Election Year or Fear!

[ramAnag]

....I wonder if either he or AF are genuinely aware of the disparity that currently exists between fee paying schools and more typical state run secondaries, particularly those in less well to do areas....

The "he" being me. Infers a presumed ignorance of the subject

Wondering and inferring are very different. I don’t believe I inferred anything. I didn’t know you’d sent your kids to independent schools. How would I? Neither am I in the business of castigating you over your choice.

I have no interest in ‘dragging everyone down to the same bad standards’. Quite the reverse. As it happens, because of one of my grandchildren’s sporting achievements I happen to have spent time in a couple of public schools of late. By coincidence due to again next week, but even I, who benefitted from such an education around 60 years ago, was surprised at the level of facilities which are light years ahead of the state sector. Those are, imo, the standards we, as a society, should be aspiring to and if charging VAT to those who pay for access to a more elite education helps a little then, again imo, so be it.