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Me neither, and I'll bet the Conservatives would never bother researching it either, because any change to the status quo risks annoying their core vote - even if it is the right thing to do. It's not hard to conclude that they'll do what they need to ensure their well-off natural voters are...

Obviously I don't have any more sympathy than they would have because I'm struggling to pay the mortgage on my oversized house. And I really don't care whether or not private schools close. There are other schools, private and state, that these kids can attend. We don't live in Kenya where a...

You've not answered my question at all. These schools are closing because of the downturn in the economy over the past 5 years which means lots of parents aren't able to pay regardless, not because tax credits are being withdrawn. I'm ONLY interested in what that small margin of people is, who...

I'd be curious to know what portion of fee paying parents would no longer consider private schooling if they or the school didn't get tax breaks, forcing fees upwards? I know these people are not all millionaires, but money is really not an object for most of them. Being pragmatic and removing...

Of course not, but if you read it, he's not arguing that point. He's saying someone educated at Oxbridge will have a better understanding of such things than someone uneducated from a deprived background. In other words, he doesn't care about their background, he'd just prefer someone making...

Best post on the subject. The problem with that report is that it lumps "educated at independent schools" with "Oxbridge". There are two issues here. Firstly, do we want Oxbridge educated people to be heavily influencing society? Yes, of course we do. These are the most intelligent of the...