There’s a bit of a habit in the party of declaring itself comfortable with people getting rich and then being sniffy about their choices
isn’t one that readily tugs the nation’s heartstrings – most people don’t send their kids there and the associations with theTheir products are not always on the best display in politics, where a lot of the ambitious alumni fit the chummy, clubbable retro-image. So you can understand why Keir Starmer’s Labour, seeking a subject to rally spirits around, should alight on a. Complainants are accused of “pleading poverty” .
But there is no such thing as a free tax hit and there are also inconvenient truths Labour is ducking in this argument. The first is that all “privates” are not the same. Lower-cost ones often cater to gaps – either where good-quality education is scarce or fewer state schools are within an easily accessible distance.
My own background is fully state-educated and I have found that professional milieus dominated by too many cliquey private school alums tend to an irksome self-satisfaction and group think. But being allergic to an overdose of public school folk doesn’t make clumsy policy a sound one – and Labour should make more distinction in the size of the schools it is targeting and take account of those who offer clearly useful social services.
There are lots of circumstances whereby children end up in the private sector, apart from the tradition and snobbery. Otherwise, despite the national figure of around 7 per cent of pupils in private education, there would not be the demand for private sixth forms and the urban skew of private schools .find themselves short.
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