Monday, 21 November 2005
Joined at lunch by a Yorkshire MP, a mild-mannered fellow, incensed by The Man’s latest foray into education. ‘We’re opening the door selection. Whatever safeguards we put in place, whatever assurances we give will be absolutely worthless once the Tories are in power.’ And then: ‘I think we will lose the next election. The tories will come to some sort of understanding with the Lib Dems and we’ll find that we’ve opened the door to the market in health and education. And when we protest they will reply, “But this is your policy; you started it.” We’ll be vulnerable for years. Our benches will be full of ex-ministers who won’t have the stomach for the fight.’
From Chris Mullin’s diaries. I really want to know which MP said this.
Mark Carrigan 