The context of my criticism is this comment: ASD used to be seen as a kind of discreet… so it used to be described as “autism”, it used to be seen as a kind of… ‘you have it or you don’t have it’ con… (View Post)

They haven't though, have they? They've been constantly cutting it back on grounds of economy. I'm guessing the Liberal reforms of 1908 coupled with the Navy League programme? (View Post)

I know they cost. I am pointing out that making them smaller may cost less even in the short term than trying to play whack-a-mole with the other issues we have, of which SEND is one. And I am sugges… (View Post)

Do we? France has a lower incidence, but then they have a very poor education system and it is quite hard to diagnose children with anything. Scandinavia has a lower incidence, around a quarter of ou… (View Post)

That's not quite fair. Blunkett knew he was a useless Tristram, although weather he realised it for the right reason is another question. It's one reason why he manoeuvred him out of the ro… (View Post)