Talk:Paul Honeyford

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Once again: This short article is about Paul Honeyford "following in the footsteps of his father Ray Honeyford, whose controversial views led to the so-called Honeyford Affair of 1982".

And once again my question(s):

(1) Controversial views on WHAT?
(2) What was the "Honeyford Affair of 1982" all about? How many people were involved? etc. etc.

<KF> 17:15, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Ray Honeyford was an English secondary school Headteacher who in the early 1980's questioned certain aspects of government education policy in regards to multiculturalism. He stated that schools should be responsible for an agreed form of education and should not concern themselves with promoting one social view over another. He pointed out that in his school 98% of the pupils were of Asian origin and so could not logically be termed a minority.

The essential thrust of his argument was that social and cultural mores and morals were the resonsibily of the family and how the children were brought up: a school's job was to deliver clear eduation. He was vilified in some parts of the press - though strongly supported in others - and stepped down from his post. The local council - who had singularly failed to support him - had to pay him a substantial amount of compensation.

He became a local councillor and journalist.

Many of his views are now seen as being prescient in the current climate of reassessing (in the United Kingdom) the approach to multiculturalism over the past twenty years.