Earl Aelfheah

Because they can't form words and don't have the intelligence for complex speech.

DuncanW Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A couple of years ago we took them out for 3 days > to attend a wedding in Krakow. We asked for and > were given permission by the head. No problem. That's great, but what if they'd said no

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I feel sorry for my friends and forumites who care > about Labour still it must genuinely be > dispiriting to see this. I mean this by the way, > I'm well past caring years ago personally, but I > can still imagine what many people who care about > Labour must be feeling. :( Cheers quids. I am one of those people and yes, I am dismayed at what's happened to the Labour Party.

It's all Brussels fault.... and political correctness.

They can't operate door handles.

I went to a Catholic school, where many of my friends families supported the IRA. Their houses would have pictures of paramilitaries on the wall in full garb holding guns. I certainly understood the situation in Northern Ireland to be a case of English occupation. Of course I now know it's more complicated than that and looking back realise how weird it was that people celebrated / glorified the violence in that way.

This is the weirdest thread. It feels like there is something that people want to say, but aren't.

What the point of this thread? 'Freedom of speech is good'?

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting how 'liberal' has become a catch-all > put down. Back in the day it would be 'Commie' or > 'Trot', then in more recent times 'Lefty'. Even > our very own Louisa is using 'social democrat' as > a put down :) ... Yes, it's terrible to believe in liberty.

What is the point of the OP?

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So predictable rrr > https://www.migrationwatchuk.org/about-us It may describe itself as independent and non-political, but that doesn't make it so. Their own statement about their aims makes it perfectly clear that they have a political agenda.

Lordship 516 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Lordship 516 Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > ...displacing the Ken Livingstone story..! > > > > Eh? > > Politicians always have a kite in their back > pocket to fly when they want to displace an issue > that is causing them problems - Corbyn likely let > this one fly to diminish the Livingstone issue... Oh yeah, I see what you mean. I'm not sure anyone really pays much attention to Corbyn though TBH.

Term-time leave can only be granted in exceptional circumstances - so the head actually has very little discretion at all. Personally, I think that the state should get tae fook when it comes to dictating the day to day operations of the school. You're right though, this case is probably wasn't the strongest exemplar, when it comes to defending (a worthy) principle (or a worthy Principal for that matter).

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am really pleased the guy lost. If you can > afford flights to Florida and Disney, you can > afford to just pay the ?60 fine and shut the f**k > up about it. It's not really about the individual though - it's the principle that this isn't in the hands of the school. I agree the guy sound like a dick. To be honest though so does the council. Who the hell fights a case of a ?60 fine in the Supreme court.

It used to be the School Heads could grant up to 2 weeks term-time holidays at their discretion, in cases where there was generally good attendance. My reading of it (maybe I'm wrong) is that the law was changed to remove that discretion. It seems to me that the Head should run the day to day operations of the school, not the state.

I'm not sure KL is getting a lot of support on here.

Well that's a nonsense https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/apr/06/supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-term-time-holidays-jon-platt-unauthorised-break . Surely this should be back in the hands of the School Head, using proper judgement / discretion?

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The state of Israel does some really bad stuff. It > is not anti semitic or anti zionist to say that > (some would disagree, but they're wrong), it's > just fact. > > Bit Livingstone has picked about yhe most > sensitive part of history to jewish people he > could possibly pick, he has vastly exaggerated > some history, and added some out and out fiction > > And in saying that Hitler then "went mad" he is > suggesting that at one point he was perfectly > reasonable and sane. > > It's intentionally inflammatory, and his > insistence on keeping it up just shows that he is > intentionally antagonising people. > > I've never liked him, I've always felt hos self > intereat was top priority, and I suspect he lined > his pockets very well whilst mayor. But now he has > just shown himself up as the absolute scum that he > is. Yeah, totally agree with that.

Lordship 516 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...displacing the Ken Livingstone story..! Eh?

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I laugh every time I hear that phrase, because the > first thing to pop in to my head is the French > flag. Same here. May's delivery of that line was awful as well. What was she thinking.

Yeah, not sure about the term 'sharing economy'. I think the idea of using technology to match spare capacity with latent or unmet demand clearly has the potential to generate value.

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/04/vat-fees-greedy-private-schools-coming/

You're assuming people don't know the rules, rather than simply ignoring them.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The fact is, Jews suffered something totally > unique in halocaust. There have been genocides, > but the number of people that were systematically > slaughtered in death camps is unlike anything > else. > > To suggest that the architect of that slaughter > had gone mad, but before that was some sort of > friend and supporter to the Jews is staggeringly > insensitive. > > And even now he will not back down one step, and > this shows that he is a nasty little toad that > needs shutting down. I am not defending Livingstone, but I don't think it's true that he said Hitler 'was a friend and supporter to the jews'. He suggested that Hitler supported, at one time, the relocation of German Jewish communities to Israel. I don't know, but I suspect this was what he was trying to get at.. that support for the idea of Zionism doesn't necessarily indicate support of Jewish people,their rights and freedoms, in the same way that being critical of Zionism, the policies of Israel, or the continued expansion of the state into modern day Palestine (through the expansion of illegal settlements) is necessarily antisemitic.

tinfoil hat stuff from 'migration watch'(the name of that organisation says a lot about its state of mind).