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| Cameron to outline schools plan | Cameron to outline schools plan |
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| Conservative leader David Cameron is to unveil plans for improving discipline in schools. | Conservative leader David Cameron is to unveil plans for improving discipline in schools. |
| Mr Cameron is to suggest creating contracts between schools and parents that could be enforceable. | Mr Cameron is to suggest creating contracts between schools and parents that could be enforceable. |
| He also wants to change the system under which families can appeal against their children being excluded. | He also wants to change the system under which families can appeal against their children being excluded. |
| It comes amid murmurings among the Tories on his leadership. An activist who was part of his 2005 leadership campaign said he used "gimmickry". | It comes amid murmurings among the Tories on his leadership. An activist who was part of his 2005 leadership campaign said he used "gimmickry". |
| Ali Miraj, who was among David Cameron's strongest supporters, also questioned his selection of Tony Lit as Tory candidate in the recent Ealing Southall by-election. | Ali Miraj, who was among David Cameron's strongest supporters, also questioned his selection of Tony Lit as Tory candidate in the recent Ealing Southall by-election. |
| In the week before his defeat, it emerged Mr Lit's company had donated money to Labour and he had been photographed with Tony Blair just days before his selection. | |
| Mr Miraj told the BBC: "I'm disillusioned because I think substance has been replaced by PR. | |
| "What I'm asking for is some substance and some credibility and not box-ticking and gimmickry. | "What I'm asking for is some substance and some credibility and not box-ticking and gimmickry. |
| "People have had enough of Tony Blair for 10 years. They don't want another Tony Blair." | "People have had enough of Tony Blair for 10 years. They don't want another Tony Blair." |
| When the Conservative Party moves along the dimension from nasty to nice, nothing happens Lord Saatchi | When the Conservative Party moves along the dimension from nasty to nice, nothing happens Lord Saatchi |
| Mr Miraj also questioned Mr Cameron's judgement over his decision to visit Rwanda to learn about development issues while parts of his Oxfordshire constituency suffered flooding. | Mr Miraj also questioned Mr Cameron's judgement over his decision to visit Rwanda to learn about development issues while parts of his Oxfordshire constituency suffered flooding. |
| Mr Miraj is hoping to be selected as a parliamentary candidate himself. | Mr Miraj is hoping to be selected as a parliamentary candidate himself. |
| 'Limited appeal' | 'Limited appeal' |
| Also on Monday, former party chairman Lord Saatchi warned "nicey-nicey" politics would not win the next election. | Also on Monday, former party chairman Lord Saatchi warned "nicey-nicey" politics would not win the next election. |
| Lord Saatchi criticised David Cameron's focus on branding and urged him to appeal to voters on the economy. | Lord Saatchi criticised David Cameron's focus on branding and urged him to appeal to voters on the economy. |
| Writing in London's Evening Standard newspaper, Lord Saatchi said the Tories needed to find "an expression of true Conservative ideology". | Writing in London's Evening Standard newspaper, Lord Saatchi said the Tories needed to find "an expression of true Conservative ideology". |
| This follows the internal Tory row over the future of grammar schools. | This follows the internal Tory row over the future of grammar schools. |
| There was a further blow for Mr Cameron when Tuesday's press suggested a "Brown bounce" was keeping Labour ahead of the Conservatives. | |
| A survey for the Times put the Labour party six points clear of the Conservatives with 39% of the vote compared to 33%. | |
| A further poll for the Independent put Labour on 37% - up five points on a similar poll last month - and the Conservatives on 34%, down three. |