davek
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Another u-turn.
Maybe Free Gear thinks it'll stop some of the newspaper attacks on his and his gangs freeloading?
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Maybe Free Gear thinks it'll stop some of the newspaper attacks on his and his gangs freeloading?
gonetomorrow
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This has been in the wind a while I think. One major girls independent in Edinburgh is going co-ed, despite the fact that, academically, girls do better on their own.
The feeling is that the school is doing this purely for financial reasons and they've been planning it for months.
davek
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The VAT thing will be got round in a number of ways in all likelihood.
Starmer didn't come into power to disturb people he identifies with. He went to a private school too. And he sent his kids to a primary prep school.
Do you have a link for this? Can’t find anything about it.
gonetomorrow
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It was in the Times. I'm trying to get a link. Not very tech-savvy!
I’ve found it now. They aren’t exempt from the VAT rise for being co-ed. They are going co-ed to try and soften the impact of VAT being charged on fees.
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gonetomorrow
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OK. But some of the girls' parents are not happy for their kids to be in mixed classes for the oft-cited reason that boys distract them from their studies.I’ve found it now. They aren’t exempt from the VAT rise for being co-ed. They are going co-ed to try and soften the impact of VAT being charged on fees.
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That’s a different point though. They didn’t go co-ed to get around VAT.
Also, girls distract boys from their studies too. Such a silly argument. Put boys and girls in school together earlier and it won’t be so much of an issue. Single sex schools are stupid and I’m saying this as someone that was at a single sex school until I was 16.
It’s an absolute madness. We don’t segregate society by sex or gender so why do we do it with our kids when they are in their most formative years?
gonetomorrow
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Well, I was at a single-sex school until 18! I don't think my academic achievements would have been any less had I attended co-ed.
There's quite a large anti co-ed lobby though, especially in Edinburgh which must have more fee-paying schools per square inch than most towns.
davek
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Been getting them for years - him and his family, apparently.
davek
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Keep an eye on this feller's name in the next New Year's Honours List.
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The estranged wife of a green energy tycoon who has given millions of pounds to the UK Labour party accused him on Wednesday of seeking to finalise their divorce in “haste” because he expects to receive an honour from Downing Street and wants to deprive her of a title. Lawyers acting for Dale Vince’s wife, Kate, claimed the businessman anticipated being given a peerage or knighthood after he bankrolled Sir Keir Starmer’s general election campaign and wanted a judge to sign off on the divorce to prevent her from acquiring one via the marriage. His barrister, Lewis Marks KC, told a hearing at the High Court that the notion that he expected an honour was the “purest of speculation” and dismissed her assertion as “astonishing”. Vince, founder of energy company Ecotricity, has donated more than £5mn to Labour, making him one of its largest recent donors. Others include supermarket scion Lord David Sainsbury and car glass repair millionaire Gary Lubner. Such donations have helped reduce the party’s dependency on contributions from trade unions. The entrepreneur’s donations to the party are central to a bitter High Court divorce battle with his wife, who argues that he has been “generous with someone else’s money” and “diminished the matrimonial assets”. She applied to the High Court last month to have the monies “set aside”, which could result in him being required to compensate her for her share of the donations. Marks said her claims were “wholly misconceived”. At the preliminary hearing on Wednesday, the judge, Mr Justice Nicholas Cusworth, said the matter would be dealt with during subsequent court proceedings. Dale Vince has also called on the court to declare the marriage dissolved “without further ado”, before the financial matters are finalised. Lawyers for Kate Vince, represented by law firm Dawson Cornwell, said her husband was seeking to end the marriage in “haste”. Richard Todd KC, for Kate Vince, said in written submissions that the “likelihood of getting an honour is not just born of his work as an eco-warrior but also from his role as the largest donor to the Labour party”. “Donors are habitually rewarded with honours,” Todd added. Marks said Kate Vince was seeking to create a “circus” with such claims, adding it was “astonishing” that she should want “to remain shackled to him”. In written submissions he added: “It is not for this court to delay the orderly dissolution of this marriage in accordance with the rules because [Kate] wants to be able to call herself ‘Lady’.” Cusworth said he would rule on the matter of the divorce decree by the start of the subsequent hearing. The judge lifted some of the standard restrictions on reporting divorce proceedings and allowed the parties to be named following public interest representations from the Financial Times.
Labour donor expects honour after backing party, wife claims
Lawyers for Kate Vince tell court that Dale Vince is trying to finalise divorce in ‘haste’ to prevent her acquiring title
Labour donor expects honour after backing party, wife claims
Lawyers for Kate Vince tell court that Dale Vince is trying to finalise divorce in ‘haste’ to prevent her acquiring titleThe estranged wife of a green energy tycoon who has given millions of pounds to the UK Labour party accused him on Wednesday of seeking to finalise their divorce in “haste” because he expects to receive an honour from Downing Street and wants to deprive her of a title. Lawyers acting for Dale Vince’s wife, Kate, claimed the businessman anticipated being given a peerage or knighthood after he bankrolled Sir Keir Starmer’s general election campaign and wanted a judge to sign off on the divorce to prevent her from acquiring one via the marriage. His barrister, Lewis Marks KC, told a hearing at the High Court that the notion that he expected an honour was the “purest of speculation” and dismissed her assertion as “astonishing”. Vince, founder of energy company Ecotricity, has donated more than £5mn to Labour, making him one of its largest recent donors. Others include supermarket scion Lord David Sainsbury and car glass repair millionaire Gary Lubner. Such donations have helped reduce the party’s dependency on contributions from trade unions. The entrepreneur’s donations to the party are central to a bitter High Court divorce battle with his wife, who argues that he has been “generous with someone else’s money” and “diminished the matrimonial assets”. She applied to the High Court last month to have the monies “set aside”, which could result in him being required to compensate her for her share of the donations. Marks said her claims were “wholly misconceived”. At the preliminary hearing on Wednesday, the judge, Mr Justice Nicholas Cusworth, said the matter would be dealt with during subsequent court proceedings. Dale Vince has also called on the court to declare the marriage dissolved “without further ado”, before the financial matters are finalised. Lawyers for Kate Vince, represented by law firm Dawson Cornwell, said her husband was seeking to end the marriage in “haste”. Richard Todd KC, for Kate Vince, said in written submissions that the “likelihood of getting an honour is not just born of his work as an eco-warrior but also from his role as the largest donor to the Labour party”. “Donors are habitually rewarded with honours,” Todd added. Marks said Kate Vince was seeking to create a “circus” with such claims, adding it was “astonishing” that she should want “to remain shackled to him”. In written submissions he added: “It is not for this court to delay the orderly dissolution of this marriage in accordance with the rules because [Kate] wants to be able to call herself ‘Lady’.” Cusworth said he would rule on the matter of the divorce decree by the start of the subsequent hearing. The judge lifted some of the standard restrictions on reporting divorce proceedings and allowed the parties to be named following public interest representations from the Financial Times.
StDomingosGringo
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Just out of interest @davek what would Dale Vince OBE, a left leaning, successful green industries pioneer from a working class background, need to do to “earn” a knighthood from a Labour government in your eyes?
Seeing as you’ve posted a wife’s divorce proceeding statement as evidence of future wrong doing & are trying to claim he will get a peerage because of donations, what are your set of rules for giving them out?
Seeing as you’ve posted a wife’s divorce proceeding statement as evidence of future wrong doing & are trying to claim he will get a peerage because of donations, what are your set of rules for giving them out?
Sucking up to saddam?
davek
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