Random political stuff - old news, or not news

[icowden]

I know it's a real stretch for many (and I'm sorry it is for you), but if the sector overall can continue without a dramatic decline in pupil numbers despite a 20% increase in fees on top of the significant increases the schools themselves have imposed, then, as I say, it's not a strong overall argument for the removal of VAT. As PP says, intakes this September will be a better indicator as to the impact on how parents view affordability.

Yes, there are huge concerns about new intake. Those with kids at the school are just making further sacrifices (at the not being massively rich end of the spectrum). No one wants to move their child's school if they are doing GCSE or A-Levels, so that's years 9 to 11 being pretty static.

You might be aware that I worked in a private school for 24 years, albeit one that has relatively low fees in comparison with much of the sector, so I'm not coming at this vindictively.

Oh I know.

 

[briantrumpet]

Well, I suppose it would be too much to ask for an apology for the part the Telegraph has played in this, but it's a start.

 

[First Aspect]

Well, I suppose it would be too much to ask for an apology for the part the Telegraph has played in this, but it's a start.

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It's what several on here have been saying for a few years. We need balance in UK politics, not the playground politics of the current right.

 

[briantrumpet]

It's what several on here have been saying for a few years. We need balance in UK politics, not the playground politics of the current right.

And we were saying on 'there' as well. Wanting weak opposition is not the way to test proposed policies or to have well-functioning politics. It's why it troubled me that both the Tory Party and The Telegraph lost their minds over Brexit and Johnson, but under Corbyn there wasn't a serious opposition. The same is true now, with Tories having tried to match the craziness of Reform & Restore, and untethered themselves from serious, principled argument on verifiable data. It's all about the memes, and that's it.

 

[Ian H]

Conservatism is just a dwindling sub-section of right-wing politics. Its aim is merely the quiet conservation of privilege.

 

[The Crofted Crest]

Nah, conservatism is being an apologist for the status quo.

 

[Ian H]

Nah, conservatism is being an apologist for the status quo.

I'm not sure we're disagreeing here.

...Its aim is merely the quiet conservation of privilege.