To think there is some kind of weird push towards the far right?

I don't know about a "push", but it is worrying how many people don't seem to understand how algorithms work or can't recognise AI. There's a lot of people very angry about things they can't even seem to define well.

I will be voting for Reform, the only party that will get me to the ballot box.

There’s a difference between the right and the far right. I’m also sick of this left vs right rhetoric, constantly.

Define ‘far right’.

I agree but also there is no denying our streets do look and feel very different in the bigger towns and cities so it is no surprise people are starting to question if this is a situation they are comfortable with.

Removal of EHCP does not mean removal of rights if it is replaced by a different mechanism confer those rights

If when the white paper comes out in October they not outlined how those legal rights will be conferred then I will whole heartedly agree with you that they are not doing the right thing.

Wouldn't it be much better for children and families for them to be able to access their needs in a way that wasn't so formally process driven and reduced the need for appeals and judicial reviews?

And if you re-read my comments about support for additional needs in schools, you will see.I was advocating for a total overhaul of the education system - because like everything else, it is broken beyond measure. I'm not arguing for simply tacking additional SEN support onto existing teacher workloads, I'm talking about a complete overhaul which would make things better for pupils and teachers.

As for private schools - the VAT issue shouldn't even be a factor for SEN parents because mainstream should be inclusive and where a child does need to be in specialist provision then the places should be available and paid for by the state!

Good grief - its no wonder they can't make any improvements when people are shouting that proposals won't work before they even know what the proposals are!

Immigration is another tools being used to destabilise the west.

Even if only one British man in a thousand committed rape and one in five immigants committed rape then it would still be the case that the majority of rapes were committed by British men. Really yours is a nonsense argument, especially when we can exclude the immigrants.

Russia/Putin, russian bots etc
They did it with 2016 USelections/Cambridge Analytica, they did it with Brexit, last Romanian elections etc etc they will do it again and again
The aim is to destabilise the West

I bet you were surprised when Trump won.

I posted earlier with an incorrect link. I linked a bill that has already been published in 2024, which also impacts send families, one's like mine who ended up with no school that could meet need and having to educate away from schools. This bill does not address EHCP.

But I need to address some inaccuracies in your post here.

Without an EHCP a school or LA cannot be held to account over education provision so it is incorrect to state that removing EHCPs does not remove legal rights.

Judicial review can be brought, as a last resort, against an LA that fails to make the provision under an EHCP and that is a powerful tool for families to ensure that their children receive the education they need. Without this then they do not have the ability to enforce provision,

I also find your idea that overstretched teacher's can replace EHCP provision for children frankly laughable, have you asked them what they think of that?

Labour has already reduced choices for SEN families by it's introduction of 20% VAT on private schools. Families who might have chosen smaller classrooms for their children who can't cope in large noisy environment have been impacted by this already.

Many children simply just cannot function in busy classrooms with any amount of support.

The Overton Window has shifted so much that JK Rowling is now been accused of being "far right" and our leader thinks some women can have penises, so I am curious as to OPs opinions on what she considers the bog standard right and what should be done about them and their thoughts (this includes the "far right").

And speaking of SM- this site is being trolled like there’s no tomorrow with far right agitators. Its fucking infested.

The white paper is due to be published in October - look me up and we can have a discussion about it then.

I may disagree entirely with what they are planning, or it could be the best thing to happen to SEND support for a generation - who knows?

My guess is it will be much like the children's social care reforms - with some positives and some negatives.

And maybe check your own bias and understanding before you call people ignorant as you did prior to your edit. I have a pretty indepth knowledge of the system from both a personal and professional view point. Just because I questioned your view, does not make me ignorant 🙄

I can't understand why someone would even want the contemplate voting for Reform who want to remove your human rights, a lot of people don't bother reading through their policies they just jump on the bandwagon.

Does the OP mention right wing or does she refer to the far right? Why are you purposely conflating the two?

What do you personally think should be done about people voting for right wing parties or having right wing thoughts OP?

Yeah, I was wondering about this too. Then I realised- journalism is basically dead. The days of there being real investigative reporting, nuance and an attempt at neutrality are gone.
The BBC like the lot of the media outlets are all about clicks. I don’t think that it’s hit me until now.
I know media and press has always been skewed a bit towards certain parties but now it’s like the ONLY agenda is traffic.
I’m shocked too OP at the way BBC are pushing Reform like they are the inevitable next step.
And since social media became so ubiquitous the world has gone fucking nuts. Trump, Brexit, now this pushing of fascism. It’s scary.
( I don’t include the fight for sex based rights in this- that was a grass roots fight and is about actual human rights- the opposite of fascism)

By all accounts people are also disillusioned with the Tory party which cannot be construed as leftie. Op is talking about a pull to the far right and this is a very important discussion to have at this moment.

Unfortunately we have sleepwalked into this situation. Over recent years the billionaires and tech nerds have been organising especially in America to overthrow democracy and create a fascist right-wing state. It's already happened in America and now they are trying to do it in the UK too - cue Elon Musk speaking at the white nationalists march telling US to get rid of OUR elections?!!!

According to government data Foreign nationals (immigrants) make up around 9-11% of the UK population but account for about 15-23% of sexual offence convictions, with conviction/arrest rates for such crimes about twice as high as for the UK-born population.

Clearly, in terms of numbers - uk born nationals will have the highest figure for sexual offences. However the above data shouldn’t be dismissed as irrelevant, especially if the offences are geographically highly concentrated.

Like that satrical (I hope) clip of the guy being interviewed at one of the protests:

Protester: "They are coming over here and taking our jobs"
Reporter: "What qualifications do you have"
Protester: "None, they're taking those as well"

It would be hilarious if the sentiment wasn't so real.

"Foreigners can't be allowed to assault our women...that's our job" 🙄

Violence against women and girls is abhorent in all it's forms and I'm pissed off that people who have never had a thing to say about it now use it as an excuse to channel their racism and cause distress to women and children in the hotels or who live in places where protests are taking place.

The collective trauma of women and girls should not be a tool used by the far right to further their agenda and push to an authoritarian society which will erode our rights and safety even more.

Presumably the reason people are disillusioned with the left is because they want investment in the NHS, education and jobs. None of those things happened under a right wing government so it doesn’t make sense that they are now pushing for an even stronger right wing government as the answer. Unless the above aren’t the issues people care about and all they really want is to see an end to immigration and ‘the boats’. Or people have been manipulated into thinking that clamping down on immigration / illegal or otherwise will somehow usher in a golden age of prosperity in the UK.

One comment only - I find it interesting that so many defending Reform or far right policies like to blame the left for their new found opinions.
if you vote Reform you own that vote, you can’t blame other people or ideals especially when that potential Reform government delivers zero except more chaos.
That will be on you and your likeminded ‘patriots’

Nothing like this.

Reform's poll numbers are roughly equal to Tories & Labour combined.

One poll last week had Reform at 34%, Labour 19% & Tories 15%.