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As most of our readers will be aware, home educators have been at the forefront of the campaign against GIRFEC surveillance and the imposition of a Named Person on every child in Scotland. The online petition set up by a Scottish home Read More …
Here is a snapshot of an an old Sunday Post article, dated 26/12/71, when Ted Heath was Conservative Prime Minister. Forty-four years on, plus ça change… In the early part of the 21st century, reality shows and documentaries about life on benefits in some of the poorest Read More …
GIRFEC: Getting Information Recorded For Every Child (and the whole family tree!) The home educators’ petition (which was set up purely as an awareness raising tool when it became clear that parents and professionals were being misled into believing that GIRFEC was Read More …
By Neil Taylor “Why does the wolf don sheep’s clothing? So he can devour them at his leisure. Appearances are deceptive. Relying on superficial optics is hazardous to health.” (Daily Kos) I have been quite fond, if that is an appropriate Read More …
The Myles Bradbury case brings into sharp focus the inherent dangers of the universal Scottish Named Person scheme, which promotes professional power-over access to every child and facilitates the gathering and sharing of every child’s (and every associated adult’s) sensitive personal data among a large number Read More …
