Liberal England: John Stuart Mill: Who should run schools?

Liberal England: John Stuart Mill: Who should run schools?

Jonathan Sheppard notes that John Stuart Mill recognised that the state should not be involved in providing education, restricting themselves to funding school fees for the poor.

At the last election the Tory education policy was the only one liberal enough to recognise this. The failure of the Lib Dems to adopt a similar policy is shameful. Quite how they can call themselves "Liberal" is beyond me.

Update: Jonathan Calder, the author of the linked article asks in the comments who Jonathan Sheppard is? Damned if I know, but apologies are probably due to both of them.