As a teacher, I could not believe this ruling.I feel that any schoolteacher who joins the BNP should have to leave the profession. Anyone making the effort to join this party is too, "dyed- in- the -wool "to be allowed to teach children any more.

Racist beliefs should not have a place in society, never mind in schools.Whether or not a person spouts their beliefs in an attempt to indoctrinate is irrelevant; a person's beliefs have an effect on behaviour,and a racist teacher is not going to be able to treat ethnic minority children in a fair way.No matter how much of an attempt is made to disguise dislike, preferences will be noticed,as children are more perceptive than they are given credit for. It is not worth the risk to children.

Of course teachers, as adults, have a right to choose their own beliefs.However,it should be made clear that making that choice means a change of profession.