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richmac 26 Aug 7:45am, 26 Aug 2024 29,045 posts	0 richmac I'm with jda on that, who would collect that data? But it's so blindingly obvious why would anyone have to?
Cheg 26 Aug 7:47am, 26 Aug 2024 4,410 posts	0 Cheg Agreed. Not sure I’ll be going back to the friend quoting you though richmac.
jda 26 Aug 8:28am, 26 Aug 2024 17,687 posts	0 jda Having said that what with the Tory vote cratering so badly last time it’s not inconceivable that the vote share would have been under 50%. After all parents of school age children aren’t usually pensioners.
Cheg 26 Aug 9:18am, 26 Aug 2024 4,411 posts	0 Cheg Yeah I was more talking over the last 40 years. Given the Tory implosion this election, it might not have held true.
TROSaracen 26 Aug 9:24am, 26 Aug 2024 28,279 posts	0 TROSaracen Out in the Shires it’s probably over 90% Tory. In places like London, very different - 50:50?
LindsD 26 Aug 9:28am, 26 Aug 2024 69,469 posts	0 LindsD Anecdotally, most of the pupils at our local public school have parents who are not eligible to vote in the UK.
richmac 26 Aug 10:42pm, 26 Aug 2024 29,048 posts	0 richmac LindsD wrote:Anecdotally, most of the pupils at our local public school have parents who are not eligible to vote in the UK. That's interesting and when my dad worked at private school there were a lot of international students. Why should the tax payer subside the education of them?
3M 27 Aug 5:55am, 27 Aug 2024 24,631 posts	0 3M I'm a bit confused by the "public" school thing... Doesn't it often mean private education, as opposed to State funded education?
Bazoaxe 27 Aug 6:02am, 27 Aug 2024 27,290 posts	0 Bazoaxe I was also confused at first but think he means getting a 20% discount by not paying vat. That’s not unreasonable if the parents are not uk tax payers. I am not sure there will be many people in that position though. More likely at university than school
LindsD 27 Aug 7:01am, 27 Aug 2024 69,479 posts	0 LindsD Absolutely fee-paying

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