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Education secretary Michael Gove¡¯s announcement last week that schools should encourage the promotion of ¡°fundamental British values¡± provoked a big reaction on social media.

Many were quick to mock. While politicians plumped for ¡°freedom¡± and ¡°respect for the rule of law¡± (prime minister David Cameron), or ¡°democracy¡± and ¡°gender equality¡± (deputy prime minister Nick Clegg), others were more down to earth when asked to say what ¡°British values¡± meant to them.

¡°Seeing a rogue traffic cone and immediately working out the nearest sculpture in need of a hat,¡± tweeted Mr Wood () ¨C a ¡°British value¡± no doubt recognised by students across the UK.

Seeing a rogue traffic cone and immediately working out the nearest sculpture in need of a hat.

¡ª Mr Wood (@woodo79)