If you add class war to hypocrisy what do you get? The answer is Bridget Phillipson, Labour’s nasty Education Secretary. Ms Phillipson makes much of her tough early life in the North East, with her Wikipedia explaining the council house she grew up in had no heating upstairs. So, you would expect her to celebrate her 40 birthday with a toasted cheese sarnie at Sunderland working men’s club. That wasn’t for our Bridget. Far too grand. She fancied a big bash at the historic Hoare Memorial Hall in Westminster but there was a problem; she had no money. The hall alone would cost £3,630. Up steps Lo…
