Cameron’s “Indian dance” jibe highlights just how out of touch he is on school sport
David Cameron has claimed state school pupils are spending their mandatory two-hour-a-week sport allocation performing “Indian dance” clases.
Shamik Das
Olympic stars hit back at Cameron and Gove over slashing of sports budgets
A raft of Olympic stars past and present have warned the government against cutbacks to school sport and the slashing of elite sport funding.
Cameron blames teachers over school sport – ignoring his cuts and playing field sell-offs
David Cameron has criticised state school teachers for not doing their bit for school sport.
Without greater provision and resources, state schools will struggle to close the gold gap
Without greater resources, opportunities and investment, the gold gap between state and private schools will continue to grow, writes Shamik Das.
Olympic-tastic: Jess and Mo stick two fingers up to the anti-mixed race, anti-Muslim Mail
Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah stuck two fingers up to the anti-mixed race, anti-Muslim Mail and bigots like Aidan Burley MP with their Olympic golds last night.
Meet the GOP candidate who’s a conspiracy theorist, Islamophobe and ‘alien killer’
Here’s all you need to know about Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz, winner of the Republican Texas Senate Primary.
The nasty department: DWP threaten to take disabled children away from parents
The DWP is sending out threatening, menacing letters to disabled parents, ordering them to do as they say or risk having their children taken into care.
Syria: “They raised my toenails, stuck electrical wires under them and gave me electric shocks”
Syria: Amnesty International this morning revealed further, chilling details of life in Aleppo under the tyranny of Assad’s army thugs and Shabiha militia.
Surprised at Boris’s Olympic invite to Murdoch? Don’t be – he’s his biggest fan
Boris Johnson, drunk on the power of being London Mayor at the time of our Games, has invited Rupert Murdoch to the Olympic swimming this Friday.
Losing it: Team Romney end disastrous tour by telling reporters to “shove it” and “kiss my ass”
The Mitt Romney team ended a disastrous, error-strewn tour to Britain, Israel and Poland by lashing out at the US press.