Lord Snooty on home education

[Ali P]

No prizes for guessing the political persuasion of this arrogant and ill informed Lord Snooty.

Home education

Blogging about repersentations he had received from HEAS who dared to suggest that the CSF Bill was a disproportionate reaction to a minuscule or non existent 'problem', he bleats (like all true Labour sheeple):

The five words that worry me here are ‘the vast majority of parents’. Of course the majority are good but by implication they (HEAS) accept there maybe a problem with a minority.

Give me strength! Let's try that sentence again, shall we?

The five words that worry me here are ‘the vast majority of politicians’. Of course the majority are honest but by implication they (the Govt) accept there maybe a problem with a minority.

So let's have public access to every politician's expense claims and private bank account. And while we're at it, let's put all their kids on the paedophiles' address book known as ContactPoint as well. If it's safe enough for the riff raff, there should surely be no 'shielding' for politicians and celebretards.

Maybe we should direct the Labour Lord Soley to this 16 page thread to see what a 'minority' of vetted teachers and child carers get up to. And maybe we should suggest that all teachers should have their computers examined by parents on a regular basis 'just in case'.

[Lacey5842]

Well Said!! Applause.....Cheer......Here bloody Here LOL

[llondel]

I think Baroness Deech just discovered the hard way. I don't know if the Lord Bloggers moderate their own posts or if they share the overall job, but I'm wading through a large number of responses to her post which followed the other one, all (so far) politely telling her that she's misinformed and going into great detail as to why.

[llondel]

Oh, and be polite to them, even if it's through gritted teeth. Think of how much work it took to get MPs on our side - if we can repeat that with the Lords then we have a powerful roadblock for any future legislation so take the time to educate them on the subject of home education.

[noschool]

Originally Posted by llondel

Oh, and be polite to them, even if it's through gritted teeth. Think of how much work it took to get MPs on our side - if we can repeat that with the Lords then we have a powerful roadblock for any future legislation so take the time to educate them on the subject of home education.

No point in being polite to a Labour peer as they have all been programmed to propoagandise and vote the way they are told, just like the Labour MPs. These are not thinking beings, they are robots without conscience.

Some of the 'polite' comments on the blog struck me as simpering tbh. How is the fact that you went to a posh public school in any way relevant if you are allegedly supporting universal retention of the parental duty to educate? That sort of argument reflects that of the elitist, exception seeking EO which doesn't even represent its own members.

Marching up and down with banners and speaking to disinterested 'representatives' may be some people's idea of fun, but these people can't even be held to account for serious fraud, never mind cash for honours or the small matter of an illegal invasion.

Wake up and smell the Buckfast (while it's still affordable).

[llondel]

No point in being polite to a Labour peer as they have all been programmed to propoagandise and vote the way they are told, just like the Labour MPs. These are not thinking beings, they are robots without conscience.

If there's a chance that being polite will convert others in the Lords then I can maintain polite a bit longer. It's irritating to have to deal with all the same questions again, but if by them asking those questions and us providing the answers it helps us win the argument with others (remember Labour do not have a majority in the Lords) then they will have served a useful purpose. Knowing their concerns allows us to deal with them more effectively, even if it's just to publicise racist attitudes at the appropriate point and show how the approach of the Bill fits such an unacceptable viewpoint and is therefore wrong.

[Ali P]

Kelly responds to the offensive Lord Snooty and Baroness Bigot.

Aristocrats or Autocrats? Ideologues or Just Plain Idiots?

You know what, Baroness Deech and Lord Soley? You offend me. You offend me because you, like so many bigots, think it’s just fine that you get to decide how people “not like us” should live their lives. I remember conversations using much the same logic as yours in homes of people I knew back in 1960’s Kansas City. Those “other” people needed to be watched. Those “other” people didn’t take care of their kids or their property. When those “other” people demanded that their human rights be respected, they were uppity, and needed to be put down, taught a lesson, remember who was in control. Those “other” people were black.

Big mouthed bigots like these two and their unelected cronies (some of whom have dubiously declared main homes outside London so that they can claim an extra £174 a night) deserve nothing but utter contempt and early abolition.

[schoolhouseHEA]

Schoolhouse has commented on both blogs, presumably politely enough to clear moderation.

To Deech (yesterday):

I find it astonishing that you have failed to differentiate between ‘England’ and the ‘UK’. The two are not synonymous.

Scotland, which has a separate legal system and different education legislation, has in place statutory guidance on home education which was issued by the SNP Government following a meaningful consultation and independent research by the SCC. However, Graham Badman inexplicably chose to ignore Scotland completely when looking at other models. Maybe the accent was too difficult to understand, or SNP policies were simply too unpalatable?

Scottish Education Minister Michael Russell has demonstrated his willingness to listen to and engage with home educators in Scotland. His counterpart south of the border might have learned some valuable lessons from him if he hadn’t been so busy playing the school bully.

To Soley (today):

The Scottish Government has more sense and is fortunate to have an SNP Education Minister (Mike Russell) who is willing to engage meaningfully (but always robustly) with home educators.

Scotland also has clear statutory guidance on home education which works well, but which was inexplicably ignored by Graham Badman when he was allegedly looking at other models. We can only assume that the Scottish example didn’t fit the policy based evidence he was commissioned to produce.

Like many other posters, I have found the Soley & Deech blogging double act over the past two days profoundly offensive. Scotland extends a welcome to all English home educating families who feel forced to flee their once free homeland which seems intent on adopting a Nazi law (ironically with the help of Scottish politicians whose own constituents will be unaffected).

We Scots can only apologise for the democratic deficit that English citizens have had to endure for 11 years as a result of the West Lothian Question never being properly addressed. The time to rise up and be a nation again is NOW!