Letter: Ministers' children give clue to our unfair school system

Friday 18 April 1997 23:02 BST

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Sir: Where politicians send their children probably says more about them and the state of the nation than one day's worth of electioneering. I was fortunate enough to attend school with Peter Kohl, the son of the German Federal Chancellor.

You might wonder how much my parents had to fork out so I could attend this august institution. The answer is, nothing: the Lieselotte-Gymnasium is our local state-run grammar school.

ALFRED RINALDI

London SE1

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