A fortnight ago, The Spectator asked if Cameron was fit to fight? We wondered if he had the gumption to use the political moment created by the riots to push
through the radical reforms the country needs. So, it’s only fair to note that the government has today actually done something—as opposed to just talking about—the excesses
of the human rights culture.
The Department for Education has stopped the implementation of new regulations that would require teachers to log every incident in which they ‘use force’ with children. These new rules would have made teachers record every time they had pulled apart two kids in a corridor or intervened to break-up an over-enthusiastic game of football.
The withdrawal of these regulations will cause a political stink. Already, the two coalition parties have had to agree to disagree on the matter.
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