Animal rights fascists have claimed another scalp. Lydd Primary School headteacher Andrea Charman has quit after campaigners threatened violence against her and her primary school.

Why? Because she sent a lamb for slaughter.

To see a lamb at school
The lamb, called Marcus, was reared on a school farm set up by Mrs Charman.
The farm was meant to educate the children about the reality of farming, and to let them know where their food comes from.

The bleating obvious
Marcus, though no doubt a winsome beast, as lambs tend to be, was therefore an animal raised for meat.

Ee aye ee aye
The decision to slaughter him was approved by most of the children, and by the governors.

Oh…
But the balaclava bigots couldn’t stomach that, and launched a hate campaign against the school.

Bah bah
In this, of course, they were helped by the cuddles brigade – hundreds protested outside the school; there was (sigh…) a “Save Marcus” Facebook page; and TV host Paul O’Grady offered to give the lamb a home if it was spared.

And some parents claimed their children had been “traumatised” when they learnt the lamb had to die.

This is obviously not true, of course, ‘traumatised’ being probably the most misused word in our much-misused language.

I blame the schools. Speaking of which…

When Mrs Charman arrived at the primary school, it was in special measures.

When she left, it had just got “a glowing Ofsted report”.

Nuff said…