Yesterday morning I happened to bump into an old university friend who let slip she was due to have dinner with David Cameron that evening. "Please give him two messages from me," I said. "First of all, congratulations on having polled a larger share of the popular vote than Labour did in 2005. Second, don't sacrifice free schools."
Unfortunately, by the time this message was conveyed it may have been too late. According to today's Sunday Telegraph, David Cameron and Nick Clegg met for 70 minutes at Admiralty House yesterday and among the areas that Cameron said he was prepared to give ground on were taxes, green issues and schools. Schools. When I read that word I experienced a horrible sinking feeling. Does this mean Cameron has offered to shelve his Party's policy on free schools? (To read more, click here.)
