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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews 14 Sep 2016

    PM @Theresa_May & @jeremycorbyn clash at #PMQs over government plans for grammar schools http://bbc.in/2cZcG9c http://snpy.tv/2cMUMmG 

    May and Corbyn on grammar schools
    PM Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn clash over government plans for a new wave of grammar schools - BBC News
    4:19 AM - 14 Sep 2016
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    1. muttly‏ @jmorris1972 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn

      why do the benches of BOTH sides have to be so undignified and boorish. It's not a school yard.

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      2. Bobin apples‏ @BInapples 14 Sep 2016
        Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn

        and the BBC use a totally unrepresentative clip to avoid the fact May was abysmal and lost vary badly.😠

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    2. muttly‏ @jmorris1972 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn

      that there are stats for advantaged & disadvantaged children is damning. That divide should not exist.

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    3. Dizzycoolbabe‏ @Dizzycoolbabe 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn

      Finnish system works & is one of top systems. Maybe it's too successful for the UK to consider it!

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    4. Wibleypig‏ @wayseyways 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews

      @daily_politics @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn As long as the other schools are outstanding the Grammar School product is fine.

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    5. WhatTheBearSays‏ @WhatTheBearSays 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn

      don't have kids so don't care about schools but what's difference between grammar & other schools?

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    6. wigtonboy‏ @wigtonboy19 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews

      corbyn the dinosaur fossils in parliament

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    7. wigtonboy‏ @wigtonboy19 14 Sep 2016
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    8. John Gore‏ @J0hnG0re 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn

      scrap the Grammar schools policy and plow the money into the NHS.

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    9. rose byrne‏ @Byrne108 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn

      country facing a housing crisis, Brexit etc & all the Tories can come up with is #grammarschools. #PMQs

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    10. Richard Ⓥ  ☀‏ @QuarterTwenty2 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews

      may hasn't got a clue, her whole party is floundering, all their policies are sinking.All they appear to want is further inequality

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    11. Senior 🇬🇧 🌹‏ @jnrsenior 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn

      make all schools 'grammar' schools then?

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    12. muttly‏ @jmorris1972 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn

      1million pupils in failing schools that the Tories caused to fail. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds

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    13. White Warthog‏ @White_Warthog 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn

      Equality of opportunity over equality of outcome. Every time. Well said May!!

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    14. aisha‏ @aisha_rsh 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn

      It's so obvious this #grammerschools project is an obvious #PostBrexit strategy to win back #UKIP Tories

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    15. Soraya.so‏ @Sorayaso2 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may @jeremycorbyn

      Blatantly, Biased Cilp, is it not? not so surprising from the BBC, sadly.

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    16. Emma Tanner‏ @gazjt2 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @daily_politics and

      https://www.change.org/p/help-get-my-son-eddie-out-of-hospital/u/16513346 …

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    17. Max Tuemmler‏ @MaxTuemmler 14 Sep 2016
      Replying to @BBCNews @theresa_may

      pic.twitter.com/ChD7uyz75K

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