Had It in Holland Park

      Yes, I mean a simple lack of any pupils is no reason to stop the gravy train and cut off all those bureaucrats' reason for having a job. Perhaps we could transfer 40 or 50 really bad teachers there, so their union couldn't say they were fired. Even if they argued constructive dismissal and got the employment tribunal to mandate a payout, we'd be better off.

    This is a tough call, single the single example cited is of the children of a criminal (Ssentongo) who violated the law quite deliberately.
Would it be better to remove these kids from their parents and put them into care?  I don't think so.

What makes you think this is confined to the tabloids?
Will we see any investigative reporting of the broadsheets?
I doubt it.

This guy is getting more publicity than even he dreamed of when he thought up this stunt. Question is, whether the media have backed him so far into a corner that he will now have to go through with it.

Depends on what one thinks the purpose is. If the purpose is to take money from Peter and give it to Paul, while letting bureaucrats skim off a significant percentage for their own pockets - then it is working pretty well.

How is this for a response: you said that I owed X pounds in tax, now you say I owe Y pounds. Clearly one of these statements is untrue. Sounds like fraud to me. If not fraud, certainly gross negligence, violating their duty of care to the taxpayer.

The immorality of Iran's theocratic regime is staggering, their lack of honour stunning.
All  to keep their worldly power; they say "to the devil" with the precepts of Islam.

"who watches the watchers"
Good question: the press certainly hasn't

That's a step in the right direction then. No press outlet should be allowed to report on the private lives of celebrities unless the private lives of editors and reporters are given equal coverage.

"I am heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful, disgraceful act that has come from American religious leaders of all faiths,"

Would that we had equal outpourings of horror and condemnation from the religious leaders of Islam for the burning of people by the Taliban and other jihadis.

The baby killers strike again. Another example of immorality from the mouhareb Taliban. They are a stain on the fabric of Islam.

"If people don't retire at 60, where are the jobs for the young to come from?"

From the initiative of the young. Or is initiative not allowed in the French labour market?

That's their business. Just think of it as evolution in action.