Date published: 2006/03/15
The BBC says:
Tony Blair has won the first Commons test of controversial school reform plans for England - but only by relying on support from the Conservatives.
MPs voted by 458 votes to 115 in favour of plans to give schools more control over admissions and budgets.
But 52 Labour backbenchers rebelled and another 25 MPs did not vote.
The revolt will be seen as a blow to Mr Blair's authority but Education Secretary Ruth Kelly said she was delighted to get through the plans.
Tony Blair always was a closet Tory so it is only natural that he is now the leader of the Tory Party rather than of the Labour Party. He, and his slick advisors (including Andrew Adonis) have provided no real justification to the country for this so-called reform of education, they have just spun (as usual). Of course it is possible this is a good idea, but nobody has bothered to tell the country why. It's the usual "trust me, I'm Tony", which has rather worn thin as an excuse these days.
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