Brendan John
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my views. Passionate about education and fitness. Husband and father.
Warwick, England
Joined October 2024
So @bphillipsonMP says VAT on private schools is “fair.” But state selective boarding schools with Olympic-level facilities? No tax. Why? Because Labour’s mates might be upset, however Warwick parents get clobbered if they send their children to a private scbool. And.
We still have a small number of sixth form boarding places available for September - apply now to join our top-performing state school. Fees are just £5,271 per term, with no hidden extras and no VAT!.Join us!: #grammarschool #boardingschool #yorkshire
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Ah yes, Labour the “party of business” 😂. @MattWestern_ cries about Shein dodging tax while his govt hammers UK shops w/ sky-high rates & red tape. £2bn turnover, 91 staff, pennies to HMRC – but sure, Labour’s on the side of small biz… pull the other one. #LabourFail.
£2bn turnover and 91 UK employees. And how much tax does Shein pay to HMRC?.We need a level playing field to protect our UK tax paying businesses and need urgent change to business rates to help our town centres and small independent businesses
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Your pinned post @bphilipsonMP is a masterclass in delusion. You’re bragging about free breakfast clubs while schools are closing, SEND kids are being left behind, and parents are fleeing the system thanks to your brutal VAT tax on private education. You’ve destroyed choice,.
Free breakfast clubs. 30 hours of childcare for parents. RISE advisers in schools, driving up standards. 10,000 more apprenticeships each year. At @educationgovuk, we consider ourselves the department for opportunity. We're proving we're the department for delivery, too.
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Matt Western @MattWestern_ my local member got a private education — now he’s silent while his party destroys it for everyone else. Total hypocrite. @bphilipsonMP’s VAT madness is shutting schools. @RachelReevesMP calls it “sensible” while families suffer. @UKLabour knew this.
“It does appear that the Government massively underestimated the behavioural effect of introducing VAT on private school fees. More children have been withdrawn from the independent sector, and more schools have closed, too.”.
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Labour’s “plan” for education and childcare is pure clown school economics 🤡. 🔴 Slap VAT on education, then pretend to care about “opportunity”.🔴 Tax private schools until they shut — because punishing ambition = “fairness”.🔴 Force those kids into already crumbling state.
With Labour's Plan for Change, families will get 30 hours of government-funded childcare, saving parents £7,500 a year and giving children the best start. We’re backing nurseries to recruit the staff they need and encouraging men into rewarding careers.
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So much for “education, education, education” – Labour’s war on excellence is working wonders 🙄. 54 top-performing private schools shut down thanks to their idiotic tax raid. Who needs world-class education when you’ve got state failure from Bridget Philipson and Labour. 👏.
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You couldn’t make it up: @Keir_Starmer & @UKLabour are clutching at straws like it’s an Olympic sport — and our MP for Warwick @MattWestern_ Silent as ever, hiding behind the backbenches like it’s witness protection doing nothing and not standing up for the people. 🫣.
It’s getting to the point where interviewers should just start laughing in his face whenever he starts babbling this nonsense. It’s the only way he’ll learn.
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You call it “delivery.”.We call it deceit. This is @bphilipsonMP’s record:.❌ Lies.❌ Closures.❌ Chaos.The “Department for Opportunity” is the Department for Ruin. #LabourLies #NotMyGov #EducationMeltdown.
Free breakfast clubs. 30 hours of childcare for parents. RISE advisers in schools, driving up standards. 10,000 more apprenticeships each year. At @educationgovuk, we consider ourselves the department for opportunity. We're proving we're the department for delivery, too.
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Oh look, it’s story time with @educationgovuk!. 🎉 Free breakfast.🧸 Magical childcare.📈 10,000 imaginary apprenticeships.📚 RISE advisers (who?). Sounds great… in Fantasyland. Meanwhile, the real world’s got collapsing schools, record absences, and SEND chaos. #LabourLies.
Free breakfast clubs. 30 hours of childcare for parents. RISE advisers in schools, driving up standards. 10,000 more apprenticeships each year. At @educationgovuk, we consider ourselves the department for opportunity. We're proving we're the department for delivery, too.
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SEND kids are being kicked out of private schools thanks to @UKLabour’s obsession with VAT — and when parents try to speak out, @CatMcKinnellMP shuts them down by disabling comments. “Inclusion 2028”? More like Censorship 2024. #SENDcrisis #LabourLies #StopTheVAT @Keir_Starmer.
