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UK: Islington scraps pork from menus in all primary schools

Feb 12, 2015 11:14 am By Robert Spencer

sausages“A council spokesman said ensuring Muslim and Jewish children were not eating the meat represented an ‘unnecessary cost at a time of tight budgets.'” But make no mistake: this isn’t happening because of the Jewish students. Jews have lived in the UK for centuries and neither demanded nor received such accommodations. This is all about the Muslim students and their parents, and is yet another example of the society-wide policy of appeasing Islamic supremacism. This cannot and will not end well.

“Islington scraps pork from menus in all primary schools,” by Rachel Blundy, London Evening Standard, February 12, 2015 (thanks to Bill):

Pork has been taken off menus at primary schools in a north London borough because it costs too much to monitor which children are allowed to eat it, a council has said.

Islington Council has ruled that it is too expensive to check whether pupils in its primary schools can eat sausages, bacon and pork chops due to their religious beliefs.

A council spokesman said ensuring Muslim and Jewish children were not eating the meat represented an “unnecessary cost at a time of tight budgets”.

Despite the move, pork will still be served in the borough’s secondary schools.

The decision has attracted criticism from some local traders.

Chris Godfrey, owner of Godfrey’s butchers in Highbury Park, said he thought it was “disgusting” that the needs of some children were being put ahead of the majority.

He told the Standard: “I think it is disgusting that they do not have pork on the menu.

“There are so many religions in this country and if listened to all of them then you would not eat anything.

“We are pandering to other religions too much – kids that don’t eat pork should take packed lunches. It is not up to us to pander to their requirements.”

He added: “I thought everyone was meant to be integrating into our society?”

David Mayers, owner of Highbury Butchers on Blackstock Road, said it would not affect his business directly but felt it was an “unnecessary” move.

He said: “We serve local nurseries – they do not have any pork either because there are Muslims.

“It is unnecessary. Pork is quite cheap anyway. You are stopping other children from having it.”…

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  1. dlp6666 says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 11:18 am

    Jews had no problem bringing their own packed lunches in my day ….

    • Huck Folder says

      Feb 15, 2015 at 1:18 am

      Further, can someone do a FoIA request (Do they have that in the UK?):

      Cllr Joe Caluori, Islington Council’s executive member for children and families, said: ‘By not having pork on the menus in our schools, we can keep down costs and reduce food waste, maximising the schools meal budget in tough financial circumstances. ‘Monitoring each child, every day ensuring they are avoiding pork, is an unnecessary cost at a time of tight budgets.’

      1/. WHAT is the cost of monitoring pork products – you can’t get away with vague platitudes about ‘unnecessary costs’ especially when these officials are elected to come up with SOLUTIONS, not just sweeping problems aside, and throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

      2/. WHAT is the the council’s annual liquor budget ‘at a time of tight budgets’?

  2. Michael Copeland says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 11:18 am

    TODAY WE HAVE BANNING OF PORK
    Today we have banning of pork.
    Yesterday we had smashing of chocolate eggs,
    The forbidding of listening to music,
    And eviction of Father Christmas.
    Tomorrow is scorning of Valentines cards,
    And soon we’ll have silence of bells,
    But today, today, we have banning of pork.

    • John says

      Feb 13, 2015 at 12:24 pm

      Thanks! I haven’t thought about Naming of Parts in years. Your spin is very well done too. God Save England and good luck.

      • particolor says

        Feb 13, 2015 at 6:45 pm

        Apparently Your Government didn’t read the Instruction Book of Peace before Installing Your NEW MASTERS ?.. Once Installed You are Meat !! Lower than Pork ! You will be Stamped on and Beaten, and that’s only if Your Lucky !!..Good Luck with Your Bearded Ugly Barbarian Bosses !! 🙁

  3. Michael Copeland says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 11:23 am

    The Front National town mayor in France reinstated pork in the school menu. France’s schools are required by law to be secular, not places where religion is superposed.

