General Chat

If I had my way no Public Employee, whether they be Prime Minister or whatever, would receive a higher Salary than a fixed link to the minimum income. When the economy is booming they can earn up to 10 times the minimum income, and when there is a recession, then perhaps only 3 times. I specifically say minimum income rather than minimum wage because otherwise those receiving any Benefits whether they be Sickness, Unemployment or Pension would lose out. Then we will see which of our Politicians have the Interests of the Country and its Citizens at heart, and which are only interested in lining their own pockets.

I Agree with the minimum income should apply to all footballers etc, but they can’t dictate to peeps on how to spend there money whether it would be private education holidays what ever. my hubby has his views on how money should be saved spent I have mine, so just cos someone works in and job and gets paid to do it don’t mean it has to be implemented in your private life, if I came home and said to my hubby I need to implement this cos its what I promote at work he would tell me to take a running jump of a short pier. P.S and lets face it if her and hubby want to spend there money that way all the more in the benefit pot so to speak Lilxx

Hi David:-)) I think you make a very good point. I too think that good education should be available to any child from any walk of life. Jim, that would be a great thing to put into practice, it would certainly get my vote.

Roxanne as the Mum of a severely dyslexic 7 year old with a reading age of 4 but the IQ of an 8 year old it is difficult for me to give an unbiased opinion, I have to ask myself if i could afford it would send Will to a private school with specialist dyslexic tuition. it has taken 7 months for the literacy team to even see him and I feel I now know more about dyslexia than his class teacher, A very tricky subject, Caz xxxx

We all have the RIGHT to freedom of CHOICE - Kelly exercised hers Thats what makes our country such a wonderful place to live in! regardless of its negatives there are abundant positives to living here in the UK. After all said and done Education is only as good as the person teaching and will depend greatly on the individual who recieves it what they will do with it. I'm privately educated ( a waste of my parents money if you'd like my HO) I have a child in grammar school and a child with dyslexia going to a state school - I could pay for them to go private ..... my choice not to for my own reasons and because I have the right as a parent and the freedom of choice.

I agree with those of you who think that as a member of our government Ruth Kelly is sending out the wrong message to the rest of us. I also support anyone's right to spend their own hard-earned money any way they see fit. Labour politicians as public servants who insist the rest of us send our beloved children to the nearest school, however good or bad it is, should do the same themselves. If they wish to exercise their rights as a private citizen then they should resign from government.

I think it is a big assumption that you get what you pay for-i know people who have spent fortunes sending their kids to private school and theyve ended up with about 3 gcses each !!.....if the child is not interested or not bright it makes no difference- OK facilities might be more comfortable but private education wont turn a child into a genius ! tony Blair was privately educated as were most of the Cabinet.....so it is no surprise that their children will be.........Diane Abbott -as red as you get.......child in private education.....I dont know why people are surprised -theyve always been champagne socialists.......slowly eroding the infrastructure set up by their predecessors that founded the party.

Helen,Thats exactly how I feel:-))