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Originally Posted by Chris
Just to add to the tragedy, this boy was tortured and murdered in Fife, where Scotland's Named Person Scheme has been piloted. This controversial scheme will appoint a public employee to be responsible for the wellbeing of every child in Scotland. We are told that the children's wellbeing trumps the parents right to bring their kids up without unnecessary state interference. Now, it seems, the scheme doesn't even work.
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... and sadly it won't be the first such 'scheme' which didn't work with tragic results. Sometimes I think that rather too much time and energy goes into coming up with new tick box 'schemes' instead of getting the basics right.