Did the other guy just blink?

Well, well. As James posted earlier, the Tory Party has now admitted that it would consider the building of new grammar schools “on a case-by-case basis, if the demographics required it.” The apparently dramatic shift has been forced by Dominic Grieve, the MP for Beaconsfield and Shadow Attorney General, who wanted assurance that the supply of grammar school places in Buckinghamshire matched the needs of his local electorate. Hence, the spin doctors’ response: “Where there is a big population expansion in an area, we would try to maintain the proportion of pupils going to grammar schools. We would need new ones built because they can’t just go to more comprehensives.” Eh? I thought that was precisely what Dave wanted – no new grammars and lots of new comprehensive city academies. The question for those of us who oppose the Cameroon position on selection is: did the other guy just blink, or is he simply muddled? We fight on.