It seems barely five minutes ago that Mr S was writing up the last exchange between Camilla Tominey and a Labour frontbencher on their plans to put VAT on independent school fees. Back in January, it was Bridget Phillipson, the Shadow Education Secretary, who scored an ‘F’ for her failure to answer Tominey’s questions. Today it was the turn of Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home Secretary, who felt the wrath of the GB News star after six minutes of prevaricating on the subject.
Tominey asked Cooper about a triumvirate of stories critiquing the policy in today’s papers, including union warnings that it could cost jobs. Unsurprisingly, the Labour MP chose not to address the substance of the question, instead suggesting the policy was about ‘fairness’. But how can this be the case, asked Tominey, when between ‘40,000 and 224,000 private schools kids may have to leave their schools. What will Labour do to accommodate them in the state sector?’
Answer came therenone as Cooper suggested that the burghers of Middle England should simply trust the wisdom of Phillipson and her team.
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