Issue 19 Spring 2007

Included

English Intellectual Achievement - Robert Henderson
The Dream of the Rodd - Tony Linsell
English Boys Underachieving - Tony Linsell

English Boys Underachieving
Tony Linsell

The education system is failing English working-class boys in many ways. First, they are, as a group, ignored and most politicians and bureaucrats even deny their existence. Thus the 2006 GCSE results have been analysed by researchers at Manchester University in a way that labels English pupils as 'White British' and thereby perpetuates one of the problems facing English children, which is a lack of perceived ethnic and communal identity, and a consequent lack of self-esteem and self-confidence. This gives rise to the shameful situation where English children living in England believe that settler children have a communal identity but they, the indigenous population, have none.

Ethnocide
English boys from poor backgrounds are under-performing and falling behind classmates belonging to other ethnic groups, but they do not get the policies and funding that groups within the settler communities receive. It seems that the only reason this has become a concern for progressives is that they believe the exclusion of such a large group will cause it to feel neglected and isolated from British society and create potential supporters for parties 'like the BNP'. The solution adopted by progressives is not to recognise and promote English ethnicity but instead to attempt to manipulate it, redefine it, and merge it into other inclusive identities such as 'British' and 'White'. It is odd that while the BNP is softening its White and British stance and recognising the importance of English ethnic identity, progressives are doing the opposite and trying to erase English ethnic identity. If such ethnocide was practised on any other group we would have progressives complaining about racism and a denial of human rights.

I'm not a racist but . . .
Such is the growing concern of progressive about their lack of social control over young members of the English working class that the Conservative party and teachers' unions are united in urging that there should be financial support for these 'White' pupils. John Bangs, National Union of Teachers' head of education, pointed out that specific grants for ethnic-minority pupils would rise to £178 million next financial year, but "there is no equivalent for the poorest White pupils". Cameron Watt, who helped produce a report published recently by Iain Duncan Smith, said: "There's a political lobby highlighting the issue of underachievement among black boys, and quite rightly so, but I don't think there's a single project specifically for white working-class boys. I don't want to stir up racial hatred, but that is something that should be addressed."

Who is going to represent them?
The research by Manchester University shows that poor White pupils [i.e. English] are getting less funding than other racial groups. The study was conducted in an unnamed (probably English) deprived inner city, which received a high level of funding to tackle inequality. A greatly disproportionate amount of the available money was spent on pupils with English as an additional language, but "white learners from highly disadvantaged backgrounds were reportedly often overlooked". The researchers were told by a local authority officer that other much more disadvantaged White areas were losing out because, "white poverty and underachievement aren't as headline grabbing or sexy". The report revealed that the parents of poor English children (boys and girls) are more likely to send their children to local 'failing schools' rather than play the system. In other words, they have a sense of working-class community and stick together but have no political party to represent their interests.

Invisible, ignored and neglected
Figures from the Department for Education and Skills show that White British boys (i.e. English boys) from poor families perform worse at GCSE than almost any other racial group. 24 per cent of those entitled to free school meals gained five or more good GCSEs last year, compared with 65 per cent of poor Chinese boys and 48 per cent of poor Indian and Bangladeshi boys.

The proportion of poor White British (i.e. English) boys attaining top-grade GCSEs during the past three years has risen by 7 per cent, while the proportion of similar boys from settler communities reaching the same target has risen faster. For example, the number of poor Bangladeshi boys achieving five top grades rose by more than 12 per cent, while for Pakistani boys results rose by almost 10 per cent. Black Caribbean and Black African boys improved their scores by more than 9 per cent. The only group performing worse than the White British (i.e. English) were boys from traveller families, where the score was 5 per cent. Presumably by 'travellers' they mean Irish and Romany travellers.

The stench of decay
Now that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has agreed to include 'English' as an ethnic group on census forms, we can look forward to statistics which acknowledge the existence of the ethnic English and see an end to members of our community being labelled 'White British'. Let's hope the British establishment follows the ONS lead - but I doubt it. I foresee the Commission for Equality and Human Rights doing all they can to remove 'English' as an ethnic group from the census form. Also, they will push for a new Race Relations Act which will redefine the ethnic / indigenous English out of existence for legal and administrative purposes. They will do this by using an inclusive definition of English. These fanatics are set on destroying us and they go about their task with relish and obvious pleasure.

But they should be warned - we are English and we are not going away - this is our homeland - we gave it our name - we are the indigenous English. So the British government and those who proclaim they are against discrimination should recognise our existence and address our special needs and interests because if they don't, more and more of us will regard the British state as a pernicious political structure that we have not the slightest interest in preserving. Loyalty is a two-way relationship - if you ignore our existence and proper demands we will relish your destruction.