The finished tree.

I found these for Levi. You might not be able to see from the picture, it's a stocking and Santa hat with the Liverpool FC crest on it. They weren't cheap but he's pleased as punch with them. I was trying to get some Liverpool baubles for the tree but they were out of stock everywhere.

He's quite excited because he's off to see his beloved Liverpool again next week with Uncle Matthew. Lets hope Torres is playing or I'll have to put up with another week of him ranting about it.

Parliamentary petition

On the 8th of December more than 70 MP's took part in a mass presentation of the parliamentary petition asking the government to think again about the proposed bill implementing the recommendations of the Badman review into home education.

The previous record for petitions presented on the same day was 44 and we had over 120. It was also quite something to have so many MP's turn up at the same time. 70 doesn't sound like a lot but it's more than 10% of the members of parliament.

Many thanks to Graham Stuart for organising it.

While this was happening about 70 home educators were holding a candle lit vigil outside.

I managed to collect signatures for 4 different constituencies and met with my MP to discuss home education, the review and the petition.