abby reeve

@NoVATonschools @UKLabour Particularly ironic given their changes to APD making UK citizensthe 5th highest taxed travellers for short haul flights in the OECD and the highest taxed for long haul flights. Your holiday might cost a lot more but you can spend 20 less minutes going through passport control 🤦🏼‍♀️

Imagine making deals based on how quickly the public can get to the beach 🏖️. This government are wholly incompetent and need removing asap. The UK cannot afford to live under @UKLabour

@Macbeth4623 @anthonyboutall Well you know what they say what happens when you assume something!

@reeveabby @anthonyboutall If that’s the case it must be that it does not merit charitable status, so query how much good it actually does in the community, presumably nothing for state school kids. In any event it’s very existence promotes a two tier education system.

@Macbeth4623 @anthonyboutall The does not have charitable status (which is not to say it does not do a lot of good within the community.) It is also not profit making.

@reeveabby @anthonyboutall You congratulate yourself while benefiting from the state subsidy of charitable status and undermining the status of state education, giving not one toss about the fate of the majority of kids reliant on the state sector, no matter how able.

@Macbeth4623 @anthonyboutall If more parents do this the available funding is not spread so thinly & spending per head in the state sector can increase. It is possible to have excellence in both systems, it isn’t mutually exclusive & when there are excellent state schools fewer people choose independent.

@Macbeth4623 @anthonyboutall I have not only done my best for my children, but also alleviated the state of the responsibility of paying for my children’s education. This has saved the state £93600 which the state can reinvest into those not able to make the same choice.

@Macbeth4623 @anthonyboutall Forcing more children out of independent schools won’t help either an under funded state system or any ambition for smaller classes. State schools are essentially a “one size fits all” model. Not every child thrives in what the state has to offer.

@reeveabby @anthonyboutall Fully aware of those factors. All of them point to the benefits of all parents looking to support state education rather than underwrite a two tier system. Having had the option to educate my child privately am glad I chose to send him to state school.

@Macbeth4623 @anthonyboutall There are other confounding factors for Finland (and it does still have independent schools) 1) Cultural attitudes to education 2) They spend more per head 3) They have significantly smaller class sizes These are likely to be more impactful than independent schools not existing.

@reeveabby @anthonyboutall It’s already happening. My son’s state school has rocketed to top ten in Scotland. Increased marginalisation of private education will make a difference. See Finland. If only snobs and the super rich send their kids to private school benefits will be huge

@Macbeth4623 @anthonyboutall An extra 13000 children will make no difference to parent investment in state education, unless you are suggesting that 93% of parents already using state schools including 80% of those in the top 1% income group have no agency themselves to improve things.

@anthonyboutall If it means more parents have a stake in the success of the state sector rather then backing educational apartheid then it will be a good thing.

@yesmam47 @Thebestfigen My bedroom, aged 13-15 was plastered floor to ceiling, wall to wall in nothing but a-Ha/ Morten Harket posters… except for 1 small Patrick Swayze picture.

@Thebestfigen One of the biggest mysteries of the 80s is why this guy was not a bigger teen idol. Look at that face & that hair. He should have been on teenage girl's bedroom walls.

@CreEnglish @katieleeming3 @vickygrayson_ @beckythorn100 @abritishparent Exactly, nobody should be in any doubt that it was intended from the outset to be damaging. Not only did they know about the human cost and not care, they went ahead exactly because of it. It was never about the money, it was about inflicting a wound to the sector.

@katieleeming3 @vickygrayson_ @beckythorn100 @abritishparent Actually, that is generous. The human cost WAS thought about. They were warned that imposing the tax mid year would be the MOST DISRUPTIVE TO CHILDREN IN PRIVATE & STATE, & SEND, BUT PROCEED NONETHELESS.

VAT on fees: ‘The human cost was never thought about - “It did not need to be like this. All of us, of whatever political persuasion, want to improve education for all.  This is not the way to do it.” 💯👏 @vickygrayson_ @beckythorn100 @abritishparent schoolmanagementplus.com/bursars-financ…

@edlonguk @chrissied15 @bphillipsonMP @DailyMirror And therefore it is our job as the dissenting electorate that did not vote for them & opposition parties to hold them to account for harmful policies through means available such as court challenges. We don’t simply sigh & say “oh well they won the election” 🤷🏼‍♀️!

@reeveabby @chrissied15 @bphillipsonMP @DailyMirror Yeah, that's one of the main criticisms of democracy - it encourages tyranny of the majority. It's not a new concept - look at Brexit.

🧑‍🍼 30 hours of funded childcare 🥣 Free breakfast clubs 👕 Cheaper uniform costs Our Plan for Change will save families thousands, because Labour is on the side of working parents. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

@edlonguk @chrissied15 @bphillipsonMP @DailyMirror Ed- interesting point are you suggesting a govt is entitled or even obliged to do anything they wish if it’s in their manifesto, regardless of harm? There are great many “popular” things one could promise the electorate that might garner a majority but would be terribly bad.

@chrissied15 @bphillipsonMP @DailyMirror They won the election on a manifesto which included it. Arguably given that mandate, they have no right to NOT do it.

@JamesMelville I don’t think it’s so much the grown-ups who are in charge, it’s this lot!

Ed Miliband gets completely owned in this interview on energy prices. The UK has the highest industrial electricity prices in the developed world. And Ed Miliband lurches into floundering around with disingenuous answers to avoid the home truths of this.

@CarolMa81236382 @JamesMelville Otherwise known as gaslighting!

@JamesMelville Far from being stupid - he knows exactly what he’s doing here. It’s the well tried method used in everything this government is up to. If you say a deliberate lie often enough you’ll not only convince yourself it’s true, you’ll convince others