The answer to the most complex of life’s questions can often be found by simply putting a few news stories together.
Take this debate over Labour’s plan to remove charity status from private schools which could divert £3billion into the crumbling state education sector. Opponents call it a “tax on aspiration”, claiming it would force hundreds of smaller schools to close, thus dashing the dreams of middle-class parents who simply “want the best for their children”.
Which is one way of looking at buying your little darling a leg-up to Oxbridge and a fast-track pass in the life-chance queue. But back to the news.
