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To ask about the Jeremy Corbyn controversy with his choice of son’s school?

81 replies

HeronO · 02/01/2025 15:49

Hello all. Considering secondary schools for DD in Camden/Islington after move to be near DP’s family for support. I’ve got no family on my side apart from DP and DD!

Have chosen a school, thanks in part to some constructive advice on Mumsnet! It was the school DP went to when it was an old boys school but is now mixed and changed name.

DP’s talked a bit about his school over the years and DD very much wants to go to her Dad’s old school but I was literally yesterday years old when I learned that Jeremy Corbyn apparently split with his wife over sending his son there!

i don’t remember this news story at all but then again I don’t take much interest in politics!

Does anyone remember this? Don’t worry - it won’t influence our decision as it’s convenient for everyone in DP’s extended family, DD wants to go there and it’s currently top of our list.

… and me and DP definitely won’t be splitting up over it !

OP posts:
Dotjones · 02/01/2025 15:57

I guess if you were/are a Corbyn fan, send him to the school, if you were one of the many who didn't trust his judgment to run the country then it's not a good idea to trust his judgment over school selection.

It's over 25 years ago though - the school will have got worse since then, of course that's true everywhere.

madnessitellyou · 02/01/2025 15:56

Ah, I see the “issue”. Yeah op, kindly, get a grip.

madnessitellyou · 02/01/2025 15:56

People will always have differing views of schools. You see it all the time on social media. Someone will ask for an opinion of a school and you’ll get responses that say it’s great and others that say they’d be crazy to send their child there. I wonder if there’s any small possibility that something similar happened in the Corbyn household.

Op if you like the school and have a decent chance of getting in it really does not matter if the once leader of a political party argued with his wife over it.

This is possibly one of the daftest things I’ve read here.

Ablondiebutagoody · 02/01/2025 15:51

I don't understand the AIBU.....?