  4. KrazyKafir says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 11:34 am

    Note to England:

    http://coub.com/view/35qj3

  5. RinTinTin says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 11:39 am

    First they came for the pigs, and I did not speak out….

  6. cs says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 11:39 am

    I don’t eat pork, but never said someone could not have because of me, this people are such asses.
    Who is the head of this council? What a dhimmi.

    • Babs says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 11:48 am

      Asses??! If they were merely asses there’d be no need to give them a second thought. No, they are far more dangerous than asses.

  7. Nicu says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 11:39 am

    How long they will give in to these ” people ” ???

    I am a vegetarian but never would demand other people stop eating meat !

    • Babs says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 11:49 am

      Until it’s too late to stop the relentless march of sharia Islam in the UK. It’s well on the way unless the UK voters wake up in May

      • joeb says

        Feb 12, 2015 at 12:06 pm

        Sharia law is already practiced in the UK. It does not have to be on the statute books, simply happening in order to make it a reality. and it is.

  8. mortimer says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 12:02 pm

    UNETHICAL MEAT!

    Halal is unethically slaughtered and is not acceptable to ethical people.

    • Betty says

      Feb 13, 2015 at 10:23 pm

      NO Christians are suppose to eat halal meats ether. it is tainted.

      • particolor says

        Feb 14, 2015 at 1:13 am

        Its been Meccanised !! 🙁

  9. Steffen Larsen says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 12:03 pm

    Old news in Denmark.
    Child-care centres are becoming “inclusive” and going all-out halal. It doesn’t matter whether there are 1% or 50% Muslims, no pork it is.

    • bitterclinger says

      Feb 13, 2015 at 7:59 am

      Don’t Muslim women have to stay home with their young children? What are they doing in daycare centers?

      • particolor says

        Feb 13, 2015 at 6:56 pm

        With 4 Wives and 48 Kids wouldn’t You want to Get rid of them for a while to make some More for the Cause ?? 🙂 Why don’t they take them down to the Mosque for Training ??

  10. mortimer says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    They are actually establishing Islam as the official religion in schools and establishing Sharia law as the guiding code of ethics.

    WRONG! CLUELESS!

  11. katnis says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 12:13 pm

    I have a feeling that if looked at the demographics, the students who didn’t want pork on the menu would make up a small % of the total student population. I think the reason given is a BS reason. That’s a shame. Pork is an inexpensive alternative to chicken and beef.

  12. Kim says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 12:48 pm

    I’ve just checked the religious demographics in Islington.
    According to the data in “2011 Census: KS209EW Religion, local authorities in England and Wales” (file can be found via the national office for statistics, ons.gov.uk) 9.5% of the population in Islington is Muslim, 0.9% is Jewish.
    I find it kind of hard to believe that the council is going to stop serving pork in primary schools because of Muslim AND Jewish children. (Also it has been said before Jews have no problem with providing their own lunches, so monitoring jewish children regardless of their numbers is not the problem)
    Why is the council not being honest? They stop because they fear that Muslims take offence & Muslims in Islington are not know for their tolerance given that the Finsbury Park Mosque (aka North London Central Mosque) is serving the Muslim population. Some of the msot well known worshippers in that mosque were the shoe bombers.

    Another proof for the council’s/borough’s hypocrisy is the fact that they haven’t banned beef from school menus despite the presence of a Hindu minority. But then again Hindus (like Jews) have no problem bringing their own food.

  13. Angemon says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 12:50 pm

    kids that don’t eat pork should take packed lunches. It is not up to us to pander to their requirements.

    Precisely. If they don’t want to eat the food sold in school then bring their own food from home.

  14. Alex says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 12:55 pm

    Darn this is depressing. Thank goodness I won’t be on this rock anymore when the tipping point is reached. If reincarnation is an option, where can I sign an advanced waiver right now?

