Dr Stuart Weighton (who previously spoke at a UK Column education symposium) said: SubstackHe is a senior lecturer in sociology and criminology, an author and journalist, with a particular interest in over-regulation and policing in everyday life, and is committed to pushing back against state indoctrination in schools.
Among other topics, the interview explores the distortion of terms like “harm” and “liberation”, the inability of officials to explain their work, the failure of age appropriateness, the incompetence of civil servants and politicians as a class to decide what should be included in the school curriculum, and what we have learned from campaigning against mandatory state guardianship by Scottish Government appointees.