Sir Winston Churchill, the strong, inspirational leader of Great Britain during World War II, has been removed from the UK history books.
Britain’s World War II prime minister Winston Churchill has been cut from a list of key historical figures recommended for teaching in English secondary schools, a government agency says.
The radical overhaul of the school curriculum for 11- to 14-year-olds is designed to bring secondary education up to date and allow teachers more flexibility in the subjects they teach, the Government said.
Supporters of the move say that teachers can still mention Churchill, he just doesn’t need to be brought up every class. Folks against the move call it madness.
“It is absurd. I expect he wasn’t New Labour enough for them … this is a Government that is very careless of British history and always has been.
“The teaching of history is incredibly important,” he added.
“If you’re surprised that people do not seem to care that much about the country in which they live, the reason is that they don’t know much about it.”
It isn’t just Churchill that has been deleted. Stalin, Ghandi, Martin Luther King and Hitler have also been removed. It is a move that critics say has roots in political correctness.
