"Leading historians are to hit out against Michael Gove's plans for history teaching, saying they risk "going down the route of propaganda". Gove has said history in schools ought to "celebrate the distinguished role of these islands in the history of the world" and portray Britain as "a beacon of liberty for others to emulate"." - M F

sorry, but *smirk* - #cryptic

Yeah, I blame that fucker Niall Ferguson ;) and David 'Bloody' Starkey. And this government's actions hardly add to the 'beacon of liberty.' Gove is a fucking idiot. - Pete's Got To Go

It's a beacon of liberty if you are a millionnaire or a banker, we can't be a beacon of liberty for everyone, that would be silly - M F

This is really stupid, we can't start pick n mixing our history, what kind of signal is that sending to our children Isn't this what we used to do back in the Victorian times? Teaching kids, look how great we are and how the countries we conquered owe us a debt of gratitude for making them civilised! :-/ - Halil

This government is getting more Nineteen Eighty-Fourish by the day. - M F

Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.[1] Totalitarian regimes stay in political power through an all-encompassing propaganda disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that is often marked by personality cultism, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Halil

I think all friendfeeder's would be too gobby to last in a totalitarian regime! :-P - Halil