TONY Blair has said on a number of occasions that education was his top priority.

The league tables of schools was recently released and the bottom 26 places were monopolised by schools in Labour education authorities. Bottom of the pile was Mr Blair's constituency, Islington.

My message to Mr Blair is: Put your own house in order before spouting on about how better education would be under new Labour.

D PEARSON, Vice-chairman, Blackburn Conservatives, Rawstorne Street, Blackburn.

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