Scotsman.com
ATTEMPTS by left-wing MSPs to strip independent schools of their right to tax breaks and rates relief were yesterday defeated in the Scottish Parliament...
The Scottish Socialist Party went further by calling for every private school except special schools, such as Donaldson’s School for the Deaf in Edinburgh, to lose their right to charitable status altogether.
Tommy Sheridan, an SSP MSP, described independent schools as "a symbol of elitism and privilege" that had no right to state support through tax and rates relief. "The people of Scotland want an end to the situation that says these elite institutions are able to hide under the cover of being charities," he said.
