Quote of the day 16th August 2024

"I don’t normally agree with the Telegraph. But Labour policy on taxing private education is bonkers. It will raise little money (about £1.5bn) for maximum disruption to the education system. It is vindictive class war politics."

(Andrew Sentance on X, formerly Twitter

He was replying to Kelvin MacKensie who had posted this:

"The Telegraph reports that privately educated pupils in England were almost three times more likely to pass at  A* and A grade in their A-levels this year than their peers in state comprehensives. 

So why does Labour want to blow up the system with a  20% VAT increase on fees and force an estimated 1,000 pupils into a system which is bulging at the seams and which gets much worse results.

It’s class war or nothing."