TRUANCY

"TRUANCY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED." THE MESSAGE IS 'OUT' TO LOCAL SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE MESSAGE IS ALSO 'OUT' TO GREAT BRITAIN WHOSE SAILORS WERE ABDUCTED BY A FOREIGN POWER. BUT WILL EITHER DO THEIR DUTY? ABSENTEE STUDENTS BY THEIR VERY ABSENCES ABANDON THEIR DUTY TO BE EDUCATED. GREAT BRITAIN BY ITS ABSENCE OF ACTION RETREATS FROM ITS DUTY TO ITS CITIZENS WHO ARE HOSTAGES IN IRAN.

WORDS PRECEDING FOOT-STOMPING FOLLOWED BY WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE APOLOGIES FOR POOR CONDUCT, PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP THE STATUS QUO OF BOTH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND BRITISH STATESMANSHIP. TODAY'S PUPILS ARE SUFFERING FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LACK OF PROPER PRIOR PARENTING. GREAT BRITAIN'S BACKBONE, LIKE THE MAINMAST FROM ONE OF ITS IMPRESSIVE SAILING SHIPS WHEN BRITTANNIA RULED THE WAVES, HAS BROKEN AND COLLAPSED IN THE GALE OF