Why Labour begrudges grammar schools
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‘In normal circumstances I would agree that few politicians are more deserving of being booed to the rafters than Ruth Kelly, the Education Secretary. However, the Labour activists who booed Ms Kelly during their spring party conference, in protest at the Government’s refusal to abolish the last grammar schools, are the ones who need egging off….’
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