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Vegetarians just don’t get it!

Wednesday, 1st September 2010 | Civil Liberties, Health

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Alison [NOTE: This post should not be taken seriously and those who suffer from sense of humour deficit should look away now.] Bloody vegetarians! They have absolutely no idea what damage they might be causing their children by refusing to allow them to eat meat. As for vegans, . . .

Beware of the flowers

Saturday, 7th August 2010 | Civil Liberties, Education

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Alison In the wake of some seriously misguided media coverage, and following on from yesterday’s post, let me ask once more how, exactly, ‘tightening the rules on home education’ might have saved the Riggi children. It is a serious question aimed at those who have jumped on the . . .

Open letter to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Home Education

Friday, 5th March 2010 | Civil Liberties, Education

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Neil T I am responding to a report, from memory, by a home educator of a recent meeting with the APPG for elective home education, so if I have misrepresented the gist of what was conveyed I apologise in advance and would be happy to be corrected. This . . .

We demand the presumption of innocence

Thursday, 7th January 2010 | Civil Liberties

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Neil T A Tory MP (but s/he could have been from any party) wrote to a constituent: “I do not personally see it as inherently unreasonable that parents should have some public obligation to record their commitment to and responsibility for the education of their children.” A Liberal . . .

Be made invincible

Thursday, 10th December 2009 | Civil Liberties

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Neil T How many undiscovered classics are there in the world? Well, I discovered one today that sends the balls and the badmen flying, and its from 1850, written by a Frenchman dying from tuberculosis, by spine tingling irony, just as Orwell was when he wrote 1984! “The . . .

Home educators give notice of refusal to co-operate

Tuesday, 17th November 2009 | Civil Liberties

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: Posted by Ali  P Declaration to Parliament – Notice of Refusal to Co-operate This is urgent, and requires active participation by all Home Educators. Please read and forward to all Home Educators and Home Ed lists that you belong to. This act is not in competition with or an . . .