| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Giles says Brown is not like Stalin | |
| Posted by: | Colin Jordan | |
| Date/Time: | 18/05/07 12:14:00 |
| "How long before [Cameron] denies Willetts never said grammar schools are bad for society" (Malcolm Peltu) I accept that I'm probably being a bit slow, Malcolm, but I've been puzzling over this sentence for the past half-hour. It's the combination of 'denies' and 'never' that's throwing me. Let's first take the proposition that David Willetts 'never said grammar schools were bad for society'. I think this is true - David Willetts never did say such a thing, though in his recent speech he did say that because of social and demographic changes the selection procedures and the operation of such schools could not work in the same way as they did in the 50s and early 60s. So if this is the case, why would David Cameron be planning to deny something that Willetts never said, particularly since what he did say was a closely-reasoned support of Cameron's refusal to build any more grammar schools if he gets into power? I'm not making a party political point here, just trying to follow the logic. |