They even throw in a story about a young cancer patient to try and widen the coverage.
But that was about the cost of tutoring on the ward.
The council provide it for state schools.
And for whatever reason the private school weren’t offering it for their own students.
10/13
But that was about the cost of tutoring on the ward.
The council provide it for state schools.
And for whatever reason the private school weren’t offering it for their own students.
10/13
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Excellent work, don't read the DM, knew it was lying but not how, your thread & interview cleared it up, doubt I would have known otherwise if not for the thread.
JO'B Interview will reach wider audience
📍stop and take a breath
📍does it really sound plausible?
📍could there be more context?
📍do the people sharing the story have an agenda?
📍have a little dig around!
Because there is ALWAYS more to it!
11/13
It did indeed get my creative juices flowing! 😁🤓
From seeing their tagged post at 9:45 to a full thread at 11:20 - that's definitely a record for me!😂
12/13
It’s free to everyone (unless you choose to pay to support my work!)👍🏼
Apologies to sparky300 for downgrading their Sunday dinner, but I'm very grateful!😊
https://open.substack.com/pub/monkdebunks
13/13
Why should a scarce resource be shared with pupils whose parents are happy to pay for other services 😡
In the great scheme of thousands in fee , another couple of hundred should be doable 🙄
Newspapers are political campaigning leaflets, not providers of news, and, literally, not worth the paper they're printed on - or the click of my mouse.
I'm puzzled by the Tories' logic for excluding a private scholar from the provision when the parents fund the service every bit as much as a state scholar's parents do.
It seems Tories are more dedicated to penny-pinching exclusion than to fair treatment.
The context in most cases seems to be, is this happening to privileged or marginalised people? If marginalised, it’s too often true, or even being under-sold for how bad it is:
https://bsky.app/profile/tandemkate.bsky.social/post/3lqyv2e3puc2r
Even the Guardian is getting anti Labour. And the BBC is officially favouring Reform, but Ms Nandy seems happy to leave Davie and Gibb in charge of “news” output.
My disgust for the DM goes back to May 1971 (I’m that old) when the DM bought The Daily Sketch and assaulted my dear old mum with hate stories for 25 years …
I appreciate that they must have been under immense pressure. It’s the cynical use of that story to make this “seem” more widespread that frustrated me.
The article is trying to make out kids are being refused healthcare - and they aren’t.
It’s also home educated children, and often even state school children who attend a school that’s over the borough boundary.
Small group work was more usual when there were in hospital education units. Then it didn't matter if 1 more child joined, regardless of school.