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Stephen Pollard

ByStephen Pollard, Stephen Pollard

Opinion

Social mobility disappeared with grammar schools (The Times)

June 24, 2008 24:00
2 min read

I have a piece in today's Times on Mr Brown's speech on social mobility. Here's am extract:

It's a puzzle how Gordon Brown manages to maintain the aura of a serious intellectual. He clearly reads widely. But so, too, do my nephews, albeit books with shorter words. The problem lies not with his ability to read but to draw the correct conclusions.