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Is Labour Now Virtually Communist?
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Looks like they intend to plunder private schools and steal their assets.
Looks like they intend to plunder private schools and steal their assets.
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I think they are more Marxist than Communist. They (or at least the "Momentum" element that appears to have taken over the party) seem to believe that all privately owned assets should be sequestrated and placed into public ownership.
Their philosophy will soon stretch to the confiscation of privately owned houses and flats which will be placed into a "pot" of publicly owned assets to be utilised as the politburo decrees. It will make Brexit look like the Teddy Bears' Picnic.
Their philosophy will soon stretch to the confiscation of privately owned houses and flats which will be placed into a "pot" of publicly owned assets to be utilised as the politburo decrees. It will make Brexit look like the Teddy Bears' Picnic.
Haven't read the article, TTT, but one proposal was to give tenants the right to buy from their landlords.
So, yes, we're in Kulak and Gulag terrain, innit?
(You would need to understand both those references, of course. Do you you think our typical "teacher" at primary school - save the planet, kids - understands either of those terms, or can even spell them?
So, yes, we're in Kulak and Gulag terrain, innit?
(You would need to understand both those references, of course. Do you you think our typical "teacher" at primary school - save the planet, kids - understands either of those terms, or can even spell them?
It seems Corbyn now wants to fight the imminent General Election without saying whether the Labour Party is backing Remain or Leave, which is beyond parody. With a policy like that, there is zero chance of them coming to power, so how 'communist' they are doesn't matter.
They can't be that against private schools - Diane Abbott sent her son to one!
They can't be that against private schools - Diane Abbott sent her son to one!
The definition of what is Communist must have changed recently, because what Labour have signalled is both fair and just.
// Private schools currently benefit from tax loopholes. Those would be scrapped by a Labour government in its first budget, This includes the withdrawal of charitable status, other public subsidies and tax privileges. //
Money saved from not subsidising elite privateschools would instead be channeled back into State Schools.
Brilliant.
We should not be giving money to rich people who opt out of state education for their children then want the taxpayer to subsidise the schools.
// Private schools currently benefit from tax loopholes. Those would be scrapped by a Labour government in its first budget, This includes the withdrawal of charitable status, other public subsidies and tax privileges. //
Money saved from not subsidising elite privateschools would instead be channeled back into State Schools.
Brilliant.
We should not be giving money to rich people who opt out of state education for their children then want the taxpayer to subsidise the schools.
The State provides universal schooling to all taxpayers. Private schools are an alternative for wealthy people to opt out of the state education system. They are a money making commercial venture. Nowt wrong with that.
What is wrong is claiming they are a charity to evade tax and to claim other grants and monies from the tax payers.
What is wrong is claiming they are a charity to evade tax and to claim other grants and monies from the tax payers.
//What is wrong is claiming they are a charity to evade tax and to claim other grants and monies from the tax payers.//
But of course you neglect to note that people paying for their children to be educated privately (many of whom are not in the least "wealthy") are not placing the burden for that service on those very taxpayers whom you mention.
But of course you neglect to note that people paying for their children to be educated privately (many of whom are not in the least "wealthy") are not placing the burden for that service on those very taxpayers whom you mention.
Don't know how old Gromit is, but he's still trapped in (or the unfortunate heritee of) the Shirley William's' stuff of my early twenties when Vera Brittain's daughter decide that the working class should remain subservient.
The issue is the quality of teaching. I was well taught as a kid and it didn't cost my parents a penny. Ms Williams and her successors obviously found fault with the policy of working class kids getting free education and contrived policies to deny it.
The issue is the quality of teaching. I was well taught as a kid and it didn't cost my parents a penny. Ms Williams and her successors obviously found fault with the policy of working class kids getting free education and contrived policies to deny it.
In the early 90's there was a TV series called GBH in which Michael Palin played a much-loved headmaster of a school for disturbed children. At one point he is confronted by a shouty Marxist type telling him how the World should be.
Palin says to him, what I would like to say to the Mcdonnells & his Momentum cohorts; "So, you've read one book, now go and read another!"
Palin says to him, what I would like to say to the Mcdonnells & his Momentum cohorts; "So, you've read one book, now go and read another!"
ZM:"Do they not realise that as soon as they announced this (assuming the preposterous idea that they got into power) people would stop paying for private education and so the pot would soon be dry? "
I don't think they are capable of rational thought ZM.
judge: "They (or at least the "Momentum" element that appears to have taken over the party) seem to believe that all privately owned assets should be sequestrated and placed into public ownership. " - except their own of course!
VE:"Haven't read the article, TTT, but one proposal was to give tenants the right to buy from their landlords. " - who'd have thought they'd be such fans of TGL?
I don't think they are capable of rational thought ZM.
judge: "They (or at least the "Momentum" element that appears to have taken over the party) seem to believe that all privately owned assets should be sequestrated and placed into public ownership. " - except their own of course!
VE:"Haven't read the article, TTT, but one proposal was to give tenants the right to buy from their landlords. " - who'd have thought they'd be such fans of TGL?
Private schools currently avoid £1.6Billion in Tax due to a variety of loopholes.
Labour will close those loopholes, and the £16Billion will go into improving state schools.
Anyone who wishes to Privately educate their children will still be able to. But they will have to pay the proper commercial rate and not a heavily subsidised rate which swindles the taxpayer.
Why should you or I have subsidise Diane Abbott’s sons’ private education? But we did because his school fees were less due to various tax avoidance incentives to the school, and the exemption of VAT.
If people are fortunate to be rich, and want to pay for education, then good for them. Just don’t expect the state to chip in for a discount.
Labour will close those loopholes, and the £16Billion will go into improving state schools.
Anyone who wishes to Privately educate their children will still be able to. But they will have to pay the proper commercial rate and not a heavily subsidised rate which swindles the taxpayer.
Why should you or I have subsidise Diane Abbott’s sons’ private education? But we did because his school fees were less due to various tax avoidance incentives to the school, and the exemption of VAT.
If people are fortunate to be rich, and want to pay for education, then good for them. Just don’t expect the state to chip in for a discount.
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