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Last Checked Aug. 22, 2022

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Fri Aug 19 10:17:20 +0000 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

What we have now is school selection by parental wealth. Why do the Left prefer *this* to selection by ability? https://t.co/xvJjeF9EhU — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 19, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

@neilros93033708 We currently select a top layer for the best state schools, comps and 'grammars' on the basis of parental wealth and feigned faith. You prefer that? See https://t.co/xvJjeF9EhU — PolitiTweet.org

Rose-Valmary @NeilRos93033708

@jsbrads @abbyaug @ClarkeMicah This is not about the free market. You are misunderstanding the argument which is ab… https://t.co/08r7R36rnv

Posted Aug. 19, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

Well, why do they? In many years of asking this question, 'Why do the left prefer to select children for the best schools on the basis of wealth, to doing so on the basis of ability?', I have never had a reply. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

What we have now is school selection by parental wealth. Why do the Left prefer *this* to selection by ability? https://t.co/xvJjeF9EhU

Posted Aug. 19, 2022

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