Philip Oldknow
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Philip Oldknow
@OldknowPhilip
Teacher. Grandmother was founder member of LP. Carer for grand children. Likes bridge and fast cars.
Katılım Aralık 2013
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Voices: Is Andy Burnham ready to be prime minister? This is what our writers think – plus, have your say trib.al/S5y9CBz
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@DailyMirror What tosh. Plan to get an idea of real life in a bog standard comp.
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William and Kate 'have plan' to show George hardship despite Eton choice
mirror.co.uk/news/royals/ge…
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Philip Oldknow retweetledi
Cant bear to watch Chris Mason smug face at the Makerfield Count
The BBC have lost a viewer tonight with Laura Kuenssberg and Mason
Their bias is SICKENING
What a revolting pair ##bbcnews #MakerfieldByelection
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@Davehandley790 @labourpress @UKLabour @KemiBadenoch @Matt_VickersMP Absolutely. Thank goodness that I’ve never heard of them.
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On Monday @KemiBadenoch said "good people across the political spectrum" will "condemn" the appalling firebomb attacks on the Prime Minister's family home.
Today her Tory Vice Chair @Matt_VickersMP was confronted with the sickening comments he made yesterday and shrugged them off.
This goes beyond party politics. Badenoch should sack him.
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Philip Oldknow retweetledi
Very well done. However….,
David Griffin Photography@dgriffinpix
Despite @DerbyshireCCC innings defeat here at Chester-le-Street, @HarryCame4 - leaving the field here at the end of the match - has become the first Derbyshire player to carry his bat through a completed innings in first class cricket against Durham. There have been 40 instances of a Derbyshire player carrying his bat, and Came is the 27th player to do it. @ACScricket
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Telling us what we SHOULD read is next. Censorship. Then the Stasi come along and and spy on us.
The Rev. Anton Mittens 🌹👮🎓@MittensOff
George Finch, the Reform UK leader of Warwickshire County Council, has been accused of bigotry and censorship after suggesting LGBTQ+ books should be removed from local libraries. But where exactly does this end? Libraries hold books on socialism and capitalism, atheism and every religion under the sun, evolution, the monarchy, and countless other contested ideas. That’s the point of a library: a place where people encounter perspectives that challenge, stretch, and broaden the mind. Finch is only 19, and it shows. He may simply not have read enough to grasp how books cultivate critical thinking, empathy, and a more informed, more tolerant society. Who on earth keeps voting for people this determined to stay ignorant? #ReformUK
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Hannah Spencer: "There's plenty of dirty grubbiness behind me."
Lee Anderson and Sarah Pochin: 😳
Interesting. No names were mentioned, yet somehow they seemed to know exactly who she meant. Quite the coincidence. #PMQ
Crewkerne Man@CrewkerneMan
At PMQs, Green MP Hannah Spencer, draped in exquisite Gucci, accused Lee Anderson and Sarah Pochin of being “dirty and grubby.” But Starmer landed the line, calling out Zack Polanski’s absence and asking if he’d swapped his houseboat for a submarine.
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Up until this point there was an exchange of views. Now, niknak, from you, there is a baseless comment and a totally wrong “guess”.
Niknak@Nikinaki55
@Anitaaaa_W @OldknowPhilip @vickigregson @BBCPolitics He is too stupid to understand that though. Poorly educated I guess 😜
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@Anitaaaa_W There are massive divisions in our whole society. Private schools simply perpetuate societal differences. Abolish these bastions of privilege completely. That’s my “logic”.
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The really rich ones carry on as normal. You just punished the ones just about managing.
Yes, your logic makes them more elitist. They were special schools for disabled kids, private schools with bursaries for lower income kids. All that will be gone now.
Politics of envy 🤦🏽♀️
Philip Oldknow@OldknowPhilip
So they are a little bit elitist already then. I’ll settle for that!!
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@Anitaaaa_W The “ just about managing” should find a good state school, save the money and take the advantages that the equality of opportunity brings.
As for the “really rich” my solution?… leave the country or join a state school and see how the other 95% live.
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So they are a little bit elitist already then. I’ll settle for that!!
🌍 Anitaaaa@Anitaaaa_W
@OldknowPhilip @vickigregson @BBCPolitics You could apply that logic to anything. The joke is, all that’s happened is the parents who just about scraped together the fees are now in state schools and the rich parents are still sending their kids to private school. Your logic just makes private school even more elitist
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@Anitaaaa_W @vickigregson @BBCPolitics Why do parents send their kids to private school then? Surely it can’t be such philanthropy. They are attempting to buy advantage and consolidate the advantages the already have. Selfishly.
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@OldknowPhilip @vickigregson @BBCPolitics It’s the opposite. Private school parents are actually subsidising the state schools. Their tax is going towards state school places their kids are entitled to but don’t take the spaces
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The taxpayer shouldn't be "subsidising private institutions and private schools"
Labour MP Lola McEvoy defends the government's decision to add VAT to private school fees as figures show the number of pupils in private schools is falling
bbc.in/4v31nQI
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More like Trump every day.
Chris Rose@ArchRose90
A Channel 4 News reporter asked @TiceRichard if he thought Nigel Farage’s comments from a WEEK AGO sparked the scenes in Belfast last night? Richard Tice: “Absolutely ridiculous, outrageous…You should be ashamed of yourself!” The best way to handle these idiotic questions. 👏🏽
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Well this is how it should be. Single state education. Appropriately funded no matter other advantages might be. Much like the NHS. Level playing field but outcomes different.
Niccolo@Nick7576
@OldknowPhilip @vickigregson @BBCPolitics It costs the government more. I took my 3 out of school. 75k saved. Thank you, to all taxpayers out there now paying for my kids' ed.
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Using “State places” in order to gain educational advantage. Result? Greater divisions in society, wealth, educational opportunities, and life chances.
Diana Kane@diana_kane84719
@OldknowPhilip @BBCPolitics What subsidy? They aren't using state places which their tax pays for. Frankly they should get vouchers! It's a spiteful policy and as my post above tells you, taxpayers are now paying the VAT for some parents who are serving this country abroad! Madness!
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@vickigregson @BBCPolitics Whatever the government do get should be diverted to SEND in deprived areas
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@OldknowPhilip @BBCPolitics There is no “difference” when something isn’t a VATable supply.
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