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This article is missing the crucial aftermath of Honeyford's "early retirement". He was only 52 when he was forced out of his job. What did he do with his life then? Did he just watch telly and drink pints, declining slowly into old age? Or was there some continued political or intellectual activity?
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According to this article "He also attacked "political correctness" and the "race relations lobby"". This is put in relation to his notorious 1984 article. According to most sources, the first recorded use of "politically correct" with the modern meaning is around 1988 - if I recall correctly it was used ironically in the Independent around that time. So ... either this is The Telegraph (the source being their obituary) 'editorialising' anachronistically, and should be attributed to them or … … ????.
It is extremely unlikely that a Bradford teacher, writing in a consciously conservative publication, would, in 1984, have used a term/concept unfamiliar to UK readers until the early 1990s. I can't read the Telegraph obit (£££). Pincrete (talk) 17:50, 18 July 2021 (UTC)Reply
Honeyford does not actually use the term "political correctness" in his 1984 article, but he does refer to an "officially approved argot which functions to maintain a whole set of questionable beliefs and attitudes about education and race". The obit notes that: "This was not the first time that Honeyford had gone public with his views. In November 1982 he had written an article for the Times Educational Supplement (TES) attacking misplaced multiculturalism and political correctness in schools." I have not read the 1982 article, but again, he may well have attacked the concept without actually using the term. Zacwill (talk) 07:42, 16 January 2025 (UTC)Reply
