What are British values? The Twittersphere has its own answers.
England’s Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced plans to promote “British values” in schools – including democracy, mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths. The proposal comes after the “Trojan Horse” scandal, in which a group of fundamentalist Muslims were alleged to be plotting to “takeover” some schools in Birmingham.
But many on Twitter have been joking about exactly what British values are – using the hashtag #BritishValues. There have been more than 25,000 tweets since Monday.
One of the most retweeted came from the @SoVeryBritish account which wrote: “Waiting for permission to leave after paying for something with the exact change #BritishValues.” British Brand Marmite seized on the opportunity, and shared a photo of a jar of Marmite, with the simple words “Me”.
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(BBC) #BBCtrending: #BritishValues… according to Twitter
What are British values? The Twittersphere has its own answers.
England’s Education Secretary Michael Gove has announced plans to promote “British values” in schools – including democracy, mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths. The proposal comes after the “Trojan Horse” scandal, in which a group of fundamentalist Muslims were alleged to be plotting to “takeover” some schools in Birmingham.
But many on Twitter have been joking about exactly what British values are – using the hashtag #BritishValues. There have been more than 25,000 tweets since Monday.
One of the most retweeted came from the @SoVeryBritish account which wrote: “Waiting for permission to leave after paying for something with the exact change #BritishValues.” British Brand Marmite seized on the opportunity, and shared a photo of a jar of Marmite, with the simple words “Me”.
Read it all.