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‘Heavy-handed’ crackdown ignores underlying reasons for failure to attend classes, say critics

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[–] Kaboom@reddthat.com 17 points 6 months ago

One “deeply vulnerable” woman came to him in great distress because the local authority was taking her to court for not sending her 14-year-old daughter into school.

“Her daughter wasn’t going in because she was pregnant. She was involved in county lines [drug trafficking] and she was being sexually abused by a drug dealer,” he said.

Wtf England? Whoever set up that needs to be fired.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The UK really has become an unmitigated shithole ever since the conservatives managed to make Brexit a reality. Nowadays I appreciate the island for having the decency not to touch us, and to serve as both a warning and an example to Europeans about what could happen on the mainland if we let it.

Fuck the UK (gov) and fuck the Tories.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So police are taking a page from their American counterparts?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Well for that to be true, the cops would need to see 2 unrelated things and then assume a black person committed a crime.