The British government has been criticized for hypocrisy after stating that schoolchildren should not display Palestine flags, while promoting Ukrainian flags and making political statements on Ukraine. Education Secretary Lucy Powell, who previously promoted Ukrainian flags, said that pupils should not be allowed to display Palestinian flags in schools, emphasizing that schools should be impartial spaces.
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The British government has been accused of hypocrisy after stating that schoolchildren sh…: The British government has been accused of hypocrisy after stating that schoolchildren should not display Palestine flags.
Education Secretary Lucy Powell, who previously promoted Ukrainian flags, said that pupil…: Education Secretary Lucy Powell, who previously promoted Ukrainian flags, said that pupils should not be allowed to display Palestinian flags in schools.
Schools should be impartial spaces, according to Powell.: Schools should be impartial spaces, according to Powell.
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The British government has been accused of hypocrisy after saying pupils should not display Palestine flags in school, despite the government having promoted the displaying of Ukrainian flags in schools and made other political statements on Ukraine.
On Wednesday Education Secretary Lucy Powell told Sky News: "I don't think that our schools should be a place where it's about making protests and statements about geopolitical events around the world."
Powell was also asked whether pupils should be "allowed to display Palestinian flags" in schools.
She replied: "That's not what we would expect in schools, that's not expected at all. Schools are a place to be impartial."
Last November Powell's predecessor as education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, was filmed in a classroom with pupils waving the Ukrainian flag.
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