Comments on: Did you enjoy that Clause IV moment? http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/05/22/did-you-enjoy-that-clause-iv-moment/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:04:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Edward http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/05/22/did-you-enjoy-that-clause-iv-moment/#comment-2721 Edward Tue, 22 May 2007 17:20:08 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=269#comment-2721 Spot on. Why more people aren't saying this is beyond me. Spot on. Why more people aren’t saying this is beyond me.

]]> By: Brian Tomkinson http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/05/22/did-you-enjoy-that-clause-iv-moment/#comment-2720 Brian Tomkinson Tue, 22 May 2007 17:14:25 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=269#comment-2720 Cameron and Willets, either through incompetence or deliberate act, expressed views that betrayed lack of concern for those parents educating their children in the state system with aspirations for their children. The message came across that the "modern" Conservative Party cares little for such people and their (your) priority was for those on free school meals and also their rich friends who can afford to buy their children's education in private schools. I also read that this was supposed to have been a ploy to put Brown on the back foot by supporting city academies. If Cameron and his advisers thought that they certainly shot themselves in the foot. Cameron and Willets, either through incompetence or deliberate act, expressed views that betrayed lack of concern for those parents educating their children in the state system with aspirations for their children. The message came across that the “modern” Conservative Party cares little for such people and their (your) priority was for those on free school meals and also their rich friends who can afford to buy their children’s education in private schools.
I also read that this was supposed to have been a ploy to put Brown on the back foot by supporting city academies. If Cameron and his advisers thought that they certainly shot themselves in the foot.

]]> By: Jorgen http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/05/22/did-you-enjoy-that-clause-iv-moment/#comment-2714 Jorgen Tue, 22 May 2007 13:45:43 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=269#comment-2714 Yes, I enjoy it every time Cameron picks a fight in order to exchange more real Conservative members with new liberal members. Sooner or later real Conservatives (such as yourself?) will realise that Cameron's change means that the Conservative Party become an environmentalist NuLabour Party and they will be forced to do what must be done, even if it means splitting the Party into two. Yes, I enjoy it every time Cameron picks a fight in order to exchange more real Conservative members with new liberal members. Sooner or later real Conservatives (such as yourself?) will realise that Cameron’s change means that the Conservative Party become an environmentalist NuLabour Party and they will be forced to do what must be done, even if it means splitting the Party into two.

]]> By: David Anthony http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/05/22/did-you-enjoy-that-clause-iv-moment/#comment-2712 David Anthony Tue, 22 May 2007 11:40:10 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=269#comment-2712 But this still does not answer the problem of the postcode lottery when it comes to gaining places in the better schools. Children whose parents can afford to move into the catchment area of a good school will still have an advantage over children whose parents cannot. Surely it would be better to create a grammar/academy in every town that would take in the most gifted pupils regardless of location. This would help to ease the tensions surrounding school places and put an emphasis onto achievement rather than class band. But this still does not answer the problem of the postcode lottery when it comes to gaining places in the better schools. Children whose parents can afford to move into the catchment area of a good school will still have an advantage over children whose parents cannot.

Surely it would be better to create a grammar/academy in every town that would take in the most gifted pupils regardless of location. This would help to ease the tensions surrounding school places and put an emphasis onto achievement rather than class band.

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