Education Secretary Defends Private School Tax Amid School Closures Education Secretary Bridget Philipson maintained an unwavering defense of the Government’s new private school tax measures in a testy exchange with GB News host Camilla Tominey. Tominey highlighted the closure of 31 private schools since Labour removed VAT exemptions and business rates relief, pointing out the direct consequences: job losses, increased financial strain on families, and mounting pressure on oversubscribed state schools. Philipson, undeterred by evidence of shrinking educational options, insisted that the policy’s costs are justified to boost state education and expand free school meals, blithely reducing school closures to routine business failures. The government’s utopian assurances of "more for everyone" ring hollow for the families actually suffering under rising fees and dwindling choices. If this is fairness, it is a bleak testament to the perpetual disillusionment manufactured by the British education system. China Develops a Cheaper Rival to the Russian T-90 Tank China has once again demonstrated its devotion to market disruption, unleashing a new main battle tank in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, and instantly fueling wild online theories-most lacking even a passing acquaintance with reality. Contrary to rumors of a Russian T-90 sighting, it is in fact a domestically-developed, low-cost alternative crafted to undercut Russian exports and bolster Beijing’s increasingly unsubtle military ambitions. In case there was any doubt, China is making it abundantly clear it no longer needs Moscow’s hand-me-downs when it can manufacture its own arsenal-cutting corners and costs with characteristic efficiency. Trump Announces Renewed Trade War Tactics Former President Trump, allergic as ever to anything resembling a well-considered plan, has announced that the United States will soon issue letters to other nations detailing fresh tariffs on their imports. Months of posturing have produced yet another abrupt escalation in tariff threats, confirming that, for the foreseeable future, American trade strategy remains a performance governed by improvisation and antagonism. When competent diplomacy fails, why not simply fuel more chaos? Democrats’ Ongoing Failure to Articulate Immigration Policy The Democratic Party’s inability to develop a coherent position on immigration has become a morbidly predictable spectacle. In 2019, nearly every prominent Democrat rushed to champion the decriminalization of illegal border crossings-a gesture so detached from reality it alienated key voters. Six years later, little has changed. Immobilized by their own misjudgments and incapable of adapting to political realities, Democratic leaders remain haunted by the consequences of their missteps, drifting ever further from both reason and electoral viability. The Hidden Banality of Literary Genius Consider the case of John S. Thompson, whose mundane years collaborating with Mr. Gaddis resulted in little more than an unrecognized brush with literary greatness. As history routinely demonstrates, genius frequently passes unnoticed within the numbing tedium of the everyday, leaving only the faintest imprint on those who stand adjacent to it. Legacy, in this instance, is reduced to the faint abrasion of corduroys-ephemeral, unremarkable, and largely forgotten.
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