Ann Widdecombe has said ballroom dancing could help boost discipline and fitness in schools and should be encouraged, but not made compulsory.
The former politician and unlikely Strictly Come Dancing star was responding to a question asked by a reporter at the North of England Education Conference, in Blackpool, about the benefits of ballroom dancing.
But she rejected the idea of making ballroom dancing compulsory in schools.
“As soon as something is regarded as beneficial somebody jumps up and says ‘let’s make it compulsory, let’s pass a law saying you have to gyrate around a ballroom floor”.
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Ballroom dancing is set to become the latest craze in classrooms across Britain, as part of an effort to harness the success of the television show Strictly Come Dancing to combat childhood obesity.
