Miriam Cates

These scenes are the government's worst nightmare. After Epping, the last thing they wanted was for protests and clashes to spread across the country. This demonstration was organised informally on Facebook yesterday but has attracted hundreds, including counter-protestors.

The Epping mothers have every right to be fearful when up to a quarter of sexual offences are committed by foreign nationals. ✍️ in @Telegraph today 👇 telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/2…

I qualified as a teacher in primary schools in 1995. I then taught for ten years before becoming a headteacher for the next 19 years. During the early to mid part of my career, if education professionals had spoken to children about porn, choking, dry humping, and the rest of the…

'To say that asking somebody a question is hateful, it's frightening really.' Christian Street Preacher John Steele speaks out after his arrest over a 'non-crime hate incident' where he questioned the teachings of Islam.

Jon Taylor and Roma Norriss debate whether there should be a screen time limit for kids. It comes after Peter Kyle MP has suggested that a usage cap per social media app for children should be implemented.

🔴 'Mothers have every right to be fearful when up to a quarter of sexual offences are committed by foreign nationals' | Writes Miriam Cates Read more ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/2…

Who could have possibly seen this coming, apart from everyone? Womp womp.

Reem is right that our pension system is unsustainable because of a shrinking working-age population. But the idea that mass migration is a solution is nonsense - particularly when most migrants aren't net contributors. Here’s why 🧵

🏹 Good to have our latest report published with @suellabraverman mentioned in the latest @ConHome article by @miriam_cates conservativehome.com/2025/07/23/mir…

For decades we have been governed by many whose loyalties are not to the British nation but to a vision of global liberalism. Only a Parliament of our best national conservative thinkers can reverse Britain’s decline—but can they be persuaded to stand for election? ✍️ in @ConHome

From @miriam_cates: Britain won't change course until our very best are prepared to serve in Parliament conservativehome.com/2025/07/23/mir…

This is a fair point. There can be a place for schools to help parents fulfil their role of educating children in this area, but schools should be very cautious in what they provide and, as a general rule, should do less rather than more.

If an employer forced their employees to look at sexualised images and pictures of genitalia at work and discuss ‘sexual pleasure’ with colleagues, they could be taken to court. Yet children have no such protection in schools 👇

I increasingly think this is correct - RHSE cannot be salvaged. There are bits I like (first aid, internet safety) but the harm done to children by other areas outweighs this. Strip back to the core biological facts of puberty, reproduction and contraception and that's it.

Some really bad stuff is happening in sex education in schools. My new piece looks at why the government's new guidance won't fix it. 🧵 First, they have abandoned our proposed age limit on what can be taught to really young children:

Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) should be scrapped. In response to this question in Parliament in 2023 (based on a report by Clare Page for the NSCU) Rishi Sunak commissioned a review into RSHE. The review was never published and the Labour government’s new…

Confusing RSHE guidance has been exploited by activists to push an extreme sexual agenda in schools. Yet this Labour Government thinks it’s acceptable for children as young as 7 or 8 to be exposed to sexual content behind their parents’ backs. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

News to me—my invitation must have got lost in the post. I blame Royal Mail. thetimes.com/article/2425c1…