For better state education, we need a better state

“Last week David Cameron pledged to send his three children to state schools, saying it was ‘crazy’ to pay large sums for private education. Presumably he’d like his parents to have a refund on his own Eton fees – which at today’s prices would amount to a cool £156,000 – on the grounds that such privilege hasn’t really got him that far in life.”

Read the rest of February 12’s First Post column here.