Crazy Culture - Break in, Get Hurt, Get Compensation

Crazy Britain! A boy who broke into a school was handed £5,700 compensation when he hurt himself swinging on a gate. £2 Million has been paid out by schools over the last year to pupils who have injured themselves.

The crazy litigation culture we find ourselves in means its really easy to claim compensation from schools in the event of injury, even if the injury's as a result of breaking the Law.
The payouts are causing schools to introduce more safety measures. Shadow Education Secretary david Willetts said: " If councils are paying out millions because of routine accidents, it could lead to schools wrapping kids in cotton wool.

A Taxpayer Alliance spokesman said: "The vast majority of claims are people out to make a quick buck at the expense of taxpayers.

Footnote: Security Guards are now being routinely sent on First Aid Courses specifically to be able to assist criminals who may injure themselves whilst committing crime on the premises the Guards look after.

Winston Churchill Banned From School History Lessons

Sir Winston Churchill, still rated as the Greatest Briton of all time,
even today, has been axed from school history lessons.


This new education plan - which also drops Hitler, Stalin, Ghandi and Martin Luther King from history lessons, was hatched by "educational advisors" who want to concentrate on more relevant issues, as they see it, namely sex, drugs, climate and GM foods.


The plan, rightly, has angered schools secretary Ed Balls who insisted that "Churchill should be taught to all pupils and I shall be taking steps to ensure that it is."