Democracy: British Style
According to an ICM poll:
More than three-quarters of adults believe more academically-selective schools should be opened, particularly in inner-city areas with poor education standards, it was disclosed.
Support for grammar schools has actually increased over the last four years, figures suggest.
This is not a new phenomenon. An ICM survey of 2005 found that support for opening more grammar schools was at 47%, with only 7% calling for them all to be closed down (37% thought the current number was about right).
Yet, despite the long-term evidence of strong support for opening more grammar schools, which of the major political parties has taken this on board? Which of them reflects the will of the people on this issue?
It is absolutely scandalous that on this issue, as on so many others (Europe, capital punishment, immigration, law and order), our political classes feel free to ignore majority opinion.
The revolution can’t come soon enough.
