To find it hilarious Labour claim to be the progressive party when they’ve only ever elected white men for leader

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We now have the fourth elected (by the party) female Conservative leader. She is also the first black female leader and second person of colour.

Whereas the Labour Party have never voted in a woman or person of colour to be leader in their history. (Acting leader doesn’t count.) And yet people think they’re the more progressive party. I genuinely find it funny.

Only in England.

What a bizarre post. No, your sex or race doesn’t “automatically make you a decent person.”

Discriminating against someone because of their sex or race though, which is the point being made here, automatically makes you a sexist or racist.

Independent private school. All the state specialists were full and none other available thanks to Blair.

Fuck off. My child is as deserving to an education as your children.

And all the mainstreams refused her.

What the fucking fuck do you think we were supposed to do when the council offered us the school place she does>

I swear, so many Labour voters are living in fucking cloud cuckoo land.

This is shocking.

My eldest tried to kill himself because he couldn't cope with mainstream.

How the fuck dare you tell others with different experience that their child would be fine in secondary schools because you're ideologically opposed to alternatives.

So much for the tolerant and kind left.

Your views are as bad as Kemi's who YOU have come on here to criticise.

Except the vast majority of Sen children have to make do with state education and don’t have rich parents to pay for private.

I have a few pounds in my bank account. Its her EHCP that funds her place. Without it, she wouldn't be receiving an education at all.

Happy with that, are you?

This is so offensive.

You have no idea. I had to give up my career to care for my broken autistic boy. He tried to kill himself when he was 10.

This has nothing to do with being rich.

Ditto mine however we don’t have ££££ to pay for private education something Kemi doesn’t give a shit about. She actually thinks Sen kids shouldn’t have help with funding to get to their state schools OR reasonable adjustments.

I certainly won't be voting for Kemi!

I'm also incredibly pleased about her historic achievement 💛

Two things can be true OP

I've no idea why you persist on slating Kemi when you're own beliefs are vile.

I'm not interested what you think. You're atttude is disgusting.

Lucky you, Kemi begrudges my disabled child her reasonable adjustments and help to get to her state school which she has to put up with.

This.

The thread title made me chuckle. There's irony and then some!

So is yours

Agree. Plus Labour have lost the lead in record time so I don't think anyone can be adamant about what will happen

My daughter is epileptic, non verbal and incontinent.

But as you say, lucky me. Didn't stop the LA from insisting she join mainstream anyway.

I had to fight and elbow my way into specialist provision. No money exchanged hands, despite what you seem to think.

Why ? because I recognise that -

ALL children deserve an education and that for some mainstream doesn't work.

I am not so anti private schools that I don't recognise that some families lives have been made harder by the 20% VAT rise.

I also recgonise that this rise doesn't affect the RICH - they can still afford it. It squeezes SEN families.

You're blinded by an ideology.

I don't think Kemi's views on education for austism are great but I think yours are EQUALLY awful.

Ignoring the fact my 6 year old (then 5) missed an entire years of schooling last year. Because all mainstreams were refusing to admit her, left right and centre.

Well if Kemi if her way there will be zero provision m. Remind me again why that is progressive.

Spudley ignore this poster their views are vile.

Aren’t great. They’re vile. If your child was one of the majority of Sen kids with fuck all provision you’d think her views her views were a little more than not great.

You forgot Cruella Braverman.

She's still around.

You're as bad. Under your world view my eldest would be dead or uneducated.

My first comment on this thread denounced her views on autism and disability.

Its that she is a black woman and indeed the first black person to achieve leadership of any of the major political groups that is progressive.

Indeed, my entire point on the SEN system as is, is that we have another female education secretary again and like the last one, she is refusing to outline any semblance of a plan for SEND reform. SEN parents are once again being asked to wait for reform, despite us not having time.

You can apologise for calling me rich any time now though.

Was just commenting on this on the Kemi thread, four female Tory leaders.

Labour are looking more and more outdated.

Not into identity politics, but Chuka Umunna was a Labour party leader in waiting. That was a waste (speaking of waste they also appointed the wrong Millibrand brother).

Starmer is a wet lettuce who is in by default as the public wanted a change of parties in number 10. I cannot see him lasting beyond this term, so Kemi is in.