Private Education - Advantage or Hinderance?

British people have always thought of private education as a head-start for students in life. A chance for them to recieve an education higher than that available on the merit economy; but is it really a helping hand, or a hinderance to us students in the UK?Being an Independant school student myself, I have nothing against those choosing private or state education. In theory, both are supposed to be substantial in maintaining the educational standards of Britain. However, since this Labour government came into power in 1997, it appears that more and more independant school students are facing discrimination because of their comparative "advantage" over those in state schools. By setting universities with targets to accept a certain number of state school students, privately educated students have suffered, with numerous cases occuring, where A grade students have been rejected by all their chosen universities (especially those of Bristol, Birmingham, Reading and Sussex). How can this government allow this sort of discrimination to occur. After all, didn't Tony Blair attend a grammer school, and later move on to achieve his degree from Cambridge? Why is it, that those who choose to have an advantage in life, are brought straight back down by government discriminatory targets? I have always agreed in every child/student having an equal chance to learn and work hard for their education, but this government is clearly going about this the wrong way. Considering this government has gone the extra mile to eliminate discrimination from our society, I expected better of them in the face of education. As a Conservative, I believe it is not fair that those who choose private education should face the burden of government targets. Universities should carry out their application methods like they did before 1997, and accept people on their ability to learn, work, and achieve a succesful carreer, no matter what school they attended. They shouldn't have to be pressurised unfairly in meeting government targets. Every student has an equal chance to fulfill their ambitions, and this government needs to realise this before university targets cause mass chaos amongst our educational system.
Is private Education under attack from Labour's social engineering?

Asylum: the real question

Before I attack this one "taboo'd" subject, I would just like to point out that I am by no means a racist. I am merely expressing my right as a British citizen to use freedom of speech and explain my opinions on asylum and immigration in the same ways that Enoch Powell once did in the 1970's.
Personally, I cannot see how both the Liberals and this present government can be so relaxed upon the border controls of our country. It is absolutely shameful. Michael Howard has even given the shocking statistic that only 2 out of 10 immigrants within the United Kingdom are actually employed within legal work. Fair enough on those 2 in every 10, I have no problem with people moving to Britain to help our economy grow in a successful way. But what about the remaining 80% of immigrants? Those who choose to be held responsible by the government welfare state, and contribute nothing in the face of Economic growth within our nation. How can the government let them get away with this? Recent data has shown that every asylum seeker within Great Britain costs the average tax payer over £14,000 a year, which in my opinion, does add up considering 1 in 20 people within London is in the UK illegally*. Furthermore, how can we let this government take away our national pride & identity just to make ethnic minorities feel they're being treated equally among us? I had always grown up believing that Britain was a White/Christian majority nation, but now, my thoughts are beginning to challenge this notion. Leicester has become the first city ever within Europe to hold a black majority, and political correctness has also sold out to the British people. Incidents such as banning bibles from hospital bedsides and the Red Cross not supporting Christmas charities has taken racial equality to the extremes; as some people describe: "Political correctness gone mad". What is wrong with our national identity? What is wrong with saying "Im proud to be pure British"? I was taught that the British flag stood for unity between England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales, not Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Moldova, and any other middle eastern/eastern european country. The time, in my opinion, has come to stand up for our British identity; to say that this is our free nation, and to take an Austrailian style system only allowing legal/economic migrants into the country. The time for this political correctness of the Labour government must stop, and the time to reclaim our national identity, which millions of British men paid the ultimate sacrifice for, must start. Enoch powell once warned of this very event occuring, and in the face of war, bloodshed & racial hatred, this vision could soon become a reality.
How do we determine between "bogus" asylum seekers and those actually fleeing persecution?