UKIP has called for the sacking of Vijay Patel, the NSPCC official who tried to link home education with child abuse.
UKIP is calling for the sacking of a child protection official following "dishonest" claims over home education.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is backing a government investigation into home-schooling amid fears that teaching children at home can hide abuse.
"The NSPCC is trying to shift blame away from itself to the home education community," said UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom.
He also picks up on the "Fake Charity" angle I've been pushing here.
It is no surprise that the NSPCC is a government toady given that it ceased to be an independent charity years ago and now is a branch of government. It is heavily funded by the government and does the government's bidding. Today that job is to vilify decent parents.
Excellent. Maybe all this slogging away at the keyboard is having an effect. UKIP have also been busy on the policy front, issuing a position paper on HE, stating that they are fully behind the principle of the existing law and opposing any attempts by the state to get in the way of the freedom to educate at home.
There are said to be something of the order of 50,000 home educating families in the UK. That could be a lot of votes just hoovered up by UKIP.
(Via Carlotta)