"She is too scared to use her real name, or allow the school to be named. She fears that the school will try to take legal action against her and does not want to become a public figure, where she worries she may be targeted. Considering the abuse levelled at librarians in the USA for defending their collections, she may have a point."

#UKPol #Censorship #Books #Libraries #Education

https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/school-book-banning-escalates-in-the-uk-as-greater-manchester-secondary-school-censors-scores-of-books/

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship

A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

Index on Censorship

"Reni Edo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race was on the list too, with the reason for removal: “race, discrimination”."

#Irony #Racism

@PoliceStateUK Is there any independent verification of this story? The name of the school is omitted, so it is difficult to confirm.

@PoliceStateUK So this #Manchester school flagged Terry Pratchett’s Soul Music for removal due to: "Adult audience content – may include sexual material, violence, abuse, substance misuse, or psychologically distressing themes.”

That cannot be real, that is too stupid... But apparently it is.

#discworld #library #bookbanning

@PoliceStateUK

Why do people fear books, don't understand it... never happens here, they might not recommend a book but I have never encountered a situation like this. (some books are just labeled "for adults only" or "unsuitable reading for minors" and that's it.)

What is the world coming to?

@PoliceStateUK @rem I thought ya'll were supposed to be better than us
@amber England has a sad habit of following the US. <waves had over politics>
@rem I know...i feel like ever since ya'll left the EU, ya'll are right behind us.