Education reform

Is there no question to a the tories default answer is't "increased competition". I am continually agog that this:

Stated in another way: not everything is/should be seen as a profitable enterprise. Most people would agree that education is one of these things. The benefit gained from it, even when run at a "loss," outweighs the cost. By attempting to make a profit from it you end up watering down the benefit - for both the users and society as a whole - with one possible exception: those rich enough to continue to gain access to a high quality education (although there is plenty of room to argue that this ignores the social disadvantages).

even needs to be explained or argued in relation to education.

I'm not ideologically opposed to privatisation across the board. I happen to think it might even me appropriate and have worked in *some *areas. That there is even a debate to be had about education (or the NHS for that matter) not being an appropriate area to introduce these principals is just... heartbreaking. It's just such a self-evidently *terrible *idea.