    • Lu says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 5:26 pm

      Please report to the “Legion of Hellenistic Infidels”, The City of Lethe, Underworld 2030. We all will be there readying for the battle …

  15. Charli Main says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 1:04 pm

    “We are pandering to other religions too much”

    No, Sir—we ARE NOT pandering to other religions. We are pandering to one specific religion.
    Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jews are not complaining about beef and pork products on school menus or the display of beef and pork products in shop windows.

    Its ONLY the Muslims that are trying to force their religious beliefs and culture down the throats of every one else.

    • particolor says

      Feb 13, 2015 at 5:14 am

      Don’t tell that Arab standing over there eating Chips that they were Cooked in Lard !! 🙂

    • torino390 says

      Feb 13, 2015 at 6:32 am

      exactly. 100% correct.

      • particolor says

        Feb 13, 2015 at 6:38 am

        And they will get another 100% worse Yet !!

  16. Yochanan Charlot Gomer Charlot says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 1:48 pm

    Another victory for God. It would be awesome for pork to be banned across all of the US. Along with the eating of eggs. Healthier people, less disease and better living. In Isaiah 66:17 it speaks about the warning of Yahovah about what eating pork in the future will cause. The thing is that a lot of the processed products being sold in supermarkets, grocery stores and warehouses have eggs in them and many pork too. Pastas are manufactured in facilities that make the processed products that contain eggs in them. Products that are condiments for salads and meat at restaurants have eggs in them. Mayonnaise used to be put in sandwiches and burgers also contain eggs in them. Many of the cakes also contain eggs in them and ice cream does too. Pork is being put on pizzas, inside hot pockets, now even the salsa for pasta. Even bread has eggs in them so the bread that is called Challah is not realty Kosher or clean because it contains eggs in them. Remember to look at the ingredients list before you purchase a product.

    • Mirren10 says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 2:04 pm

      If you’re a Kosher Observant Jew, then I’m Ed Milliband. Piss off, mohammedan.

    • RCCA says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 2:39 pm

      You’re a fraud. Jews never refer to HaShem as Jehovah. Eggs are always kosher so having eggs in Challah would never make Challah unkosher. Piss off!

    • RG says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 10:02 pm

      @ Yochanan CGC.
      Are you as dumbass as you sound????

    • torino390 says

      Feb 13, 2015 at 7:25 am

      WTF? which planet are you on friend? you need to erase your brainwashed mind and start again.

  17. Mirren10 says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 2:01 pm

    Islington Council is 100% Labour, and there are several muslim councillors. That’s why.

  18. NICHOLAS ELIAS NIEVES says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 2:11 pm

    THE UNITED MUSLIM KINGDOM

    • Carpediadem says

      Feb 13, 2015 at 4:05 am

      Well it’s not like they make a secret of their ambitions.

      • particolor says

        Feb 13, 2015 at 7:02 pm

        They Came, They Saw, They Conquered !! They learned that off Ceaser !! 🙂

  19. PrCS says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 2:15 pm

    “unnecessary cost at a time of tight budgets”

    1. Send a flyer to EVERY student’s parents/guardians stating:
    *Pork products, when on the menu, will be plainly labeled at the serving counter
    *Other than that labeling, no religious beliefs/procedures will be considered or accommodated in any food procurement, preparation or serving
    *Parents/guardians are responsible for telling their children which foods should not be consumed for religious/cultural beliefs/reasons
    *A vegetarian alternative will be available each school day

    2. Send the same note via each student on the first day of school as a reminder

    To the point, very low cost and almost no waste of the staff’s time.

    • Mirren10 says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 3:52 pm

      “unnecessary cost at a time of tight budgets”

      Your suggestions are absolutely spot on, PRCS, and if cost was what it was really about, then that is what would be done.

      But it’s *not* about that. As I already posted, Islington is 100% Labour, many of the councillors are mohammedans. This is all about supremacy, and *enabling* it.

      • PRCS says

        Feb 13, 2015 at 1:02 am

        Thanks for your response, Mirren.

        Their claim is that “it costs too much to monitor which children are allowed to eat it [pork].”

        You and I know that monitoring is likely NOT the real reason. If the true goal is something else–as we believe it to be–my method would expose that.

