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Tories detect Alastair Campbell’s hand in latest education attacks on PM

Angry Conservative Party officials have hit back at attacks from the left on the education of the Prime Minister’s children. On Monday the PM’s spokesman claimed:

‘Like tens of thousands of other parents, the prime minister and Mrs Cameron expect to hear which secondary schools have offered a place to their daughter Nancy. If she gets more than one offer they will make a decision in due course.’

It is thought Nancy Cameron will attend a central London comprehensive, which would make Cameron the first Tory PM to send his child to a state comp. This has not stopped education campaigners weighing in.

Fiona Millar, who lest we forget is Alastair Campbell’s partner, was quick off the mark:

This has sparked an angry reaction in blue circles, with one Tory source telling Mr S: ‘This has all the hallmarks of Al Campbell and his low-life briefing tactics.

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