I FAIL to understand the hullabaloo surrounding the spat between Mr Gove MP and Ms May MP. The real issue is one that is striking at the very roots of our nation, not who can shout the loudest.

The question is: is Birmingham the only place where this poison is being fed to children? The other question for the British people is: do we want to bequeath futures to our children resembling that which now flourish in Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria or other Islamic-dominated nations?

What has to be driven home in the education of our young people is that religion is faith not fact.

It seems to me that the education ministry has been doing what just about every organ of authority in the country has and is cringing at the possibility of being called racist. Local and national government must face these indoctrination situations with an iron fist. We can now see the harvest our current attitude is reaping.It will not make very palatable eating.

Dennis Jones Park Place Newbridge