Chomper Higgot

Primary schools and prep schools are not the same thing.

It’s a primary school remember, and a ‘prep school’, you know what a ‘prep school is?

And it’s still there.

You don’t see anything wrong with parents purchasing advantage over other children in the exams to selective state schools. Of course you don’t. Who cares if kids can’t buy such advantage, unless of course it was the application of VAT that robbed them of the ability to do so.

Yes, the nation needs good education services for all children. I’m delighted to see the Labour Government placing the funding and improvement of state education at the center of their policies

A particular market of the Cardus School is parents who wish to prep their children for the exams to enter selective state schools. Game the system to get an advantage over children from less financially fortunate backgrounds, to get a slice of an excellent state school education. Every family buying such advantage is taking it from a child with less financial backing.

The state education system will benefit from extra £Billions and the employment of thousands of extra teachers. Nobody is being forced to leave the military, and why does your argument about children with sow is needs ignore those whose parents have never been able to afford private schools? The Government are entirely right to refocus on state education, those wishing to buy privilege can still do so, they just have to pay VAT.

Hence the increased funding to state education, to provide the education all children have a right to regardless of the financial circumstances they were born into.

The majority of people have never been able to afford private eduction, I don’t see you sympathizing with them.

The Government have given their funding plan and stated how many more teachers they plan to employ. Austerity is over, the damage austerity is being addressed and funding public education is back. The reliance on private schools was a direct result of the damage austerity was doing f to the state schools, it’s a symptom of the failure to support state schools not a failing of state schools.

Over a decade of austerity has taken its toll, the Government have, as mentioned many times, increased spending by £Billions. Investing in the education of the nation’s children regardless of the financial circumstance of their birth, not abandoning children’s education because their parents can’t afford to buy privileged access. It’s a very welcome change for the better.

I use the term buying privilege, because that what is being bought. The State sector schools provide excellent education, they don’t provide privilege. The significant increase in spending on state education will help provide better education for millions of children, regardless of the financial circumstances they were born into. The reversal of over a decade of austerity visited upon those reliant upon state schools is a very welcome change for the better

Who knew. Now did you get the memo, the Labour Government has taxed the few buying privilege in education and has massively increased spending on education fir the many. That too is real life Brian, and it’s a welcome improvement.

Brian, you invented a bunch of crap, it’s for you to defend it, not me.

It’s not a deflection Brian, at no time have I ever argued “so everyone should travel in one class on a plane, eat the same food, shop in the same shops, buy the same standard home and car” Completely fabricated by you.

How you constructed that diatribe from my comment is a mystery.

It’s also a contributor to inequality. The Labour Government are very rightly focused on providing equal opportunity for all in education. If people wish to buy privilege they still can, they simply have to pay VAT on it.

Go back and read the post I responded to, and then see if you can spot the point I was making.

Workers in trade unions are now the elite. Have you lost all touch with reality or do you simply not understand the term ‘elite’ in the context of British society?

Oh so Train drivers are not working class all of a sudden because they manage to negotiate a decent wage. ‘My side of the pond’? I’m in Thailand and can still spot a cap doffer, even at this distance.

I think you've got some bad news coming to you on Social Security. It will arrive while you are being distracted on immigration.

It seems you missed the budget.

Opinions differ.

You make an interesting observation here, but not one in favor of the position you take. You’ve argued in favor of people using their money to buy a leg up in education and healthcare. And yet you object to other working people using their collective bargaining power through unions to obtain good wages. Moreover you feign concern for working class but are clearly incensed that train drivers receive a decent wage. You support the privilege and power of wealth while objecting to working people using their collective bargaining to get something for themselves and their fellow union members. Methinks your a cap doffer.

Investing billions in state schools to improve the life opportunities of the millions of children who’s parents can’t afford to buy privilege.