As Minister for School Standards, I've listened to families concerned about the broken SEND system that we inherited. From investing £1bn in the high needs budget to launching Inclusion 2028, we're working to ensure all children get the support they need to succeed at school.
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Inspire a new generation” while taxing the schools that actually train them? State schools are already on life support and now you’re gutting private ones too. What are you actually doing?! Bridget Philipson needs to resign and quit in shame. #LabourFailure #TaxingTalent.
We're proud to back the UK’s bid to host the World Athletics and World Para Athletics Championships in 2029. 🇬🇧 It’s a chance to:. 🌍 Showcase our world-class reputation as hosts.📈 Boost the economy across the whole country.🤩 Inspire a new generation of athletes and fans
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Exactly — you’re connected to @bphilipsonMP, and that makes you part of the same rotten machine, @MattWestern_MP. -. When she lies, spins and wrecks education with socialist nonsense, it reflects on you too. You back it. You enable it. You are it or you push to remove her!.
As the school year draws to a close, I want to say thank you to all of our incredible teachers, support staff, teaching assistants and school leaders. Your dedication to breaking the link between background and success for every child is at the heart of our Plan for Change.
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Who’s paying for this fantasy shopping list, @bphilipsonMP? The taxpayer, of course — while you parade around pretending it’s all “free”. “Free” breakfast clubs 🍳.30 hours of childcare 🍼.RISE advisers 📊.10,000 apprenticeships ✨. Sounds lovely… until the bill lands. You’re.
Free breakfast clubs. 30 hours of childcare for parents. RISE advisers in schools, driving up standards. 10,000 more apprenticeships each year. At @educationgovuk, we consider ourselves the department for opportunity. We're proving we're the department for delivery, too.
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Labour is transforming opportunities for children in care” — yeah, transforming them straight into underfunded hellholes while taxing their parents into oblivion 🥴. If Bridget cared, maybe she’d explain why working families can’t afford shoes, SEND kids are left stranded, and.
Labour is transforming opportunities for children in care. We’re taking decisive action to tackle illegal and exploitative children’s homes. High-quality provision to support children with complex needs is key to that — so we’re investing to deliver it.
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That’s not a hint, that’s a warning siren. Even the unions can’t stomach Keir’s bland, Blairite betrayal tour anymore. You know it’s bad when the people who BUILT Labour are jumping ship faster than Keir Starmer flip-flops on policy. #StarmerCrisis.#LabourCivilWar.#CorbynRising.
BREAKING - Labour on the brink as former Unite Leader Len McCluskey hints trade unions could ditch Keir Starmer for Jeremy Corbyn’s new party (via @GBNews)
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Absolutely disgraceful from @bphilipsonMP — smugly brushing off 31 school closures like it’s just “business as usual” while state schools buckle under the pressure. 🤯. You’re the Education Secretary, not a tax collector. Why are you cheering on closures instead of protecting all.
‘Private schools are private businesses, they open and close all the time.’. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson defends Labour’s VAT policy as Camilla Tominey presses her on 31 school closures and the knock-on effect on oversubscribed state schools.
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Oh look, Labour caught red-handed — again. 🤡. @bphilipsonMP admits the VAT raid on private schools isn’t even ringfenced. So all those promises about “hiring more teachers”? Total scam. 💥. The money goes into the Starmer Slush Fund — housing, meals, spin campaigns… anything.
‘Of course that money goes into the Treasury… decisions are taken about how it’s spent.’. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson admits Labour’s VAT hike on private schools isn’t ringfenced. Despite promises to fund teachers, the cash is now spread across housing, meals, & more.
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Hey @MattWestern_ — where are my VAT taxes going? You backed this hike, promising it would fund 6,500 new teachers. Now @bphillipsonMP admits that was a lie. Not new. Just recycled staff and recycled spin. Are you going to have the guts to fix this and with your colleagues undo.
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has backtracked on a key element of her flagship pledge to recruit 6,500 "new" teachers, confirming not all will be new.
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Oh, how delightful! @bphillipsonMP Bridget Phillipson’s grand pledge to recruit 6,500 “new” teachers has transformed into a masterclass in creative accounting. Turns out, not all these teachers will be new recruits — some are just retained staff being rebranded as fresh hires.
🥅 Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has backtracked on a key element of her flagship pledge to recruit 6,500 'new' teachers – confirming that they won’t all be new
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Why would anyone vote @UKLabour? What exactly are Labour offering? More tax, more bureaucracy, fewer choices, and a collapsing system they helped break. Eleven months in and Britain’s already poorer, colder, and angrier. The government and the ministers are shambolic!.
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