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There are about a million more pupils in education now than there were in 2010/11 and the amount in primary schools only peaked in 2018/19.
Where are you getting your numbers from?
Where are you getting your numbers from?
December 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
There are about a million more pupils in education now than there were in 2010/11 and the amount in primary schools only peaked in 2018/19.
Where are you getting your numbers from?
Where are you getting your numbers from?
No I didn’t. I suggested a-level (and all other) private school pupils were being forced out. That this is adding pressure to already overloaded a-level provision in state is obvious.
December 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
No I didn’t. I suggested a-level (and all other) private school pupils were being forced out. That this is adding pressure to already overloaded a-level provision in state is obvious.
The relevance was to refute your inference that PS pupils forced into the state sector could easily be accommodated due to demographics. This was absurd. Why would an influx of pupils close a school down? What are you talking about?
December 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The relevance was to refute your inference that PS pupils forced into the state sector could easily be accommodated due to demographics. This was absurd. Why would an influx of pupils close a school down? What are you talking about?
So not relevant to the real 10000s of children (many mid year, many with SEND) that have had their lives turned upside down by this pointless and spiteful measure.
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
So not relevant to the real 10000s of children (many mid year, many with SEND) that have had their lives turned upside down by this pointless and spiteful measure.
A stupid policy. Argued with spite and lies.
December 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A stupid policy. Argued with spite and lies.
Who the hell are Tarquin and Emilia? Products of your bigoted imagination?
December 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Who the hell are Tarquin and Emilia? Products of your bigoted imagination?
VAT on school fees doesn’t target rich people. Vast majority of them use state schools and 1/3 of PS families are not by any reasonable definition rich.
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
VAT on school fees doesn’t target rich people. Vast majority of them use state schools and 1/3 of PS families are not by any reasonable definition rich.
What is it about 10000s kids being forced to have their lives upended, leaving their friends and teachers, many mid academic year, many with SEND a mere “sob story”. It’s a pointless and spiteful disgrace.
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What is it about 10000s kids being forced to have their lives upended, leaving their friends and teachers, many mid academic year, many with SEND a mere “sob story”. It’s a pointless and spiteful disgrace.
Nope. 10000s of kids (including 1000s of disabled kids) forced from their schools and that’s the tip of the iceberg.
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Nope. 10000s of kids (including 1000s of disabled kids) forced from their schools and that’s the tip of the iceberg.
The question asked was horseshit.
December 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The question asked was horseshit.
Which is driving kids, including disabled kids who are not rich out of their schools. What’s not to like?
December 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Which is driving kids, including disabled kids who are not rich out of their schools. What’s not to like?
The one that was fabricated, likely by a labour activist or government staffer, and withdrawn?
December 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The one that was fabricated, likely by a labour activist or government staffer, and withdrawn?
Private school fee VAT is not a wealth tax.
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Private school fee VAT is not a wealth tax.
Pupils forced out of private schools due to VAT are not only (or even anywhere near majority) primary school children. It’s nothing to do with whether schools can afford to run 6th forms.
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Pupils forced out of private schools due to VAT are not only (or even anywhere near majority) primary school children. It’s nothing to do with whether schools can afford to run 6th forms.
How is the availability of primary school places in London of help to an a-level student forced out elsewhere?
December 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
How is the availability of primary school places in London of help to an a-level student forced out elsewhere?
Yep. She’s still worse. A repeated, mendacious liar. There was no gap in finances to fill this year and she called a press conference to lie about it to create a pretext for yet more tax and spend. Does anyone remember the fully costed manifesto?
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Yep. She’s still worse. A repeated, mendacious liar. There was no gap in finances to fill this year and she called a press conference to lie about it to create a pretext for yet more tax and spend. Does anyone remember the fully costed manifesto?
She’s a mendacious, repeated liar.
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
She’s a mendacious, repeated liar.
