"As for an MP sending a child to private school...so what. We all have freedom of choice.."

Yes, to walk the dog,read a book,buy a paper or a meal, but the choices you espouse in education and health are only available to a small percentage of the population who can afford it. A nurse,a young couple working on the minimum wage etc just don't have that choice. Therefore it is not a choice it is an exercise of privilege based on wealth. If you believe that money should be the only criterion for all services you'll see nothing wrong with that. Personally I, and many others like me find it undefensible.
It's that devil take the hindmost, I'm all right Jack philosophy that has got us all into the mess we're in today.