‘Education Not Indoctrination’ comes at a crucial time for schools, particularly in Scotland, where the SNP-led government is so often at the vanguard of imposing woke values on society.

As the blurb for Saturday’s event notes, schools are at the centre of the woke agenda. There’s the continued promotion of critical race theory in the classroom. There’s the Scottish government’s new sex-education curriculum, which will expose very young children to overtly sexualised material. There’s a new LGBTQ+ vocabulary (cisgender, transgender, bisexual, non-binary and genderfluidity) already being taught in primary schools. And there’s the Scottish government’s guidance on ‘Supporting Transgender Pupils in Schools’, which advises teachers not to question a child’s desire to transition.

In short, the views of a tiny minority, supported by the Scottish government, are being foisted on children, often in defiance of the wishes of parents. Profound changes are happening in Scottish education. And it is important that we get a chance to debate them.

But not everyone agrees this should be up for debate, it seems.

[That’s why it’s called “indoctrination.” Doctrine is rarely up for debate in belief systems, which is precisely what wokery is — a belief system based on cultural Marxism and ethnic determinism. — Ed]