Tony Blair this week turned his back on the school his party once cherished. Jon Slater and Warwick Mansell report from Blackpool
SCHOOLS minister David Miliband’s outspoken belief in the power of education to transform the lives of disadvantaged youngsters has won him left-wing admirers. But at least one colleague regards him as an unreconstructed Blairite. At a question-and-answer session minister Ivan Lewis was introduced as sitting on the far right of the group. His opening quip: “I feel a bit uncomfortable sitting to the right of David Miliband,” left his boss shaking his head.