kernow

On the Tonight program the chap with David Willette's, (forgot his name) he is the head man on Tory "Home" said although 73% of Tory members are pro Grammar schools, they are so desperate for power, that they will probably roll over and go along with it! I just hope Tory voter has more principle than that, but I doubt It!

TonyG

I think you might have that one wrong. There is only so much that they will take.
I don't see them voting Labour, LD or UKIP but I do see them staying at home in very large numbers if Cameroon takes the pi*s and them for granted.

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rjt

In response to Conservatives criticising this move Cameron has stated a debate would be pointless (BBC News Website)

It appears he has embracred New labours warped style of democracy with full vigour.

May he sink without trace for it.

rjt

In response to Conservatives criticising this move Cameron has stated a debate would be pointless (BBC News Website)

It appears he has embracred New labours warped style of democracy with full vigour.

May he sink without trace for it.

Britannist

'Tory retreat on grammar schools' (claim):

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1805788.ece

Phil Sheldon

That is what it is-a claim only.

Selective reporting by the Times. Willets has said he will 'consider' scrapping the plans for parents to vote out Grammar schools.An idea encouraged by Nu-Improved-Labour who hoped their Left-wing activists would vote overwhelmingly for comprehensive schooling.

Forgetting of course that Blair and Diane Abbott,for example, made sure their children did not attend 'Bog standard comprehensives'.

Hypocrites both.

g hall

Public schoolboys like boy dave and his ilk don't like grammar school boys because the grammar school boys have a work ethic which shames the sons of privilege

The most annoying thing is that it was the working class old grammarians in the labour party that started the degradation of our educational system

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Britannist

'Grammargate - the Conservatives narrowly avoided internal strife over this' writes the editor of Conservative Home in today's Telegraph:

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/m.../23/do2302.xml

ENGLISH UNIONIST

David Cameron’s abandonment of support for the country’s remaining grammar schools is sadly no more than one should expect from a man who is increasingly perceived (rightly or wrongly) as being to the Left of New Labour.

As an unsuccessful candidate for the UK Independence Party in the recent Borough Council Elections, one only wishes that Cameron had had the courage of his convictions in claiming that grammar schools are unfair to poorer families and limit social mobility before, rather than after, the recent elections, as one suspects the electorate would have rebuffed his latest gaffe and supported UKIP in even greater numbers than they already did, particularly in West Kent where we are currently privileged to have a number of good grammar schools.

It is increasingly clear that just as the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat Parties are committed to the destruction of our national sovereignty and independence – by committing themselves to retaining our membership of the European Union – these same three parties are committed to lowering (rather than increasing) academic standards and reducing parental choice in schools, via their opposition to academic selection in post-primary education.

You are encouraged to visit the website of the non-party Campaign for Real Education at www.cre.org.uk which has been to the fore in defending academic selection in post-primary education.