saint_bert Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 (edited) Has donated a cool 1million pounds to the Labour party Soooo Harry Potter is a labour boy Edited 20 September, 2008 by saint_bert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 JK Rowling - Giving money to lost causes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 ive never read her books and am glad not to have. Whats the betting she will get an honour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 Harry Potter And The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Now there's a book I don't see Rowling ever writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 Harry Potter And The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Now there's a book I don't see Rowling ever writing. Or 'Harry Potter and the Champange Socialists' or 'Harry Potter and the Islington set'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robsk II Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 At least she didn't give it to the Tories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Martini Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 Wouldn't labour be against the private schools Harry Potter attended? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deppo Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 I'd give her one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70's Mike Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 JK Rowling - Giving money to lost causes. may be rupert should write to her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 Wouldn't labour be against the private schools Harry Potter attended? well all the cabinets kids go to them, they wouldnt want theirs mixing with the rough kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 well all the cabinets kids go to them, they wouldnt want theirs mixing with the rough kids. Off the top of my head, I think it's only Ruth Kelly's child who sort of goes to a private school. And that has been wrongly spun. Most children with complicated learning difficulties (like Ruth Kelly's child) get 'private' education geared towards those difficulties. In fact those school places are paid for by local councils. In her case, she said she felt it was wrong for her local council to pay for her child's special needs when she could afford to pay for it herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 Off the top of my head, I think it's only Ruth Kelly's child who sort of goes to a private school. And that has been wrongly spun. Most children with complicated learning difficulties (like Ruth Kelly's child) get 'private' education geared towards those difficulties. In fact those school places are paid for by local councils. In her case, she said she felt it was wrong for her local council to pay for her child's special needs when she could afford to pay for it herself. and Harman and Straw and Blairs did when he was PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 and Harman and Straw and Blairs did when he was PM No - they went to London Oratory which is a state funded Catholic school, I believe. This is a voluntary aided school not a private school http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_aided_school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 No - they went to London Oratory which is a state funded Catholic school, I believe. This is a voluntary aided school not a private school http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_aided_schoolWell there was a real furore qabout it and they were asked why they didnt go to state school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 Well there was a real furore qabout it and they were asked why they didnt go to state school I think, IIRC, the Blairs were asked why their children didn't go to their LOCAL school as London Oratory is in Brompton (near Chelsea) and they lived in Islington. Jack Straw's children went to state schools in Westminster. Harriet Harman's children attended state selective schools. No doubt some newspapers chose to report it all somewhat differently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 I think, IIRC, the Blairs were asked why their children didn't go to their LOCAL school as London Oratory is in Brompton (near Chelsea) and they lived in Islington. Jack Straw's children went to state schools in Westminster. Harriet Harman's children attended state selective schools. No doubt some newspapers chose to report it all somewhat differently and what are selctive state schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopGun Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 and what are selctive state schools? As they sound. Free but you have to pass the 11+ in most cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 and what are selctive state schools? As TG said. It usually means grammar schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 As they sound. Free but you have to pass the 11+ in most cases. so something that normally gets coached for the wealthier parents who pay for after school tuition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 so something that normally gets coached for the wealthier parents who pay for after school tuition. That's just plain silly Nick and you know it! My granddaughter has just started at a grammar school (because there is selective education in Buckinghamshire). My children all went to grammar school in Buckinghamshire. We didn't have money to pay for after school tuition and my granddaughter didn't get any either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Saint Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 That's just plain silly Nick and you know it! My granddaughter has just started at a grammar school (because there is selective education in Buckinghamshire). My children all went to grammar school in Buckinghamshire. We didn't have money to pay for after school tuition and my granddaughter didn't get any either. Well, Robin Cook, in his autobiography, says that when him and Hattersley asked Blair why he had sent his children to a selective school, and after Hattrsely had said that he would have enough advantages as the Prime Ministers son to do well, Blair replied he didn't want his children to grown up like Harold Wilsons. When Cook said to him that one of Wilsons sons was a Headmaster and the other a Professor with the Open University, Blair is meant ot have replied "Well, i hope my sons do better than that"* Sending your child to a selective school is elitist in itself, and you and your left wing leanings are slightly exposed and hold less credibilty now you have said you have sent yours to such places. I went to a comprehensive, a **** one at that, which has subsequently been cosed down, but managed to get through, wioth good grades and have a pretty successful career because of MY hard work and support from my parents. NOT because I was favoured over others....as a selective school will do. They also produce people who are brought up to believe that they are better than others. They may not be as bad as private schools, but the idea is much the same. This is the last of my posts for tonight, so I shan't be able to respond to anything said now. All I know is that selective education is wrong. *This is from Mark Steel's "What's going on" Aug 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 (edited) Well, Robin Cook, in his autobiography, says that when him and Hattersley asked Blair why he had sent his children to a selective school, and after Hattrsely had said that he would have enough advantages as the Prime Ministers son to do well, Blair replied he didn't want his children to grown up like Harold Wilsons. When Cook said to him that one of Wilsons sons was a Headmaster and the other a Professor with the Open University, Blair is meant ot have replied "Well, i hope my sons do better than that"* Sending your child to a selective school is elitist in itself, and you and your left wing leanings are slightly exposed and hold less credibilty now you have said you have sent yours to such places. I went to a comprehensive, a **** one at that, which has subsequently been cosed down, but managed to get through, wioth good grades and have a pretty successful career because of MY hard work and support from my parents. NOT because I was favoured over others....as a selective school will do. They also produce people who are brought up to believe that they are better than others. They may not be as bad as private schools, but the idea is much the same. This is the last of my posts for tonight, so I shan't be able to respond to anything said now. All I know is that selective education is wrong. *This is from Mark Steel's "What's going on" Aug 2008 What you have to understand is this. When the system in the county where your children are being educated is selective, you don't have the opportunity to send them to a comprehensive school because there aren't any in the county. This is how it is in Buckinghamshire. But I quite agree with you when you say that selective education is wrong. In fact, I removed my youngest daughter from grammar school because I'd seen the pressure of such an education and the effects it had on my two other children. One suffered from petit mal and the other from anorexia. Both complaints are often brought on by pressure. My youngest daughter transferred out of county to a comprehensive school at the age of 14 because the 'broiler' atmosphere at the grammar school was getting to her. All three went on to get good university degrees - underpinning my belief that comprehensive schools are as good as grammar schools. Edit: I should add that it actually cost me money to transfer my daughter out of county to a comprehensive school as she no longer got free transport. Edited 20 September, 2008 by bridge too far Afterthought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted 20 September, 2008 Share Posted 20 September, 2008 Wow this thread has gone off topic. Anyhow I think Diane Abbot's kid's going to private school caused a bit of controversy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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