Little Rowan Antolovi, who has a rare genetic eye disorder, is struggling to manage in the classroom because of his failing eyesight. But when his concerned NHS hospital consultant referred him for urgent assistance to help him cope, he was turned away when the local council found out he went to a private day school.
This is of course in Scotland, where gesture politics override even safety concerns, but who gave a local council the power to refuse service on the NHS in the first place? Weren't we subjected to endless sneering on social media last week at Reform's policy on the NHS, and assured that local council elections had no bearing on it!?
Now Rowan's furious mother Virginia Osborne has accused them of discriminating against a little boy who needs help because 'of a decision we made as parents about where to educate him'.
'We are not rich. We are an ordinary working family as are most at his school. We have saved money for the government by sending our child to a private school.'
'As a result of our choice we are now precluded from accessing council provision for children even though we have also paid all of our taxes which pay for those services.'
Many funding decisions of local councils seem power-crazed or shortsighted - this is one that seems truly evil!
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