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The Tories’ education culture wars
The Conservatives have a long history of encouraging division in schooling – but the Labour government of 1964 introduced a new comprehensive system, sweeping away the grammar/secondary modern divide. KEITH FLETT takes a look
Students at the London School of Economics listen to a speech from from Professor Lord Robbins, a lecturer in economics at the school. Robbins was the author of a Tory-commissioned report into access
to higher education in 1963.
DOUG NICHOLLS welcomes a turning point at this year’s Congress, where many motions call for a co-ordinated plan to revive British industry, a perspective outlined in his new book
HOPE VIRGO of campaign Dump the Scales warns MPs voting today they should be alert to the threat legalised assisted death poses to people with eating disorders
The Together Alliance is hosting two summits, North and South, to build power and plan action against the scourge of racism peddled by the right. DANIEL KEBEDE urges mass participation
The drift toward militarisation in Europe is not inevitable, left-wing and peace movements can preserve sovereignty and prevent war, says DÁIRE HUGHES MP
Whatever differences exist among international sympathisers of the Bolivarian revolution about its current trajectory, they should unite against the imperialist power that is the source of an enforced retreat, argues ROGER D HARRIS
Trade unions need to step up and force a turn in the policies of the labour movement to effectively confront the far-right threat, argues NICK WRIGHT
EDUCATION has been a feature of the Tory leadership race. Given the age of the party’s electorate, both candidates are talking about the great grand-children of those voting.
Liz Truss has complained that the comprehensive school she went to in Leeds, Roundhay, did not provide a good education.
However she ended up at Oxford. Rishi Sunak, who went to Winchester College, a rival to Eton, has argued that universities are about “earnings potential” and the focus must be on subjects in that area.
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