From 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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You couldn’t make it up, could you?
I’m amazed this row is still going on. Just goes to show how shallowly rooted Cameron’s project is within the Conservative Party.
Role on the rest of the ‘new’ Tory policy!!!
Happy days are here again!
I must admit the Cameroony Tories have made themselves look silly.
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!