight.

Mr Knight, writing on the Euston Manifesto - a website aimed at encouraging progressive politics, argued that the armed forces could be enlisted as sponsors of Tony Blair's flagship "trust" schools. He said the sponsorship base should be widened to include more parents' co-operatives and schools sponsored by trade unions, the armed forces or environmental groups.

His comments sparked outrage amongst teachers' leaders last night. Steve Sinnott, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: "Most of the organisations the minister mentions have a particular line to peddle... That is not necessarily in the interest of the children... and it should not happen."

How exactly is it progressive to insist that the British Armed Forces sponser schools? Jeez that is the kind of thinking that leads to fascistic militaristic socities, where children are trained to be soldiers from an early age and are ordered to fight for the 'Fatherland'. This type of thinking can only lead to bad things.

If you think the Euston Manifesto twats are tossers, check this group out - Scary, Mad and Powerful - why the Henry Jackson Society is coming your way.

What really annoys me is about how the Euston lot claim to be the 'decent left' and attack anyone else who is opposed to the illegal invasion of Iraq or supports the Lebanon as 'islamofascists', which is a nonsense term in itself. They seem to be doing their very best to squash dissent and not listen to alternatives, their shameless whoring for war and blantant imperalism cheering really makes me sick.

In that reguards they are more closer to the Neoconservatives, who are fascists in all but name.