"Wholesale privatisation"

The Headteacher of William Hulme Grammar School plans for it to become an academy school in September 2007. This is because he, Mr Stephen Patriarca, thinks that "If the trust schools go ahead we are talking about wholesale privatisation, and in my view that is a good thing."

Many of us would not agree that 'wholesale privatisation' of our children's futures was not entirely 'a good thing'. Many of us would argue that it is too precious to be left in the hands of private enterprise, and sectional interests. Many of us agree with Mr Patriarca that this is, nevertheless, what the government is trying to institute. We shoudl thank Mr Patriarca for saying it so clearly.