‘Toffism’ is here to stay, but private schools aren’t helping themselves | Simon Jenkins

If private schools are to have charitable status for tax reasons they should extend their facilities to their state counterparts more often

No British government is going to ban its citizens from paying for a private school. No more would it ban private houses, doctors, cars or old-age care. Life is unfair, even when unfairness starts at birth. When communists tried to eradicate parental advantage they found party officials starting their own schools.

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