Letter: Nigel de Gruchy obituary (opens in new tab)

<p>The trade union leader <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/30/nigel-de-gruchy-obituary">Nigel de Gruchy</a> may have exhibited “self-opinionated vanity”, but as a parent campaigner in the 1990s, I found him to be a principled man who was supportive of the Campaign for State Education (Case), which I represented with others.</p><p>I once went to see him in the Covent Garden office to ask for money for Case to campaign against the 11-plus. He himself supported selection, I...