To think it is hypocritical for parents who are anti 'Tory elitism' and are Labour voters to send their child to a grammar school?

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Aibu to think a parent who is a Labour voter and anti 'Tory elitism' and private schooling, might be hypocritical to accept a place at a grammar school for their child? If you have left wing views, would you accept a grammar school place?
This is not about me by the way or anyone I know. Just a hypotheitcal question I've discussed in the past and found interesting.

Even if there was a way to test for ability where coaching can make no difference, there are not enough state grammar schools in the country to be able to give every child that would pass the test a place.

And some of those children who would pass the test are better suited to a more comprehensive education anyway. Like my intelligent ds2 who does well academically, but would much rather be doing the more creative subjects anyway.

We need more grammar schools and we need to improve the standard at comps, but unfortunately so much of the standard of comps depends on parents. There is only so much the state can do.

Op they are called Champagne socialist

Thats what i love about the middle class left they tell me the medicane is good for me but wont take it themslevs

For inatsnce tha kind of people who would rally agaisnt the govermnt to open free schools but as soon as one opens they sell up ove house and there gose poppy on her first day

Moan on about the toff tory as if ed, blair and brown are stright out of the getto and been dragged up hahaha

Rwith gaurdian in hand tut tut and those evil bankers who aboid tax whilest covently forgetting in 2008 the guardian paied no copration tax

I am a middle class lefty. I could have put my daughter in for a grammar school test (we live in south east London) but I am sending her to a not particularly posh at all comprehensive. I also have pretty high educational standards, and a couple of degrees, one of them from Oxford.

I also like champagne and have written for the Guardian. HTH.

Oh, and I went to a comprehensive; yes, a fairly middle-class one but certainly not exclusively so.