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The ideal situation is that comprehensive schools produce the same academic results as the most expensive private schools - which, I think, has largely been achieved in central London. Private school… (View Post)

Agreed. The real poison comes from the elitism - the enormous, unbridgeable gap between the top public schools and everyone else. If there were a range of institutions charging a few thousand a year … (View Post)

That's not far off what happens in NI. Fee-paying schools get the normal state contribution, and then charge a mandatory 'capital fee' (determined according to a Department of Education formula) and … (View Post)

Compare with this story about Hunt's kids leaving "sweet and thoughtful" notes for Starmer's children when moving in to No. 11: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2507npnxqeo (View Post)

I mostly agree with that, and think that the Tories ought to be chasing whatever right-wing positions resonate with younger. For example, plenty of under-40s think that the NHS is fucked beyond redem… (View Post)