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gordondaviesmoustache said:
It’s plainly not the only reason. I’m sure it’s a material motivation for some, but the principal reason will be the advantage it gives their children. Which is why it should be subject to VAT. It’s absurd to suggest otherwise. Absolutely outrageous it’s happening now and not many years ago.
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It’s unlawful under EU law so…
 
Kazzydeyna said:
This is without doubt my favourite thread on here for a long long time.

The sight of angry wankers wailing and gnashing their teeth because a teeny tiny part of their personal gravy train is being turned off in order to provide a bare modicum of help to the vast majority is, frankly, really rather wonderful to behold.

Please keep it up lads. And be thankful I’m not the PM. I’d not just put VAT on private school fees, I’d backdate it to the first term your child(ren) attended one. And if your precious was now in upper sixth and started in the upper third or even earlier you’d be looking at 7-12 years of backdated taxes. I’d also make it the law that if you refused, or were unwilling to pay, in full, right away, I’d put a lien on the family home.

I’d also increase the vat rate to 100% so instead of whining that you might have to finally pay the going rate for giving your child an inbuilt advantage for the rest of its life, just be thankful that Sir Kier is being vastly more reasonable than you deserve.

And pipe down. It’s unbecoming of you, all this wailing. What happened to the good old fashioned British stiff upper lip?

Bunch of mard arses. You lost. Heavily. Get over it.

Pay up and shut up.
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You summed it up perfectly.
The politics of the left: Envy. Spite & hate. The type of working class hero who would rather level down rather than level up. Who believes that working class people shouldn’t have aspirations. The type of person who fails to realise that working class people don’t want to be working class. Small minded ideas from a small minded person.
And oh… you are on ignore. Enjoy the weather and have a nice day.
 
As I recall, the Labour Party constitution always spoke of workers 'by hand or brain'.

On that basis, you could be a Professor at Oxford and still be 'working class'. I don't recall any reference to employment status either. So I don't believe the self-employed were ruled out.

It's rather sad that this country is still obsessed by class in 2024. It's the root of many of our societal problems. It seems to spring from a very common desire to benchmark oneself against others. And, by the way, working-class snobbery exists too, and always has. The desire to look down on others is not restricted to any particular class.
 
PPT said:
You summed it up perfectly.
The politics of the left: Envy. Spite & hate. The type of working class hero who would rather level down rather than level up. Who believes that working class people shouldn’t have aspirations. The type of person who fails to realise that working class people don’t want to be working class. Small minded ideas from a small minded person.
And oh… you are on ignore. Enjoy the weather and have a nice day.
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I thought putting someone on ignore meant that…you ignored them. Yet here you are.

Maybe your education wasn’t that great. I’d be asking for a refund.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
But it's Hurst Green!

Oxted has some nice parts and some very nice parts - I used to live in the next village along, Hurst Green generally isn't one of them.

I won't argue that it's still rather nicer than many places.
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Anything posher than a cardboard box in Doncaster means it couldn’t possibly house a working class family.
 
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