Teachers Blocking MPs in Schools

Local school visits by elected representatives are increasingly being contested by activist teachers and unions who may invoke safety or safeguarding to exclude those with particular foreign‑policy stances. Such exclusions convert teacher workplace politics into mechanisms that can block constituents’ democratic access and reshape civic education. — If this pattern spreads, it will force national debate over political neutrality in public schools, the boundary between staff activism and civic access, and legal limits on exclusionary 'safeguarding' claims.