General Election 2024

Greens for me

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czddq40z2zno.amp

Thanks Sir Kier

https://archive.ph/Ci1sS

All in all a terrible day for Sunak. Bet he's binging on tangfastics.

^^ I'm going for the Telegraph. Final answer.

https://x.com/labour_history/status/1800773786230231188/mediaViewer?currentTweet=1800773786230231188&currentTweetUser=labour_history

All these "I'll have to give up xyz because of private school vat" stories are so bad that I'd be half inclined to believe they were plants if they weren't in the telegraph.

She doesn't seem to have twigged that she'll have a spare £30k to spend on childcare and holidays now.

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What I find interesting about the article is they've surprisingly touched on some important issues like variation in wraparound care* and it's impact on people's ability to work - although writer and interviewer seemed to have missed them.

She could also choose a less expensive prep school. That seems quite toppy for that age - Millfield would be more like £20k. So even with VAT and extras still comes in budget. Even based on their graph she's paying almost double the average.

I don't believe that fee graph either. When we were working out the numbers for private school, the one we wanted had somewhere in the range of 7-13%pa increase irrc. Once you compound that and contextualise it against trivial annual wage increases it's a huge number. I simply don't believe she would have been able to afford it long term anyway.

*eg our primary can go from 7.45am-5.30pm

Off topic but cracking parking by the Green Corsa, must have driven down the zebra crossing to get there.....

Is that not what the dropped curb is for?

I love this policy. Editorially, it seems a missed opportunity not to have used this stock image to illustrate it.

Also what job is she going to get at lidl that pays more for less hours? Or is the implication that she'll get some extra shifts to make ends meet?

Lucky Lidl. Employing a qualified NHS consultant, who also happens to be a superior behavioural economist to the team at the IFS.

Currently listening to david blunkett on the this is politics podcast - That's a politician.

Bet he didn't have Sky either 👀

Sort of like the reverse of the financial crash trend for bankers to want to have a crack at playing Michelle Pfeiffer in Dangerous Minds.

Lol!

I know. Compared to the fuckwhits of recent years it makes me almost overlook his fascistic tendencies.

It's incredible how bat shit the torygraph is now.

My favourite bit it the fact that she's the main bread winner but will be the one to quit her job.

she's the main bread winner but will be the one to quit her job.

If her husband works, even at the average UK wage, they've got a combined income of 120k, and they don't live in London.

I don't expect to see a significant change in the number of kids attending private schools next year as a result of this.

How will it work - will private schools stop pretending to be charities from now on?

I was very surprised to see the majority of the comments are generally critical, of the article, the "doctor" and the DT

How will it work - will private schools stop pretending to be charities from now on?

No that's too complicated.

Remove the VAT exemption. Simple, quick. Generates revenue. No painful revision of existing legislation that is too open to be worked around/avoided, or having damaging side effects.

our GE run-up seems quite tame in comparison with France!..

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1801114239572328663.html?utm_campaign=topunroll

How will it work - will private schools stop pretending to be charities from now on?

I think that was mooted last year, but seems to have disappeared from the actual policy (so far).

Edit: too slow!

If her husband works, even at the average UK wage, they've got a combined income of 120k,

She says they both overpay on their pensions so I'm guessing he works. They could go to state school hubby could quit work and they'd be in exactly the same financial situation.

The comments wouldn't work on the above link but the article is so absurd it's hard to imagine anyone agreeing with it. Honestly it's hard to believe it's not completely made up.