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Old 05-05-2010, 22:10   #512
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Re: The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 4
Latest news on the success story that is the BNP
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The British National Party has been plunged into further internal turmoil after the head of its online operation resigned and took the website down with him.
Simon Bennett, 41, directed BNP traffic to his personal website, which contained a lengthy diatribe against Nick Griffin, the leader of the far-right party, and other senior figures.
A day before the general election, Mr Bennett painted a picture of an amateur operation and an organisation which he claimed wasted membership fees and donations.
He accused Mr Griffin and James Dowson, the BNP’s election fundraiser, of being “pathetic, desperate and incompetent” and said it had been a “nightmare” to work with them.


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Originally Posted by Damien View Post
The last line was a reference that every government wants to change the education system in some way, which cannot be helpful.

I don't understand their schools policy though. Who will pay for the school? Are the people running the school checked to ensure they are qualified too? Can you set up a school in an area which already has enough schools?
Damien, you may find this Times story from today answers some of your questions
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The first thing to understand is that Cameron’s policy is not quite new. The Education Act 2006 states that if a new school is needed, the local council should hold an open competition. And parents can band together, set themselves up as an educational trust and apply.

A couple — nothing like the thousands the Tories will encourage — have done so.

The first “parent-promoted” school, a secondary, opened in South London a few months ago. The first parent-promoted primary will open in Bolnore, West Sussex, this autumn. Both were unopposed. But Coopers Edge primary in Gloucester, now a patch of dug earth, will be the first school that parents have won control of in a fierce competition. They won against an established school that wanted to expand its empire — exactly the kind of experts you’d expect to be in charge.
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