Keir Starmer's kids at school

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So Labour Party supports the teacher's union in opposing schools reopening on 1 June....

Whilst the the leader of the Labour Party has his own children currently attending state school....

Hypocrisy of the political establishment...

This is ridiculous! Schools are not shut and the unions have never been against key worker‘s children attending. They are worried about drastically increasing the number of children attending schools and the date at which this is supposed to be achieved.

What would his alternative be? Seems to me he is following her rules of lockdown, can you imagine if he broke them?

Op wins ‘most obtuse post of the day’ award.

Can you truly not see the difference between a small number of key worker children being closely supervised by a high ratio of staff:pupil, and whole year groups opening up, with no additional staff, PPE or washing facilities? Everyone wants children back at school - safely according to science.

This is one of the most batshit posts I have seen on here in quite a while.

Your post is complete bullshit and desperate op.

I don't even like Keir Starmer, but I can't see what you are complaining about. I would hate a party leader who made subjective decisions purely on what suited him or her.

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You are describing Boris Johnson right now. Everything he says or does is in his self interest.

What do you mean by half of a parent?

Apparently it's the top half, otherwise OP wouldn't be able to type.

I can type with my toes a bit, hang on.

OP isd b4eing A tweAt

TAH DAH!

Weird logic from you OP.

Don’t you know that Labour can’t do anything wrong On here, OP? If he was Tory, he’d be a hypocrite.

I do think the smears are getting pretty funny. Did you all see the one where they accused him of being some secret landed gentry and it was like, a bit of a field with a bootstrapped donkey sanctuary he bought for his disabled mum.

that one was really desperate.

@Teaformeplease it’s not fully opening schools though is it. It’s 3 very key year groups being bubbled in school, not as we know it - bit like key worker children. Like your own being in school. Why are yours ok to return and not others in your view?

If this is the “worst” thing KS has done he’s doing well !

If Mumsnet is meant to be for grownups, some of these posts are bordering on childish. They are either partisan in nature (if you criticise Keir, you are a Tory) or simply mocking.

If Keir had to keep his children at home and homeschool them, would he be supportive of the unions approach to gradual return on 1 June?

Much easier to support the union's measure when you can concentrate on your day job.

But as working couple, both with full on jobs, looking after a Y1 child is nigh impossible. On balance, it makes sense for schools to reopen.

Yes - but which half?

Oh dear OP,. are you even reading the replies? You're not looking terribly grown up yourself now.

Well schools haven’t closed and he is a key worker so he sends his kids in.

But as working couple, both with full on jobs, looking after a Y1 child is nigh impossible. On balance, it makes sense for schools to reopen.

You're right, OP. The entire country's approach to the gradual opening of schools should depend on your individual circumstances and yours only.

I imagine Kier Starmer’s election is the last thing the LDs want... Is this why you’re clutching at straws?

@PatricksRum err and the horrendous impact to the economy, which the poster you mentioned is a good representation of. Or infact a poor one as many are single parents who have no free grandparent care now, which enables pockets of our country function.

God, I wasn't aware that there were key workers wity children at school trying to keep schools closed to other kids.

Absolutely fucking gross.

Let's expand the definition of key worker.

Ultimately all work is key to our society running properly.

@eeehbyegum Which is to be balanced against the significant risk to people's lives, in particular the BAME community OP seems so worried about.
No one is suggesting schools should remain closed indefinitely, just that it is too soon.

Sorry, but WTF are you on about. His kids are in school as they are both key workers. He's still entitled to take a position on whether schools should open up more widely. YABVU with this thread

@PatricksRum I disagree. The balance to people’s lives has now swung. Mental health, economy, routine operations, cancer treatment etc are all going to cause way more misery, pain and death than getting things going.

The government need to fast track anti body testing urgently for all. We are all well aware the was circulating from at least Dec 19 now, and shutting down an entire country 3-4 months later at peak, isn’t fixing anything.

Op you are not even considering the replies and the obvious to be honest. Just an excuse for a political dig. Of course 2 weeks can make a difference In my area of the northwest numbers are now dropping it's still slow and steady but we had high numbers, we are behind London. Two more weeks to mid June the infection rate would be even lower which means staff and children could be safer. Everyone knows children need to be back but appropriately and safety is key.

There will be less risk of spread and also better overall for everyone if the risk/ R rate is lower for people to be back in schools. If we rush everything back to soon and risk higher second waves we could have to start again but you know that don't you?