Hurworth School claims of intimidation over opt out
- Title
- Hurworth School claims of intimidation over opt out
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 6 Dec 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:02:46
- Description
- Interview with Tony Blair’s agent and constituency chairman, John Burton, about accusations made by headteacher of Hurworth School near Darlington (in Tony Blair’s constituency), Eamonn Farrar, that Labour Party supporters misinformed and intimidated parents voting in a ballot to decide whether their school should opt out of local authority control to become grant maintained. Female interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- John Burton
- Keywords
- Labour Party; Education; Schools; Darlington; Grant maintained schools; Hurworth School; Eamonn Farrar
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