Sentences with phrase «leadership over grammar schools»

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A damaging row over grammar schools policy, unease among the grassroots about the leadership's efforts to introduce more women and ethnic minority parliamentary candidates and Gordon Brown's self - assured performance as Prime Minister in the summer of 2007 imperilled the Tory recovery.

Graham Brady, the frontbencher who resigned over grammar schools, is the angry Right's choice to take over the post, instead of Nicholas Soames, a leadership favourite who would run as a unifier of both wings of the party.

Their differences over issues such as tax, grammar schools and defence spending are hardly a secret, having been extensively aired during the leadership contest.