abby reeve

Paediatrician, Mum of boys, single parent. Believer in freedom, choice & personal responsibility. All children matter. Centre right political views.

[abby reeve @reeveabby]

@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 🤦🏼‍♀️

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

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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.

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@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” 🤷🏼‍♀️!

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@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.

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

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@CarolMa81236382 @JamesMelville Otherwise known as gaslighting!

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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.