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Another Brexit referendum
at 20:59 8 Aug 2025

That last paragraph makes perfect sense.

Change is the way forward. 👍

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Another Brexit referendum
at 15:25 8 Aug 2025

I don’t doubt you’re right WR.

But my question remains - why are Welsh people uniquely incapable of making the senedd more successful?

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Another Brexit referendum
at 14:56 8 Aug 2025

I absolutely agree that reform is needed.

I just don’t understand why people want abolition. That’s admitting that wales uniquely can’t govern.

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Another Brexit referendum
at 20:08 7 Aug 2025

What is it about wales that unlike the myriad of other countries of the same size are unable to govern ourselves?

Are we inherently stupid?

Look for reform for al means but abolishing all powers? Why?

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Bare Faced Lies
at 15:41 6 Aug 2025

That’s the way I read but it seems she said something else in the interview

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Another ill thought out policy
at 22:56 5 Aug 2025

That would be too many for stare schools to cope but there’s nothing in the data to suggest that’ll happen.

This year, more private school have opened than have closed.

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Another Brexit referendum
at 22:54 5 Aug 2025

I reckon that sounds about right but the build will need to start sooner.

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Another Brexit referendum
at 21:22 5 Aug 2025

The people behind the poll makes it untrustworthy IMO.

I feel that it’s too soon for another vote but I think it’s time for politicians to start the conversation.

I don’t know about devolution. It’s seems to me that it should be improved and not replaced, otherwise we’re saying that wales is uniquely unable to govern its self in any way.

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Another ill thought out policy
at 21:13 5 Aug 2025

There’s no named SEN schools in there and the 50 closures are completely in line with the normal churn.

My agreement with the tax isn’t that it’ll make a fortune, it’s the fact that the exemption was due to the schools having charitable status.

I don’t feel that should be set as charities. Some may do some outreach work but that’s not my experience.

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Another ill thought out policy
at 20:31 5 Aug 2025

Looked at the figures reported - £515 million has been paid in as advance so about 8% of the pupils.

I think the story was run by Guido Fawkes then picked up by the Telegraph.

I’ve still yet to see a private SEN school that has closed.

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at 18:29 5 Aug 2025

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Another ill thought out policy
at 17:53 5 Aug 2025

There’s a lot to unpack there, WR.

I don’t know of any specialist SEN private schools that have closed.

I’ve not heard of forces families being entitled to a private education - I’ll have to read up.

If the concern is for school closing, the surely business adding it to benefits is a good thing? I cant imagine it’s too common yet as opening/closures are in line typically years.

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Another ill thought out policy
at 17:17 5 Aug 2025

That’s delay things for sure but blows another hole in the numbers dropping thing, which ironically the Telegraph has been hawking non stop!

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Good news story
at 11:47 5 Aug 2025

I agree with you there's semantics at play here.

But the idea that they arrive, have access to benefits as we know them and are put in 5 star accomodattion is a bit far.

The media keep taking about the Britannia hotel being in Canary Wharf - that's very deliberate due to the link with wealth. Antone who has stayed in a Britannina hotel knows they're pretty basic.

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Bare Faced Lies
at 11:42 5 Aug 2025

Can't seem to find it. Have you listened to it?

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Bare Faced Lies
at 09:10 5 Aug 2025

I’ll try and watch it later. I was responding to what was in your OP.

Did she say returned or forced returned?

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Another ill thought out policy
at 07:26 5 Aug 2025

It’s really hard to know what to do.

I’ve got a 15 year old who isn’t mega academic but can get by reasonably comfortably. He’ll do A levels and wants to do History, PE and probably Biology.

No idea what next though and I haven’t got a clue what to advise him.

The only thought he has is to go into teaching but that’s probably the only thing I’m desperate not to happen.

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Another ill thought out policy
at 07:22 5 Aug 2025

Teacher recruitment is not going well but that issue goes much wider than pay.

To date (in England) 44 private schools have closed so with falling birth rate the effect has been negligible.

Too many school spaces are the problem at the minute.

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Bare Faced Lies
at 07:18 5 Aug 2025

I’m not protesting at all.

I’m just saying that technically she didn’t lie and perhaps the definition of returns in the report doesn’t chime with what many would see as ‘returns’ but she didn’t lie.

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Bare Faced Lies
at 21:53 4 Aug 2025

According to the report in the link, yes.

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