Trump and Macron bilateral at the Elysee Palace, November 10, 2018, during Centennial of the end of World War I commemorations. Shealah Craighead/ Press Association. All rights reserved.
In 2017, Labour pledged to create a unified National Education Service for England “to move towards cradle-to-grave learning that is free at the point of use”, including the abolition of tuition fees. Just across the channel, in France, free education for life already exists — albeit in a state of underfunded disrepair.
For us, one French and one British, this system has been vital: an opening into new worlds, a chance to reorient our lives, and a way of reviving the avid curiosity that marks the end of childhood. But the universal basis of this model is under threat.