I’ll be tactically voting to keep Labour out, personally. I hope many will.
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I’ll be tactically voting to keep Labour out, personally. I hope many will.
They could already do that, with the ones who could afford it paying and the others not. No stigma as paid by card with no way of any child knowing who put the money on the card.
The video from DofE shows parents using them to have a nap, go for coffee or not have to remember whether they fed them
The video from DofE shows parents using them to have a nap, go for coffee or not have to remember whether they fed them
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
They could already do that, with the ones who could afford it paying and the others not. No stigma as paid by card with no way of any child knowing who put the money on the card.
The video from DofE shows parents using them to have a nap, go for coffee or not have to remember whether they fed them
The video from DofE shows parents using them to have a nap, go for coffee or not have to remember whether they fed them
What has that got to do with breakfast clubs?
There was already a national breakfast club programme with funding targeted at those most in need.
There was already a national breakfast club programme with funding targeted at those most in need.
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What has that got to do with breakfast clubs?
There was already a national breakfast club programme with funding targeted at those most in need.
There was already a national breakfast club programme with funding targeted at those most in need.
Funding for breakfast clubs for the most in need were already available.
We shouldn’t be spending taxpayers money so people can do the following (from the DofE themselves) x.com/educationgov...
We shouldn’t be spending taxpayers money so people can do the following (from the DofE themselves) x.com/educationgov...
Department for Education on X: "What would you do with an extra 30 minutes in your day? 🤔 Free breakfast clubs are transforming mornings for 500,000 children - that's 95 precious hours back each year while children get a nutritious start to their day. Part of our Plan for Change ✨ https://t.co/VA20pWYRKC" / X
What would you do with an extra 30 minutes in your day? 🤔 Free breakfast clubs are transforming mornings for 500,000 children - that's 95 precious hours back each year while children get a nutritious start to their day. Part of our Plan for Change ✨ https://t.co/VA20pWYRKC
x.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Funding for breakfast clubs for the most in need were already available.
We shouldn’t be spending taxpayers money so people can do the following (from the DofE themselves) x.com/educationgov...
We shouldn’t be spending taxpayers money so people can do the following (from the DofE themselves) x.com/educationgov...
They already existed for the most vulnerable. Labours policy is a gimmick, expanding it to cover these reasons, none of which we should be spending taxpayers money on: x.com/educationgov...
Department for Education on X: "What would you do with an extra 30 minutes in your day? 🤔 Free breakfast clubs are transforming mornings for 500,000 children - that's 95 precious hours back each year while children get a nutritious start to their day. Part of our Plan for Change ✨ https://t.co/VA20pWYRKC" / X
What would you do with an extra 30 minutes in your day? 🤔 Free breakfast clubs are transforming mornings for 500,000 children - that's 95 precious hours back each year while children get a nutritious start to their day. Part of our Plan for Change ✨ https://t.co/VA20pWYRKC
x.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
They already existed for the most vulnerable. Labours policy is a gimmick, expanding it to cover these reasons, none of which we should be spending taxpayers money on: x.com/educationgov...
What actual education policies have they introduced which demonstrate they are doing well?
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What actual education policies have they introduced which demonstrate they are doing well?
Not according to the DofE it doesn’t. We already had breakfast clubs, targeted at those most in need. This is pointless gimmick, disguising their anti-education policies. x.com/educationgov...
x.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Not according to the DofE it doesn’t. We already had breakfast clubs, targeted at those most in need. This is pointless gimmick, disguising their anti-education policies. x.com/educationgov...
They’ll have to go some. 0.25-0.5% of pupil breakfasts so far. What a winner of a policy. But as long people can have naps and go for coffee on taxpayers money, all good eh? x.com/educationgov...
x.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
They’ll have to go some. 0.25-0.5% of pupil breakfasts so far. What a winner of a policy. But as long people can have naps and go for coffee on taxpayers money, all good eh? x.com/educationgov...