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:Now, here's the interesting thing. Mrs May joined Holton Grammar at the age of 13 (later than the usual 11) from a private school, in 1969. She then had about two years of grammar school education. And she completed her schooling at a new comprehensive, successfully enough to win a place at St Hugh's, then a women-only college at Oxford. But in 'Dod's Parliamentary Companion', the more detailed 'Who's Who' for MPs, she sums up her secondary schooling as 'Educated at Wheatley Park Comprehensive School'. As you see, it's a lot more complicated than that. And I don't think she needed to use the word 'comprehensive' when describing her school.<ref>Peter Hitchens, [http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2007/05/index.html Lessons in Grammar], Daily Mail, 22-May-2007, Accessed 13-May-2010</ref> | :Now, here's the interesting thing. Mrs May joined Holton Grammar at the age of 13 (later than the usual 11) from a private school, in 1969. She then had about two years of grammar school education. And she completed her schooling at a new comprehensive, successfully enough to win a place at St Hugh's, then a women-only college at Oxford. But in 'Dod's Parliamentary Companion', the more detailed 'Who's Who' for MPs, she sums up her secondary schooling as 'Educated at Wheatley Park Comprehensive School'. As you see, it's a lot more complicated than that. And I don't think she needed to use the word 'comprehensive' when describing her school.<ref>Peter Hitchens, [http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2007/05/index.html Lessons in Grammar], Daily Mail, 22-May-2007, Accessed 13-May-2010</ref> | ||
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| + | Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the ''Guardian''. It revealed that May sat with [[William Sackville|Lord de la Warr]], director of [[Cluff Natural Resources]], who are exploring coal gassification in Warwickshire and [[Wafic Said]], a Syrian-Saudi businessman who helped broker the al-Yamamah arms deal.<ref> Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/01/-sp-tory-summer-party-drew-super-rich-supporters-with-total-wealth-of-11bn Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn] ''The Guardian'', 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014 </ref> | ||
==Special Advisers== | ==Special Advisers== | ||
Revision as of 13:31, 14 October 2014
Theresa May MP is the Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Women and Equality.[1]
Contents
Education
On becoming home secretary it was widely reported in the media that May had been educated at a comprehensive school.[2][3] In 2007 Peter Hitchens disputed this claim:
- Now, here's the interesting thing. Mrs May joined Holton Grammar at the age of 13 (later than the usual 11) from a private school, in 1969. She then had about two years of grammar school education. And she completed her schooling at a new comprehensive, successfully enough to win a place at St Hugh's, then a women-only college at Oxford. But in 'Dod's Parliamentary Companion', the more detailed 'Who's Who' for MPs, she sums up her secondary schooling as 'Educated at Wheatley Park Comprehensive School'. As you see, it's a lot more complicated than that. And I don't think she needed to use the word 'comprehensive' when describing her school.[4]
Dinner with lobbyists
Details of the attendees and seating plans of the Conservative's 2013 summer ball, an event where tickets cost up to £12,000 each and allows attendees to sit at the table with ministers, were leaked by the Guardian. It revealed that May sat with Lord de la Warr, director of Cluff Natural Resources, who are exploring coal gassification in Warwickshire and Wafic Said, a Syrian-Saudi businessman who helped broker the al-Yamamah arms deal.[5]
Special Advisers
- Nick Timothy
- Stephen Parkinson - July 2014
Affiliations
- CChange - Former Board member
Resources
- Nigel Morris, Theresa May is surprise choice to be Home Secretary The Independent, 13-May-2010, Accessed 13-May-2010
Contact
Website: http://www.tmay.co.uk/
Notes
- ↑ Her Majesty’s Government, Number10.gov.uk, accessed 12 May 2010.
- ↑ BBC News, Cameron coalition: Theresa May made home secretary, BBC News, 13-May-2010, Accessed 13-May-2010
- ↑ PA, Theresa May flies the flag for women in Government, The Independent, 12-May-2010
- ↑ Peter Hitchens, Lessons in Grammar, Daily Mail, 22-May-2007, Accessed 13-May-2010
- ↑ Robert Booth, Nick Mathiason, Luke Harding and Melanie Newman Tory summer party drew super-rich supporters with total wealth of £11bn The Guardian, 3 July 2014, accessed 14 October 2014
