The evidence is now overwhelming.
The VAT attack on private schools must be scrapped immediately.
127 schools now closed, with tens of thousands of children now in state system at huge cost to taxpayer.
Labour spite is expensive for all of us.
Yet another small independent school closes, due to Phillipson's spiteful, class-warrior tax on education.
More kids without a school for September, more people without a job.
But yay. Free Frosties and £1 off your Toy Story ticket!
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Not a single country in the EU taxes school fees. Yet this Labour government is dismantling a world-class sector, all in the name of petty class envy and vindictive politics
Bridget Phillipson attended the state funded equivalent of a private/public school. Sir Robert of New Minster Catholic School. NOT a normal state school and not a school operating under state imposed admissions criterion.
Phillipson went to a state funded religious institution that managed its own pupil selection policy based on faith first not academic prowess. It's admission policy was totally discriminatory against non Catholics thus giving Bridget Phillips a privileged advantage.
So much for having a normal state school education, in fact Phillipson benefitted from the lack of equality unlike any a state school would be allowed lawfully exhibit to secure her place based on a totally different admission criterion.
Bridget Phillipson is now exposed as a galactic hypocrite who benefited from a highly selective school placement based on her Catholic upbringing putting her ahead of pupils of greater merit to secure her place in an educational establishment of high reputation.
So there we have it, the perpetual deceiver and delusional Bridget Phillips received the privilege of a grace and favour secondary school placement in a Catholic School that selected first on Catholic faith not on attainment or demonstrable academic excellence.
Bridget Phillipson was granted privilege above others in her community becase of religion, because she came form a specific demographic. Her claim she went to normal state school is simply untrue, she went to the state funded equivalent of a PRIVATE SCHOOL that wouldn't take anyone just as state schools have to but instead discriminated on the basis of Catholicism not actual education attainment, disadvantage or need.
This is the problem with the left. Turley can't see that this doesn't strengthen her case, it completely consumes it.
Thousands of ordinary, working class people up and down the country scrimped and saved to send their kids to private school, whilst still paying the taxes that fund state schools. Turley & Co. utterly despise the graft and aspiration of ordinary folk so, set out to destroy it. They didn't impose VAT to fund more state school teachers, which it hasn't, they did it out of pure spite to put private schooling beyond the reach of ordinary folk. They hate aspiration, they despise people who want to lift themselves and their kids up. Turley and Phillipson are utterly vile people.
@annaturley Let's get this straight.
You think you earned your place because you had an academic scholarship, but your classmates received an unearned privilege because their families paid the fees that provided you with the opportunity?
Your sense of entitlement is visible from space.
@LindaPears87262@AnotherGibson This narrative of luxury and taxation is a Labour lie. Education is a merit good so attracts zero tax anywhere else. Indy kids are discriminated against big time now thanks to Labour. Should never be the case.
@bphillipsonMP Anyone who gloats over the loss of jobs, loss of businesses, loss of bursaries and children having to move schools, really is despicable.
@Rebecca_SPaul Phillipson is so out of touch, but deliberately so. She is not for all children, only the 93%. She is a disgrace and the ideology is staggering. Her and her lot will be out soon enough and hopefully this ridiculous decision will be reversed by a new party.
You’ll be hitting another landmark and providing even more soon, give the rate that private school students are moving to / joining the state school sector, as a result of your ridiculous policy of envy.
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