Mark Pack

Conservatives face splinter pro-grammar school candidates threat

By | Sat 2nd June 2007 - 10:58 am

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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5 Comments

  • James Graham 2nd Jun '07 - 12:43pm

    You couldn’t make it up, could you?

  • Greenfield 2nd Jun '07 - 4:47pm

    Role on the rest of the ‘new’ Tory policy!!!
    Happy days are here again!

  • Tory Lady 2nd Jun '07 - 5:10pm

    I must admit the Cameroony Tories have made themselves look silly.

  • madmacs 2nd Jun '07 - 11:33pm

    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!

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