Conservatives face splinter pro-grammar school candidates threat
Written by Mark Pack on 2nd June 2007 – 10:58 amFrom today’s Daily Telegraph:
The rebellion has also reached the Tory grass roots, with activists preparing to stand against the party at the next election as “pro-grammar school” candidates.
Brian Wills-Pope, chairman of the National Grammar Schools Association, said he had been approached by four people preparing to stand as candidates on a pro-grammar school ticket in marginal Tory seats.
The association is considering supporting them financially and is setting up a “friends of grammar schools” section on its website to rally support.
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2nd June 2007 at 12:43 pm
You couldn’t make it up, could you?
2nd June 2007 at 1:19 pm
I’m amazed this row is still going on. Just goes to show how shallowly rooted Cameron’s project is within the Conservative Party.
2nd June 2007 at 4:47 pm
Role on the rest of the ‘new’ Tory policy!!!
Happy days are here again!
2nd June 2007 at 5:10 pm
I must admit the Cameroony Tories have made themselves look silly.
2nd June 2007 at 11:33 pm
Gloucester has four grammar schools for a city of 100,000. The Tories locally have been seen as protectors of grammar schools. They love DC but also grammar schools - we are naturally using DCs comments and local Tories seem to prefer the grammars to DC!