Hehehe... The petitions have begun, and the weight of public opinion is unavoidable.
Hold a public inquiry and referendum over turning all schools into academies.
Including both petitions, that’s a rate of over 2,000 signatures an hour, counting the time most British people are sleeping. Both petitions reaching 100,000 signatures means there will be double the mandate for this policy to be debated in parliament. It is government policy that all petitions reaching 100,000 signatures must be ‘considered’ for debate.
And the pressure is mounting.
These petitions are accelerating exponentially following an uproar on Twitter, strong condemnation from the Labour party, and the UK’s teachers and pupils themselves. This unrest is spreading like wildfire, and coalescing within the Anti Academies Alliance – a campaign group made up of parents, pupils, teachers, MPs, councillors, and trade unions.
As The Canary reported, this forced move away from local government and local accountability amounts to widespread privatisation of schools nationwide:
http://www.thecanary.co/2016/03/21/b...us-turbulence/