The bigger the better at my school in the 70s. Ideal was to use up most of the tie in the knot. (View Post)

You clearly see it that way but there is an argument to be made that private education is a corrosive and malign influence on the country. If you believe that to be the case taxing and otherwise disi… (View Post)

I would just like to declare, in the spirit of absolute transparency, that he's never given me a penny. (View Post)

Education is a public good, but it is provided free to all children by the state, paid for from taxes. Private education is manifestly not a public good; it perpetuates privilege and gives a small pr… (View Post)

Interesting thoughts. I don't think the 'fad for wanting nice things without concern for the balance sheet' is an exclusively leftish one - look at the state the last government left f… (View Post)