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I think the prospect of bringing back grammar schools has always been wrong and I've never supported it. And I don't think any Conservative government would have done it.

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David Cameron
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 9
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Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
David William Donald Cameron
Rt. Hon. David William Donald Cameron
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