tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post3778643116978681375..comments2023-07-21T09:17:17.142-07:00Comments on Test 25636: Tory public schoolboys snigger at Prescott, but he has the last laughPaul Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-15295289399493299272007-06-21T01:05:00.002-07:002007-06-21T01:05:00.002-07:00Tristan _ I was referring perhaps clumsily to the ...Tristan _ I was referring perhaps clumsily to the people around Hague who laughed. As a scholarship boy who attended public school only because I won a scholarship (my parents wouldn't have otherwise afforded it) and who actively and financially supports my old school to take pupils from poorer backgrounds, I agre with what you say about encouraging public schools to take more "poor" children.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-41791864669453425442007-06-21T01:05:00.003-07:002007-06-21T01:05:00.003-07:00Anon - I did note his errors and exclude them from...Anon - I did note his errors and exclude them from my praise.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-47273662758444545982007-06-20T22:31:00.000-07:002007-06-20T22:31:00.000-07:00Of course, Hague went to a comprehensive school.I ...Of course, Hague went to a comprehensive school.<br><br>I also object to your inverse snobbishness over public schools. Rather than slighting them we should seek to encourage them and find means to enable even the poorest to attend what are simply often far superior schools to state schools.Tristanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15395992764678278326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7910188492873665563.post-84019824725294946912007-06-20T14:20:00.000-07:002007-06-20T14:20:00.000-07:00If you were a resident of Prescott's Housing M...If you were a resident of Prescott's Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder or in fact a victim of any of his good ideas then i doubt you would be so sympathetic towards himAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com