James O'Brien and Nick Ferrari disagree over private school tax | LBC

'Labour does not understand private schools' says Gillian Keegan.
The Education Secretary accused Labour of an 'ill-thought through' approach towards the independent sector.

Nick Ferrari agrees. James O'Brien doesn't. It gets interesting.

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[TippyI]

For every child who has to leave private schools into the state system there are 2 Tory voters who will suddenly start to care for the public school system.

[PsychedelicGoo]

Nick says his parents worked dam hard and didn't go on holiday or get loft conversions, so they could afford to send him to private school. The thing is, many people nowadays work dam hard, don't go on holiday or get loft conversions and can't afford to eat.

[hgmet]

Have they tried not eating avocado and cancelling their Netflix subscription? I've been told by the same people that if I did that, I'd be able to afford a mortgage.

[Gph]

Abolish private schools. If rich kids have to go to state schools the government will actually put in the investment needed.
All kids, rich or poor, deserve the best education and life opportunities!!

[jeezy]

Nick should retire He's soooo out of touch

[jujutrini]

The country needs the money. It is high time this lie is put to bed. They aren’t charities.

[vivburgess]

Eton certainly doesn't teach empathy and humanity, judging by the examples of ex-students we see in government.

[noeennd]

Schools are literally crumbling over our precious children's head's while the richest people in the country are complaining that they might have to pay some tax.
Why don't they try sending their children to school where they are tax registered.

[Jon-xwom]

If the number in private education is so small, why are there so many privately educated MPs?

[brian]

Here in the Netherlands we don't have private

[SamoIsKing]

If they cant afford it maybe they should cut back on take aways, coffees, avocados and Netflix.

[zivkovicable]

What Ferrari doesn't mention is that 10% of fee paying students at UK public schools are from overseas. They also benefit from the tax free status of their education...Of course this cotangent are unlikely to burden British state schools with their presence.

[johnhamilton]

If someone can't support their kids in public school without support they shouldn't have them. That's what true Conservatives believe.

[davehollowell]

They shouldn't be classed as charities either.

[hgmet]

Nick is an excellent example of what a private education does. Educate a mediocre person far beyond their intelligence and give them the confidence and the opportunity to land a job that would be beyond the wildest dreams of someone educated in a state school.

[carolynanderson]

It is very very simple, if you cannot afford the VAT on your private school fees, don't send your kids there. Don't you dare winge and moan about it when there are actual people who cannot afford a school uniform.

[woodentie]

20 of 57 Prime Ministers were educated at Eton. In 2019, 41% of Conservative MPs had attended an independent school (Labour, 14%), as compared with 5.4% of the general population who received public schooling - the difference in the percentages was probably even greater when the MPs actually attended school. Who said money doesn’t buy advantage?

[Gohka]

Boohoo someone who earns more in a week than I will in my entire life can't afford to send both their kids to public school? Oh the inhumanity of it all.

[blazzz]

I thought the sort of people who send their children to private schools always sneer about personal responsibility? If they can't afford VAT then maybe they can't afford to go private and they can send their children with the rest of the "common" children

[hunsler]

Private school's shouldn't exsist in my opinion.