Jacob Rees-Mogg says an AQA Pearson textbook used by his daughter is littered with ‘left-wing indoctrination’.
The GB News star showed viewers what he termed as “junk” in the form of a textbook his daughter was using to prepare for a mock test.
The former Tory MP clashed with political commentator Amy Nickell-Turner on the matter as he lashed out at the “deeply disgraceful” test while claiming he has seen similar cases when his other children have presented him with test papers.
“I was a little troubled one day when my daughter Mary asked for help to prepare for a French GCSE mock oral test from the French AQA Pearson textbook”, he said.
Jacob Rees-Mogg says the exam board are trying to indoctrinate youngsters
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“It appears to be politically biased. It shows translations that bemoan underpaid foreign workers, encourage readers to buy fair-trade goods, to force brands to pay a higher minimum wage and consider their environmental impact.
“Is that really the sort of indoctrination that should be taught in a French GCSE textbook?”
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Amy Nickell-Turner clashed with Jacob
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He pointed to examples, with quotes like ‘what worries me the most is global warming’ in the book.
“This is extraordinarily politically biased. What has led to the biggest reduction in global poverty is free trade with poor countries.
“Global poverty, which was over 50 per cent is now below 10 per cent. It’s an amazing achievement of capitalism and this junk is telling people that buying goods from poorer countries is bad for them.
“It’s not. It gets them out of poverty. It’s deeply disgraceful.”
The textbook mentioned climate issues
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“This is absurd”, Nickell-Turner hit back. “You can’t defend exploitative work practices.
“These companies have been found to be exploitative and we, as westerners should not be supporting this.”
Jacob insisted foreign workers aren’t being exploited, continuing his point that the book is full of “massive indoctrination”.
“Children should be left to make their own decisions”, he said. “It’s indoctrination.
“Why does it not say, ‘I would like fracking to start?’, There’s an extraordinary left-wing, green ideology that’s making us cold and poor. Why is it being rammed down the throat of our children?”
AQA told GB News: "This is not an AQA textbook. AQA and Pearson are two distinct exam boards that provide GCSEs, AS and A-levels to schools, colleges and exam centres in England.
"Moreover, AQA does not publish textbooks. The content publishers include in their textbooks is their own responsibility. If there is a concern about the content of a textbook it is the publishers’ responsibility to address those concerns."
