Private school parents - why don’t you take collective action?

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Lots of private school staff are striking.

Head teachers are enjoying extraordinary hikes in their salaries. And there appears to be some kind of arms race over who can spend the most on facilities. Even bursary programmes rarely assist children where families have below average income or who might be eligible for free school meals.

The VAT increases bother parents on MN, but why don’t you take collective action as fee payers and challenge the HMC, GSA, ISBA or ISA on where your money has gone up to this point? Are you comfortable with so many independent schools using ‘fire / rehire’ for example. Is the level of stress this incurs conducive to the wellbeing of your children?

What do you think is going on inside a school when you see that teachers are taking industrial action against their employer?

I honestly don't think Starmer has the support to reel anything back. He's a dead man walking in Labour. he does not have the widespread support and I think the groups like Momentum are just sitting there waiting like spiders in a nest. Since getting in he has tried to appease all sides and he just does not have the authority with any side to stamp on the poisonous elements. He can't even say what a woman is because he is trying to appease various elements. He is weak. He is smart, he had an okay track record in his previous life but he certainly cannot unite the factions of the Labour party- and whatever his personal vision is for the future he cannot even articulate it because he does not have the support. No wonder he looks like a fucking rabbit on headlights every time he is on tv. He knows he is screwed and talking nonsense.

It's a mess. And I am so so angry with the Labour party - my natural political home- that they are just so fucking wet. And I am angry with the Tories for being so ridiculously weak. I am angry with all the major parties for treating us- the electorate and the citizens of this once great country like fools.

Evidence that collective action is working:
https://www.thetimes.com/article/labour-vat-private-school-fees-plans-rachel-reeves-vmc0dhlsm

This is all thanks to the work of ENT and we will keep working behind the scenes to present facts and evidence of why this policy simply does not work