To wonder if the Royal family will attend state schools once the private ones are abolished?

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Or will there be exceptions for the mega wealthy and powerful?

GothMummy

Lose charitable status?

Lol!

That means the charities they support lose out! That means they will not have to let state schools use their facilities or give them any help whatsoever!

They’ll put their fees up to cover any difference in tax and still have huge waiting lists.

Haha haha!

GothMummy

Lose not loose

Your private school was a bit shit!

I'd be satisfied with removing private schools' 'Charitable' status, myself.

Labour are living in Lalaland over a number of issues.

Won't vote for them or any other party.

I know they I'm supposed to not take my vote for granted, but all the parties and their leaders suck.

Not they I'm, obviously

I know they I'm supposed to not take my vote for granted, but all the parties and their leaders suck

Indeed, but someone has to govern. Do you really want no say in who?

Private schools will not be abolished. Labour have alienated 7% of the population already by just announcing they would intend it. So even if they did get voted in I'm assuming that there have to be an actually outlawing if private schools. Of course that will get passed in Parliament with all those rich folk in power 🤣

Do people know what charitable status actually means?!

Yes they get a tax break but in return they have to be charitable! That means the state schools in their area get access to thousands of pounds worth of tuition and teaching and facilities that they otherwise wouldn’t.

As someone said, if this was taken away they’d just up the fees to cover the loss of tax break and not be required to do a thing in the community.

Why do you think the charitable status thing started?!

Good grief!

@HomewardHound Dont start being reasonable and using facts.

You should know that some people hate private school.....cause reasons.

My kids at the local schools have benefitted from having a 2 private schools and a well funded academy nearby.

The Dutch royal family attend state schools. Why is it unthinkable that a UK state school would be good enough for our royalty?
This demonstrates exactly why we need to get rid of private schools

@Chocolatelover45 surely the answer is to improve state schools.

We are not going to see an 11 year old George Windsor turning up to share his textbook with Joe Average at a Comprehensive with a leaky roof and a drugs problem

To be fair, 11 year old George Windsor is very probably going to end up in a school with a bigger drugs problem than Joe Average's school.

Drugs are rife in expensive boarding schools - the kids can afford them.

The Dutch royal family costs more than the British one so it’s swings and roundabouts.

Never going to happen, for so many reasons most of which have already been mentioned above.
I also don’t understand how a government would suddenly own all the private schools and distribute their assets?
Plus there is already a major teacher shortage and I doubt many private school teachers would be willing to teach in a state school. We’d end up with bigger classes, fewer qualified teachers and overall a worse education for most. Why does anyone want that?

tabbiemoo

Because if they can’t have it, no one can.

What utter nonsense. Apart from the fact that Labour won't win, where would all the Labour politicians and voters send their own kids? Shower of hypocrites.

Even his precious Soviet Union had exclusive schools for the children of the elite. There has never been a successful comminist country where equality actually existed, it's against human nature.

Hopefully Labour will also get rid of the Royal Family

Snog. Labour won’t get chance, they’re currently too busy making themselves even more unelectable.

Perhaps Labour will dismantle the monarchy while at it as since seizing lands and assets from the elite by birthright is very egalitarian?

I also don’t understand how a government would suddenly own all the private schools and distribute their assets?

Precisely. The private school I work at has no mortgage, it was owned by and ran for years by a religious order who, some years ago (for very boring reasons I won't go into) handed it over to a group of Trustees, made up of ex-pupils, ex-staff and ex-parents at very little cost, so the building is owned outright by Trustees/directors. It's worth millions now. No way would they do anything except sell it for a profit if private schools were outlawed.

Typical bloody Corbyn blurting out ridiculous promises without thinking them through and replying with "meep meep" to any question regarding said promise.

Hopefully Labour will also get rid of the Royal Family

A political party does not have the power to do that. Essentially, the Queen runs the show and the government.

I’m still gobsmacked by the poster who has delusions of all state pupils using the private school facilities ( some of which are as grotty as state ones- first hand experience of private school pool left me preferring a swim in a swamp) such as pools, buses, cricket pitches. Because absolutely none of those things cost a penny to run! No maintenance required whatsoever under Corbyn’s magical rule! Meanwhile in the real world the pools get stagnant, the clapped out buses are littering the yards, the cricket pitch is overgrown and the buildings are crumbling to dust . Or is that the hate filled dreams of the communist going up in smoke?

The Dutch and Swedish Royal family's children may go to a state school but it won't be the worst in Amsterdam or Stockholm but the best just like Tony Blair sending his kids to a state school which he was well out of catchment for and would have had less than zero chance of getting his kids into if he had not been PM the Oratory school was nowhere near 10 downing street though I'm sure the nearest school to Westminster is not a sink school

The Dutch king paid to go to a Welsh private sixth form to do his IB.