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I'm not a Labour Party supporter but I was intrigued to read a part of Labour's election manifesto that proposes to strip the assets of private schools, integrate said schools into the state school ed system and redistribute the money accordingly - huge applause from me personally because I'd love to see this unacceptable divisive two tier ed system finally smashed and converted into a one tier ed system for all our kids. I live in Edinburgh and did you know that Edinburgh "bucks the private school trend" considerably where 1 in 5 kids actually attend a private school in the Scottish capital, IMO that is an absolute disgrace under the guise of "freedom of choice" esp in a small country like Scotland where all our kids should naturally be equally educated and forthcoming equal opps and jobs in later years should be a given right rather than a distinct advantage being created for certain privileged kids whose intellectual capacities are comparable with other kids who have not been "advantaged" with such financial backing.