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Pb should just accept on private schools it’s like the only remotely popular thing the government has done. Let it go.

Why?

It's a terrible policy that's going to damage the education sector overall, raise costs for taxpayers and damage our ability to train our future workforce.

Populism can take place at any part on the political spectrum, and that's what this is.

I could afford to go to several very nice private schools, why should my parents have had a tax break? They weren't doing it for the benefit of society. Should I get a tax break for paying to see my GP too?

Having said that, I wouldn't have done this policy and made state schools so good, private schools would close down.

I suggest you read my post the other day.

What you call a tax break for me will actually lead to a tax penalty for you.

Why do my parents deserve a tax break though? Why is it out there and not extended to other things?

It's not a "tax break". These are educational charities that don't make a profit, and usually operate very close to break even as they try and make their fees competitive- which they must charge because that's the only way they get funding. That will sadly exclude many who can't afford them, which they try to mitigate with bursaries and scholarships, and it's the only way they can operate.

Independent schools expand resources, provision, experimentation and employment in the education sector, increase diversity and choice for parents, and decrease the burden on the State.

Pb should just accept on private schools it’s like the only remotely popular thing the government has done. Let it go.

Why?

It's a terrible policy that's going to damage the education sector overall, raise costs for taxpayers and damage our ability to train our future workforce.

Populism can take place at any part on the political spectrum, and that's what this is.

Having said that, I wouldn't have done this policy and made state schools so good, private schools would close down.

This doesn't work. What private schools sell is not primarily education, it is social polish and access to privilege.

Pb should just accept on private schools it’s like the only remotely popular thing the government has done. Let it go.

Why?

It's a terrible policy that's going to damage the education sector overall, raise costs for taxpayers and damage our ability to train our future workforce.

Populism can take place at any part on the political spectrum, and that's what this is.

Having said that, I wouldn't have done this policy and made state schools so good, private schools would close down.

This doesn't work. What private schools sell is not primarily education, it is social polish and access to privilege.

That’s a very sneering view. I’d argue that they offer excellent education, small group teaching, allowing pupils to greater attainment than they would likely get at the local state school AND social polish and access to privilege.

Plus more extra curricular activities

Pb should just accept on private schools it’s like the only remotely popular thing the government has done. Let it go.

Why?

It's a terrible policy that's going to damage the education sector overall, raise costs for taxpayers and damage our ability to train our future workforce.

Populism can take place at any part on the political spectrum, and that's what this is.

Having said that, I wouldn't have done this policy and made state schools so good, private schools would close down.

This doesn't work. What private schools sell is not primarily education, it is social polish and access to privilege.

Pb should just accept on private schools it’s like the only remotely popular thing the government has done. Let it go.

Why?

It's a terrible policy that's going to damage the education sector overall, raise costs for taxpayers and damage our ability to train our future workforce.

Populism can take place at any part on the political spectrum, and that's what this is.

Having said that, I wouldn't have done this policy and made state schools so good, private schools would close down.

This doesn't work. What private schools sell is not primarily education, it is social polish and access to privilege.

That’s a very sneering view. I’d argue that they offer excellent education, small group teaching, allowing pupils to greater attainment than they would likely get at the local state school AND social polish and access to privilege.

It accurately represents prejudices about private schools and class in the UK though, which is a very British problem.

Most other countries have an independent school sector, which is encouraged.

Pb should just accept on private schools it’s like the only remotely popular thing the government has done. Let it go.

Why?

It's a terrible policy that's going to damage the education sector overall, raise costs for taxpayers and damage our ability to train our future workforce.

Populism can take place at any part on the political spectrum, and that's what this is.

Having said that, I wouldn't have done this policy and made state schools so good, private schools would close down.

This doesn't work. What private schools sell is not primarily education, it is social polish and access to privilege.

Utter rubbish.

Sorry but the one thing a private school will give you from the age of 13 onwards is a set of contacts (friends from school and parents of those friends) that could well set you up for life..

Utter rubbish.

Pb should just accept on private schools it’s like the only remotely popular thing the government has done. Let it go.

Why?

It's a terrible policy that's going to damage the education sector overall, raise costs for taxpayers and damage our ability to train our future workforce.

Populism can take place at any part on the political spectrum, and that's what this is.

I could afford to go to several very nice private schools, why should my parents have had a tax break? They weren't doing it for the benefit of society. Should I get a tax break for paying to see my GP too?

Having said that, I wouldn't have done this policy and made state schools so good, private schools would close down.

I suggest you read my post the other day.

What you call a tax break for me will actually lead to a tax penalty for you.

Pb should just accept on private schools it’s like the only remotely popular thing the government has done. Let it go.

Why?

It's a terrible policy that's going to damage the education sector overall, raise costs for taxpayers and damage our ability to train our future workforce.

Populism can take place at any part on the political spectrum, and that's what this is.

Having said that, I wouldn't have done this policy and made state schools so good, private schools would close down.

This doesn't work. What private schools sell is not primarily education, it is social polish and access to privilege.

Utter rubbish.

Sorry but the one thing a private school will give you from the age of 13 onwards is a set of contacts (friends from school and parents of those friends) that could well set you up for life..

Pb should just accept on private schools it’s like the only remotely popular thing the government has done. Let it go.

Why?

It's a terrible policy that's going to damage the education sector overall, raise costs for taxpayers and damage our ability to train our future workforce.

Populism can take place at any part on the political spectrum, and that's what this is.

Having said that, I wouldn't have done this policy and made state schools so good, private schools would close down.

This doesn't work. What private schools sell is not primarily education, it is social polish and access to privilege.

Pb should just accept on private schools it’s like the only remotely popular thing the government has done. Let it go.

Why?

It's a terrible policy that's going to damage the education sector overall, raise costs for taxpayers and damage our ability to train our future workforce.

Populism can take place at any part on the political spectrum, and that's what this is.

Having said that, I wouldn't have done this policy and made state schools so good, private schools would close down.

This doesn't work. What private schools sell is not primarily education, it is social polish and access to privilege.

That’s a very sneering view. I’d argue that they offer excellent education, small group teaching, allowing pupils to greater attainment than they would likely get at the local state school AND social polish and access to privilege.

I asked yesterday how the YouTube ban would work when you don't need to log in or have any type of account to watch a YouTube video. Nobody responded - presumably as the Govt did nothing to make the position clear.

After a fair bit of googling, it appears the ban is actually going to be on under 16s having a YouTube account.

So under 16s will still be able to watch a YouTube video. But under 16s won't be able to subscribe, comment, like etc.

Is this in line with everyone's understanding?

I've no idea what the government has against YouTube. They ought to pay for YouTube Premium for every schoolchild, given the amount of educational content on there. Making it impossible for under-16s to comment achieves nothing useful I can think of. I hope YouTube will be quietly dropped from the verboten list.

Otherwise, on general cybersecurity grounds, government advice used to be to shield one's identity. Now it wants us – grandparents and grandchildren alike – to upload passports, headshots and inside leg measurements to any number of sketchy, foreign-owned sites.