Newly-ennobled Labour peer June Sarpong has been booked to speak at a private school for a bumper fee despite saying they should all be abolished. Keir’s legacy of hypocrisy goes on…
Guido hears that Cranleigh, the Surrey public school, has booked former Loose Women panellist Sarpong for its latest ASPIRE Lecture on 6 October. Parents were told the school is “incredibly lucky to welcome veteran broadcaster June Sarpong”, who will talk to pupils about “the power of diversity, representation, women in leadership and entrepreneurship”. More woke private school guff…
Back when she was a panellist on Sky’s The Pledge, Sarpong wrote a piece for Sky News headlined “Why it’s time to scrap private schools”. She said: “I think it’s time to put an end to our private school system all together.“ Cranleigh boarding fees for 2026/27 come to £60,540 a year including VAT – alumni include former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger…
Speaker bureau JLA lists Sarpong in its fee band C, which runs from £10,000 to £25,000 per booking. Big money…
Sarpong was nominated for a peerage along with Sadiq Khan by Starmer in his July 2026 ‘goodbye’ political list, which described her as s a “broadcaster, charity campaigner and social equity advocate”. She can tell the independent school kids all about her social equity advocacy…
Labour policy to impose VAT on those same schools is also hammering the sector of course. Scrap em, but invoice first please…
Burnham said in his main conference speech: “For the historic victory he achieved for us, I am here to say: thank you, Keir.”