Letter: Nigel de Gruchy obituary
The trade union leader Nigel de Gruchy may have exhibited “self-opinionated vanity”, but as a parent campaigner in the 1990s, I found him to be a principled man who was...
By Margaret Tulloch · The Guardian Opinion
The trade union leader Nigel de Gruchy may have exhibited “self-opinionated vanity”, but as a parent campaigner in the 1990s, I found him to be a principled man who was supportive of the Campaign for State Education (Case), which I represented with others. I once went to see him in the Covent Garden office to ask for money for Case to campaign against the 11-plus. He himself supported selection, I think, but he said it was union policy to oppose it, and we got the money. Continue reading...