Andy Coulson has gone to work for the Tory party to court the fleet street editors back into the Conservative fold.
The papers this morning show what a mammoth job he has in front of him,none more so than his former charge the News of the World.
It carries an interview with Tory Mp,Graham Brady,who:
In an exclusive article for the News of the World, says he was told to "shut up" about education if he wanted to keep his job as Shadow Europe Minister.
He ACCUSES the Tory leadership of picking a fight with "millions of ordinary working families."
And he BRANDS Mr Cameron's education policies "badly thought out" and inconsistent. Brady was reprimanded after opposing Mr Cameron's declared plans to block any new grammar schools at all.
He ACCUSES the Tory leadership of picking a fight with "millions of ordinary working families."
And he BRANDS Mr Cameron's education policies "badly thought out" and inconsistent. Brady was reprimanded after opposing Mr Cameron's declared plans to block any new grammar schools at all.
But many of the papers are on the Cameron attack this morning.The Indy has a front page which asks
The Telegraph leads with the story that
David Cameron's competence and credibility as a potential prime minister have been severely damaged by his party's bitter infighting over grammar schools.
The Conservative leader is seen as less capable and a weaker leader than Gordon Brown, an ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph shows today. He is also behind on "hard" issues such as the economy, tax and the fight against terrorism.
The Conservative leader is seen as less capable and a weaker leader than Gordon Brown, an ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph shows today. He is also behind on "hard" issues such as the economy, tax and the fight against terrorism.
And a lead article which says
Tomorrow David Cameron will return to Westminster from his family holiday in Crete, to face the dismal political fall-out from several weeks of botched policy presentations and party rebellion. Already he has sought to regain his equilibrium by dismissing the row over grammars as a political cappuccino of "froth and nonsense" whipped up by a mischievous media.
As an explanation, that simply will not do. The origin of the grammar schools policy debacle was a speech made by the shadow education spokesman, David Willetts, and read in full by Mr Cameron himself.
As an explanation, that simply will not do. The origin of the grammar schools policy debacle was a speech made by the shadow education spokesman, David Willetts, and read in full by Mr Cameron himself.
And the Mail on Sunday isnt happy either,Stephen Glover writing
After the grammar school furore, what DOES Mr Cameron believe in?
What worries me far more is that neither David Cameron nor the Tory education spokesman David Willetts, whose speech last week set the controversy raging, has any firm proposal, or indeed any proposals at all, about how to improve a defective State education system.
Without much conviction, both men have adopted Tony Blair's much vaunted City academies, saying that they point the way for the future, and are likely to offer talented children from unprivileged backgrounds a much sure route to a good education than the 164 remaining grammar schools do.
Without much conviction, both men have adopted Tony Blair's much vaunted City academies, saying that they point the way for the future, and are likely to offer talented children from unprivileged backgrounds a much sure route to a good education than the 164 remaining grammar schools do.
Watch this space
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