The Times: How No 10 spun schools a line

For teachers, pupils and parents at five successful schools across the length of England, the news that Gordon Brown was to single them out by name in his first major education speech was a welcome recognition of their dedication and hard work.

Local newspaper headlines on the morning of the speech last Wednesday suggested that the Prime Minister was to praise these institutions as beacons of excellence whose initiatives and ideas should be replicated across the education world.

But today The Times can reveal that Mr Brown never praised the schools in the speech and that at least five local communities may have been the victims of a sophisticated government spin operation.

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(via Political Betting)


Posted on November 6th, 2007 at 12:23pm under A 'new' politics, Brown, Chicken Nuggets, Eye Catching Initiatives, New Labour

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