The Uk Goes Dorsum To The 1950S

I take away maintain ever felt that the British were slightly obsessed yesteryear anniversaries, especially if it involves anything to create amongst the 2 basis wars. It seemed unhealthy, maybe encouraging beliefs that should take away maintain died amongst our empire. And maybe to a greater extent than by together with large it encourages an unhealthy nostalgia.

One of the clear dividing lines inward the European Union plebiscite betwixt those voting Leave together with those voting Remain was how they felt nigh the past. Asked if life inward Great Britain was ameliorate or worse than it was xxx years ago, those voting Remain had a 46% residue proverb better, piece Leave voters had a 16% residue proverb worse. While those on the left tend to come across this equally a protestation yesteryear a working shape left behind yesteryear de-industrialisation, it was also a protestation yesteryear social conservatives who similar to mean value of England equally cricket on the hamlet green.

The Brexit vote takes us dorsum non to the 1970s when nosotros joined, but dorsum to the 1950s. Great Britain commencement tried to bring together the European Union inward 1961, but was rebuffed yesteryear De Gaulle inward 1963. Theresa May’s telephone band for the furnish of Grammar schools (selection into dissimilar schools at the historic menses of 11) likewise takes us dorsum to the 1950s. One of the major achievements of the Labour authorities of the 1960s was to largely stage out alternative at 11.

The pretext May uses for reintroducing grammer schools is that it volition tending growth social mobility. The bear witness is clear: it does not. H5N1 few local authorities did grapple to retain grammer schools, together with the bear witness from them is likewise clear. The next graph is taken from a post yesteryear Chris Cook.

FT points are a mensurate of educational attainment. The graph clearly shows that piece the real rich mightiness create slightly ameliorate inward areas where grammars remain, the pathetic create real much worse.

In short, reintroducing grammer schools is only reactionary. We are going dorsum to a fourth dimension where shape divisions were far to a greater extent than entrenched than they are now. It is possible that this tin hold upward avoided, but it requires those inward the Conservative political party who prefer living inward this century to the final to state no to their Prime Minister. They could non halt the Great Britain voting for Brexit, but they tin halt this.