        Given that at least some members of the Labor party do eat pork/pork products and that at least some of them have issues with Islam and Muslims, I would argue that the town’s 100% Labor constituency is not what’s driving this.
        ————
        If you don’t mind: what (IYO) is the average Brit’s thinking about Islam and Muslims in the U.K? Are they ready, now, with all that’s happened over the past decade, to vote for candidates from other party’s they believe would halt the ongoing jihad there?

        Thanks.

        • Mirren10 says

          Feb 13, 2015 at 10:30 am

          Hi, PRCS, thank you for *your* response.

          You ask:

          ”If you don’t mind: what (IYO) is the average Brit’s thinking about Islam and Muslims in the U.K? Are they ready, now, with all that’s happened over the past decade, to vote for candidates from other party’s they believe would halt the ongoing jihad there?”

          I am of course, just an ordinary citizen, so my opinion of what ‘the average Brit thinks’ is gleaned only from my own friends and family, who feel about islam and mohammedan supremacists as I do, and from reading comments in newspapers, blogs etc.

          I do, I think detect from these, a much greater awareness of the actual *tenets* of islam, and how evil they are, and a much greater cynicism about the usual guff handed out re ” a tiny minority of extremists”, ”religion of peace hijacked by extremists” and all the usual crap the ‘elites’ are still trying to make us swallow.

          Whether this will result in people turning away from the liblabcons, and turning to UKIP, or LibertyGB, well, your guess is as good as mine !

          I actually think the liblabcons are terrified of UKIP in particular; we are now entering into all the pre election hooha, and a concerted attempt to smear UKIP and Farage, and their supporters, is now underway.

          I actually prefer Paul Weston, and LibertyGB, consider him, and his policies to be far more honest and far reaching, and if he fielded a candidate in my constituency, I would definitely vote for him/her.

          And I think, if UKIP fails to make significant gains (I don’t think they’ll get a majority) then the UK will continue down the road to cultural suicide, which will eventually bring about civil war.

          My thoughts and opinions only, and I could of course, be completely wrong !

          As the old Chinese curse has it; ”may you live in interesting times”. 🙁

  20. sidney penny says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 6:17 pm

    What next ,no beef because of Hindu students?

    or Hindu students do not matter?

    and then what?

    no meat because of vegetarians?

  21. Peggy says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 11:00 pm

    Any normal person would not believe even for a second that this is because of the Jewish children.
    I think what the Jews need to do is make it quite clear that they have no problem with pork sausages being served at the school. Why should the Jews take the blame for any of this?

  22. More Ham Ed says

    Feb 13, 2015 at 12:27 am

    The cook’s name is Ed.

    More ham, Ed!

    This entire thread is making me hungry!

  23. Realist says

    Feb 13, 2015 at 3:54 am

    I have amongst my dearest friends, an elderly devout Hindu family. Yet, they call and wish me a Merry Christmas on Christmas day,when we go out for a meal, they are always at pains to insist i order a steak, which they know i love, yes, even when its their turn to pay. I however refuse out of respect for them. I have known this family for thirty years now, and they have always been the truest of friends. Of course there are extremists in the Hindu faith, but i wonder how accommodating a Muslim would be for the simple sake of a friendship? But, we all know the answer to that dont we?

    • particolor says

      Feb 13, 2015 at 5:23 am

      Yes !! Don’t Pig Out in front of the Azoles ! 🙂

    • Charli Main says

      Feb 13, 2015 at 6:38 am

      but i wonder how accommodating a Muslim would be for the simple sake of a friendship?

      Muslims are strictly forbidden to form friendships with Kaffirs, who are the same as apes and pigs, unless it is for the purpose of Taqqiya or Muruna.
      People that believe that they have Muslim friends are living in La La land. When push comes to shove, Muslim ” friends” will disappear like Scots mist.

      • Betty says

        Feb 13, 2015 at 11:22 pm

        or like roaches when the lights are cut on

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