Would Labour voters be upset if joining the EU meant they could no longer tax children’s education?

[Blarneyspoco]

Taxing children’s education is banned as part of EU membership. If the U.K. rejoined the EU, would Labour supporters be upset that they can no longer levy the tax or would it be seen as a necessary compromise.

Sigh it’s always the most confident,self righteous and condescending posts that are the most full of basic inaccuracies and misunderstandings. I’m sure there’s a known psychological phenomenon for this, but can’t be chewed to look it up. Anyway for what’s it’s worth

it was put on the school not on the fees
No, no, no. I’m not sure what you thought the 20% tax was levied on? It is on the amount paid for educational services by the fee payer.

You need to understand that this is not a policy that 93% of children’s families care about.
I think that you actually meant that the tax only affects 93% of children currently at school. You need to understand that people care about education outside of those with children currently at school and that people also care about damaging taxes even if they don’t pay them. Shocking I know, people thinking of others.

You can’t change it except by hoping to vote the government out for one that feels strongly about it. However, on the basis that this government is likely to look at voter reform in the next couple of years it is unlikely that any of the mainstream parties will hold any type of majority in the next or subsequent parliaments.
Every mainstream party outside of Labour and Green Party has vowed to reverse it. It is illegal in the EU and Labour would want to join the EU if given a second term. So outside of the SNP or greens forming the next government, the policy will be reversed. I don’t understand what you mean about no mainstream parties having any type of majority.

Not the top of my list of priorities 😅 There’s always ‘charity’ status that needs looking at anyway.

It’s really now the 95% club now though, isn’t it. As private school numbers drop and drop.

Where do they go?

Are you American @Queenslaugh ?

No, English. Lived in the US most of my life, London a few years here and there.

And you tell us we can't criticise the US for the way they treat schools children because of VAT on school fees?

Silly post designed to stir things up. Really, do better

Load of nonsense!

I won’t hear criticism of the US from a Brit again, at least we don’t behave like this towards children

Arguments about VAT on private school fees are relatively small beer compared to the toxicity that is the US government right now.

i wouldnt worry, the labour party will never pull it off

That is a really cruel thing to say to an American parent.

Take a good, hard look at yourself.

The self-righteous Left 🙄

This is one of the obtuse things I've ever read. There is absolutely, visibly, not a government monopoly on healthcare in the UK.

This is evinced by the availability of other healthcare providers in the UK.

These include Spire Healthcare, Circle Health Group, HCA Healthcare UK, Nuffield Health, Ramsay Health Care UK, Bupa, Practice Plus Group, Priory Group, Elysium Healthcare, Cygnet Health Care, InHealth Group, Alliance Medical, and very many others.

The NHS still vastly dominates and dwarves these guys put together

Queenslaugh's now-deleted post, which I quoted from, was really unpleasantly goady. She says came from X after seeing this thread on her feed and registered here to make that post, so I would imagine she is tough enough for a robust reply.

Neverdropyourmooncup is merely stating a fact.

It wasn’t, actually.

Perception is all.

And reporting…

First, it's much more complicated than 'vastly dominates' given the NHS uses private providers for some things, and you also factor in dentistry, private physio etc etc.

But the point is, it's not a fucking monopoly. The idea that the NHS depresses private sector salaries is nonsense. Providers are free to pay doctors what they want.

Yes it was. If it wasn't it wouldn't have been deleted.

Added to which private healthcare providers don’t employ doctors. They work on a self employed basis for private work and charge whatever the market will stand.

No, it was cruelly twisting the knife on every parent's worst fear.

Completely out of context. What do school shootings have to do with anything that was mentioned before?!?

Just to point-score.

Disgusting.

Quite. Strange deletions on this thread.

Quite why nearlylovemyusername had her post deleted - where she talks about the personal impact of this tax on her family - I really don't know.