Fiona Phillips.. Brain of Britain?
Fiona Phillips.. Brain of Britain?
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CivicMan

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2,211 posts

230 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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Ex GMTV presenter and Gordon Brown luvvie, Fiona Phillips writes in the Mirror newspaper:


[b] The head of Eton reckons the recession will force some private schools to close over the next two years (what a pity).

Private education in Britain will face “difficult times”, he says, as formerly rich toffs look to save money on school fees.

Unfortunately, that means pupils from less well-off families will suffer too, with good state schools becoming over-subscribed thanks to snotty-nosed families, who wouldn’t normally want their children to mix with yours and mine, being forced to eat humble pie.

The only way to end the apartheid that exists in education is to scrap private schools and raise standards for all. [/b]


Dear God, this woman gets paid for this crap.


Edited by CivicMan on Sunday 1st February 20:44

Jasandjules

72,562 posts

258 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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Is that, I made £500,000 a year for sitting on a sofa and brown nosing Ministers Phillips?


Shaw Tarse

31,886 posts

232 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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Fiona Phillps(sp)
punchpunch etc punch

The Hypno-Toad

13,298 posts

234 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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Shaw Tarse said:
Fiona Phillps(sp)
punchpunch etc punch
I loathe that woman with a completly irrational hated. It makes me laugh that she sgs off snobs when she has always looked down her nose at everyone whoever came on her show (unless they were a labour minister.)

Nasty piece of work who only got to where she is through marrying the boss.

oobster

7,674 posts

240 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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Shaw Tarse said:
Fiona Phillps(sp)
punchpunch etc punch
Absolutely. Horrid horrid woman. A complete waste of skin.

DrTre

12,957 posts

261 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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Still slip her a crippler though.

oobster

7,674 posts

240 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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DrTre said:
Still slip her a crippler though.
Not even if the future of the human race depended on it.

Wacky Racer

41,246 posts

276 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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Wonder whether she has private health care?....scratchchin

DrTre

12,957 posts

261 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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oobster said:
DrTre said:
Still slip her a crippler though.
Not even if the future of the human race depended on it.
Not even if she wriggled a lot?

Puggit

49,789 posts

277 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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I don't get it - the rich toffs will still be able to afford private schools. It's the parents who scrimp and save and do without to get their kids through private school who will withdraw their kids!

singlecoil

35,825 posts

275 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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I haven't seen her for a few years now, but from what I remember, yes, absolutely.

69 coupe

2,459 posts

240 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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Puggit said:
I don't get it - the rich toffs will still be able to afford private schools. It's the parents who scrimp and save and do without to get their kids through private school who will withdraw their kids!
Yep! thats what I thought, its a moronoxy alright biggrin

Fishtigua

9,786 posts

224 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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I had to go to a private boarding school as both parents worked overseas, most of the others were in the same situation.

Diplomats, servicemen, ships' captains. Its not just the snotty posh lot that go to private school. There are not too many boarding state schools around.

oldbanger

4,328 posts

267 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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Puggit said:
I don't get it - the rich toffs will still be able to afford private schools. It's the parents who scrimp and save and do without to get their kids through private school who will withdraw their kids!
Exactly!

oobster

7,674 posts

240 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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Gentlemen - I offer my apologies. I confused Fiona Phillips and Fiona Foster.

I would now probably agree with DrTre's 'slipping her a crippler' observation (Phillips that is).

Foster, on the other hand, should cease to exist.

As you were.

2something

2,145 posts

237 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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Raising standards - yes, makes sense
Scrapping private schools - what does it have to do with raising standards, sounds like a way of reducing standards to me.

Labour - achieving equality by making the best worse, instead of the worst better.

THX138

483 posts

222 months

Sunday 1st February 2009
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Wait & see where her kids go..won't be long now till they are old enough!

Puff Puff

23,205 posts

255 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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"Ex GMTV presenter..." is it true??

If so, my wishes have been answered, I can safely watch GMTV again without needing to have a bucket handy - not that I would ever watch GMTV but FP = hurl

tank slapper

7,949 posts

312 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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Ah the Daily Mirror. A paper for those think that the world owes them something and who resent anything anyone else has and they don't.

pincher

10,478 posts

246 months

Monday 2nd February 2009
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oobster said:
DrTre said:
Still slip her a crippler though.
Not even if the future of the human race depended on it.
+1 (is that still allowed here? biggrin)

But Kate Garraway - that's a completely different story........