Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Grammar Schools: the Sequel

Y'know, I'm no great Daily Mail enthusiast but I think this columnist is right on the money. That's an old, old policy to which he is referring. The Tories were in power for eighteen years and, while they made all the right noises, they did very little at parliamentary level to actively support Grammar (note the spelling) schools. And before other forumites protest that they were stymied at every turn by Labour-controlled local authorities, you may care to remember that this was also the case with the Right to Buy policy (council housing) and the reforms of the NHS. Labour local authorities opposed them on ideological grounds at every turn yet the Tories managed to steamroller their policies through. One might ask why they failed to do this with Grammar schools.

Maybe it's because Grammar schools weren't so high on their list of priorities, after all.

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