Charles Kennedy

Liberal Democrats | Ross Skye & Lochaber

Kennedy: Blair Must Listen Over Education Policy

Responding to the Prime Minister’s speech in defence of the education white paper, Charles Kennedy said:

“The Prime Minister appears to be starting yet another high wire act over his education bill.  The scale of his defeat over terrorism legislation has clearly registered and if that means a proper dialogue over his education policy, we will all welcome that.

“There are serious issues being raised over matters like selection and admissions policy.  Tony Blair needs to listen to parliament and work with opponents to craft the right policy for our schools.  If, yet again, he is intending to deploy all the arts of spin and manipulation and then to ride roughshod over reasoned argument and criticism in Parliament, he will be doing our teachers and our children a great disservice.”