Wow, go away for a week and come back to ten pages of arguing around the point.
I still don't think that there is any real CAA Vs. FAA argument to have here. At the end of the day, you have to prove your competance to the person checking you out, it doesn't matter whether they're American or Martian.
My personal opinion is that everybody should experience spinning at some point in their training. An out of balance full power stall, should see to that nicely!
Stall recovery....... Keep the Bl**dy ball in the middle please!