tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post6242270007517933883..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: George Monbiot ducks the question on the dominance of private schoolsJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-78981518122776326222012-05-17T00:35:37.037+01:002012-05-17T00:35:37.037+01:00'If they really believed in it, in the sense o...'If they really believed in it, in the sense of being an adherent to the cause, left wing activists from public schools would implement a simple policy, which lies within their reach: quit their jobs to make way for people from state schools and do something more useful but less well remunerated with themselves.'Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-13430533181588032302012-05-16T21:35:06.776+01:002012-05-16T21:35:06.776+01:00Monbiot also ignores the biggest single obstacle t...Monbiot also ignores the biggest single obstacle to abolishing independent schools. Where would the money come from to educate 8% more pupils in the state sector? It obviously wouldn't be possible to tax only those who would have sent their children to private schools had they not been abolished, so it would have to come from general taxation.<br /><br />And if that sort of money could really be found, who would rather have it spent on educating the children of the wealthy than used to improve existing state education?Juliannoreply@blogger.com