Then they fight you
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” - Mahatma Gandhi
And oh how Ed Balls, Graham Badman and all the minions of the DCSF are fighting us now. With their media friends at the BBC and TES they are fighting dirty and do you know what? It stinks of desperation. This is a last ditch effort to force the EHE elements of the CSF Bill through, and failing that to damage home educators in the eyes of the public ready for their next attack.
The lies and the smears do make me angry, don’t mistake that for a minute, and I won’t forgive or forget but tonight I’m a lot less bothered than I have been because we ARE going to win. I don’t just mean this battle either, I honestly think we are going to win PERIOD. We will win because we have something far more important than short term political gain and statist ideology to fight for. We are fighting for our children and grandchildren, for their right to intellectual freedom, to choose their own goals, to be protected from physical and mental abuse, to be happy. What do Badman and Balls have to fight for, really?
bubble Said on March 1st, 2010 at 9:48 pm quote
they fighting for power and money just like Cameron is to!
Pete Darby Said on March 2nd, 2010 at 9:17 am quote
Golden rule of politics: the side that cares most about the outcome wins.
When Balls realises he can get more political capital by hanging social services out to dry than by pushing for new regulations, we will win, as he will care less about being seen to be “supporting” what is now seen as a failing system.
He gambled on the spin that a “good” children’s services department was being hampered by lack of powers, and he is losing, as Birmingham Children’s Services has been catastrophically failing for years (thanks to their wholehearted acceptance of Laming).
he now has to calculate whether Birmingham CS will take him down with them (they damn well should).