Reform UK would introduce ‘patriotic’ history and make schools fly Union flag

This is a story that doesn't affect Wales. Education is devolved, so what suella wants in England doesn't transfer directly to the devolved nations. Why are we not focusing on devolved issues in the run up to the election? I'm actually yet to see an article on the new education policies of respective parties on this site. Just one opinion piece so far on arguably the most important devolved function of the assembly. Same with the BBC. Or about university funding. Maybe education is simply not a priority for the Welsh people?

Kind of like a North Korea from Temu??

Need to get Opium wars on this list.

Patriotic history is what Germany had in the 30's. Patriotic history is what yo get with dictators. Patriotic history brought you "Taffy was a Welsh Man...." Patriotic history brought you Nuremberg rallies and book burning. Patriotic history helped the extermination camps happen. Privilege to be British? Farage will sell us to the highest bidder, he shills for foreign power's, he earns a lot of monetary from dubious sources outside the UK, my definition of British includes not selling my nation out, as farage does constantly. He will distort and lie about history, see his Brexit performance. Bloke couldn't lie straight in bed.

Under a Reform UK govt wouldnt be surprised to see Cymru renamed "Wales-shire". They'll try to finish the job off that Henry 8th failed to do

Many Reform supporters are highly sceptical towards Carlo. They see him as a liberal multiculturalist. They'll eventually replace his portrait with that of their glorious leader Nigel. Authoritarianism is staring us in the face. Cymru has to present a front against this very slippery slope.

Haven't the Labour party being sort of doing this for years? Question: Why hasn't Welsh history been taught in Welsh schools? Answer: The British Labour party in Cymru want to promote the Union and believe in creating a British socialist utopia (which most people know isn't going to happen because England is, was, and always be right leaning). My partner's grandchildren haven't even heard about Owain Glyndwr but "know loads about Henry VIII")! Labour 100 years of colonial rule is hopefully coming to an end, it may however be replaced by an even more colonial political party - ReformUK. Inadvertently Labour have through their promotion of Britishness laid the foundations for Reform to flourish. Welsh Labour the gift that just keeps on giving.

Yep great idea, the flag that's internationally renowned for representing theft, genocide and abuse on a school wall. That's Reform.

Indoctrination: the process of repeating an idea or belief to someone until they accept it without criticism or question

What an embarrassing country we are that we’re on the verge of making these reactionaries and oddballs the largest party in our Senedd. For shame. I despair, the evidence of Brexit being such an unmitigated disaster should have been enough to finish Farage and his fellow travellers politically for a generation. What a farce.

The proposed dystopian 'education' system will encourage white children to point at the flag, monarch and the skin colour on their forearms (Nick Griffin style - i saw that) and sneer at non white pupils, second classing them. Anyone who doesn't think THIS is her sick plan needs educating. Be 'woke' to the evil.

Strange one. I would hope that in Wales the history taught is resolutely patriotic - for good and for bad. The Welsh Knot, Glyndwr, coal and iron, literature and culture, our role in the world (emigration to the US etc). Patriotic doesn't have to be the preserve of the likes of Reform and it is twisted.

Get a picture of Carlo up in my kids' school and see what happens.

So, a few people will tell the rest of us what we must do. These small-time dictators must be stopped before they multiply.

Isn't at least 60% of the history curriculum in Wales, British history anyway? What is going to change? Unfortunately most Welsh people think of themselves as being British.

Hard to think of anything less British than patriotism.

The biggest asset for the Welsh independence movement would be a Reform government in the Senedd or Westminster. Their 'patriotic' actions combined with the majority of our younger generation now leaning towards independence would see independence happen quicker. In my view it is only a matter of time before the breakup of the United Kingdom - the only question is how quickly will it come.

Teaching history usually starts with local, national, and international history. So in Cymru that should be where you live (local), Cymru, and the rest of the world. However, the focus in Cymru has been where you live (local), Britain, and the rest of the world. Thanks to Labour's political interference in the history curriculum, it is no wonder why Reform are doing so well in Cymru.

This article provides conclusive proof that Reform UK is an undemocratic, extreme right-wing English Nationalist party with a self-appointed leader who chose its leader in Wales (no election!). It's unbelievable that Reform expects us in Wales to fly the fraudulent Union Jack when Wales is, disdainfully, not represented on it. Would Reform or the UK government fly it if England was not represented on it? No chance whatever!

Anybody on here trust reform to do the right thing Wales needs to be out in a straight jacket put in a padded cell and given his meds i called a former lifelong freind intending to vote reform a QUISLING AND A TRAITOR TO WALES

English imperialists Reform UK can go to hell. They can try, but like May 7th Senedd election, they will fail. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ✊

Absolutely incredible that anyone in Wales or Scotland would vote Reform

It is not the role of education to provide a state narrative, unless the state is a fascist one.