Even the Tory party needs to move on from Grammar schools. This is the Twenty First Century after all.

Dave Green, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear

Is the Conservative Party going to recognise its dreadful mistake and remove Cameron now, or is it content for Brown to win the next election?

Michael, Leatherhead, Surrey,

It's about time Cameron was expelled!

Colin Webb, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire

That was quick!

If only he'd been as quick to take similar action against his party colleague Derek Conway who has apparently used taxpayers money through the parliamentary expenses system to pay his son as an assistant, despite him being a full-time university student in the north east of England.

Says it all about Cameron's priorities - another PR merchant full of spin.

What with Blair and Prescott living it up around the world at the taxpayer's expense, gold-plated pensions all round at Westminster, etc etc, isn't it only a matter of time before there's a revolution?

MarkS, Leeds,

Cameron should put this issue to sleep now. He isn't winning and should perhaps have taken better advice before he announced such a remarkable shift in policy for his party. Cameron is fast losing his appeal for the aspirational, if he ever had any that is. He hasn't really caught on yet has he, we don't all want to be the same. City academies will just fail everyone instead of the few , especially if they are forced to have a huge social and racial mix. So what is the advantage? I can't personally see any and that is what Cameron is offering. We don't need another misguided Blair.

Judy , Liverpool, england

One day someone will start a Conservative Party in this country. A Party that has a policy that can be identified as Conservative and not recycled Socialist Policy of yesteryear with the edges rounded.
When Cameron was voted in as leader, I voted for Davies, I resigned from the Party and glad I did. In my home town of Rochdale they even openly support the Labour Party againt the LibDems and always have.
I look forward to a Gang of Five 2007 Conservatives raising the flag and then we WILL have something to look forward to.

Peter Oldham, Rochdale, England

Clearly Windmill Dave won't allow facts to get in the way of his idealogical brainstorming. If he thinks the issue of academic selection has been settled I hope that there are enough Conservatives to give him and his coterie of sycophantic advisers a sufficiently rough ride to force a change of policy. Here is one vote that he won't get if the policy does not change and I doubt that I am alone.

Anthony Back, Wellington, Telford, England

I do agree that grammar school education should be here to stay, & the way in which the presence of the 11 plus test and selective entry has on a community is a positive one.

Vicki, Bracknell, UK

The intelligent hard working school children deserve a better chance without those that do not wish to participate. Those children with a lack of interest in the school system should be taught more practical skills and shouldn't have to fear the inferiority better able students have over them..a grammar system benefits both learning styles! If we can't trudt the Conservatives to stick to the traditional things that work...who do we turn to? ...a Question that will need much thought for the future.

Herowyn Beck, Wolverhampton,

Such arrogance and refusal to pay heed to those who gave him power beggars belief, worse than any displayed by Tony Blair. I am a Conservative supporter brought up in a coal mining town and beleive that the grammar school system, as shown by Mr Brady, works.

D & B Balfour, Anavriti, Southern Greece

I do hope that Mr. Cameron is not the only Tory" in step" over grammar School issue..
They have always been the back bone of our education system.
A sort of N.C.O ranking to the Officer class of Eaton and Harrow.

Bernard Parke, Guildford,

This Cameron idea for equal numbers of ethnic representation in schools. What happens if there are insufficient numbers of 'one sort' or another, does he intend to 'bus in' the requires shortfall, from another area.??

Keith Baigrie, Dartmouth, England

Coming through the tri-partite education system postwar, I failed the 11 plus but was allowed to retake a technical college examination to gain a place at the age of 14 to my local technical college, this college was under subscribed, which I was unaware of at the time meeting boys from a wide catchment area, pupils came from other local education authorities, who either had full college's or did not have the resources of their own. This allowed pupils with ability to progress and in some instances on to grammar schools 6th forms to obtain O levels. The argument of selection at an early age to assess pupils is a false premise, because the tripartite system was open ended and could receive pupils of ability at a later stage. There were also situations in which pupils at grammar who were found lacking, were sent down to either technical college or secondary modern and were replaced with pupils of latent ability. The system was well balanced and productive if the resources were put in.

David Owens, Bootle, Merseyside

Hi
I think we have found Camerons Achilles Heel.
Quite clearly Grammer schools by their nature
improove the results in the area where they are
located.
Sacking somebody for stating the obvious seems
absurb to me not only is Cameron following Blairs
policies he seems to have the same style of Team
management. (Im in Charge)

Mike Jenks, Solihull, West Midlands