Classless Keir and the politics of envy

ONE hundred and five independent schools have closed as a direct result of the Government’s imposition of VAT on fees.

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So far, so tragically predictable. The question, of course, is who this cruel cull benefits and how? Twenty-five thousand children have been forced into the state system, instantly adding vastly to the Department for Education’s already overwhelming financial burden.

Thousands of teachers, teaching assistants, heads and support staff have lost their jobs. Decades, in some cases centuries, of tradition, contribution to communities and devotion to Latin, botany, scripture, hymn-singing and Shakespeare callously killed.