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School catchment family 'spied on'

A council has admitted it spied on a family using laws passed to track criminals and terrorists to find out if they were lying about living in a school catchment area.

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OUTRAGEOUS!

11.04.08, 1:26pm

Isn't what this Council has done is illegal?

At the very least it was intrusive and highly inappropriate to use legislation which permits them to track terrorists and criminals for this purpose. And to keep this family under such close surveillance for so long must have cost a fortune.

If it wasn't illegal, then it should have been!

• Posted by: CathyK • Report Comment

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AND ANOTHER THING...

11.04.08, 11:56am

The system is up against a parent's strong instinct and tenacity to desire the best possible education for their kids. That, is a very tough problem to overcome.

• Posted by: Zeigfreid • Report Comment

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DISHONEST PARENTS.

11.04.08, 11:53am

If you want your kid to go to a good school then get religion or pay privately.

Although I disagree with parents lying to get their kids into a good school, the question ought to be asked is why are there bad schools? Why are faith schools better in educating kids than sink comprehensives? We used to have selection in the old days and it worked. If your kid was a numb nuts, he went to a secondary and if he had brains, he was sent to a Grammar.

You only have to have one disruptive pupil in the class to completely undermine the rest of the class's education. Take the kid out, punish him and the parents and if necessary, put the kid in a special school and allow the silent majority to continue their education unhindered.

• Posted by: Zeigfreid • Report Comment

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SCHOOL CATCHMENT ??

11.04.08, 10:19am

In all fairness I personally know of two families who had perfectly good comprehensive schools on their doorstep less than half a mile away but wanted their children to go to this other particular school 7 miles away, one woman lied and lied saying she was moving into that area and even actively kept going looking at properties till the child was registered and was going to this school wasting everyone's time because she had no intentions of moving
from where she lived, the other was my son who wanted me to say that the child was living at my address which would have got me into serious trouble because I live in a pensioners bungalow, plus I hate lying what I am trying to say is the extremes parents will go to get the best they can for their offspring

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POLICE STATE!

11.04.08, 8:44am

Let this be a lesson to the brigade which says - if you have nothing to hide, you should not be afraid.

We are now living in a police state which has been created by the loony crooks in the House of Conmen/Contempt ,who only know how to line their pockets!

These lunatics have given drastic powers to the local councils (imprisonment for council tax non-payers,etc.) and others which are now used regularly on the innocent citizens of this country.

How can Bush, Brown and Bliar preach democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan when they themselves run police states!!!

• Posted by: Nalin • Report Comment

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ADANAC - YOU GOT THAT ONE RIGHT !!

11.04.08, 4:00am

They already want to give all government employees powers of fining people etc. Makes you laugh really - Housing "Officer" - Welfare "Officer" -- Benefits "Officer" --- and not one of them holding the Queens Commission!!

• Posted by: DRAGONFLY • Report Comment

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SICK SURVEILLANCE

10.04.08, 11:17pm

Wouldn't a simple check of the electoral roll have discovered this information, or are all local as well as national government employees - whose salaries are paid for by taxpayers - now part of a stealthy enemy army in our society?

• Posted by: Adanac • Report Comment

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NULABOUR'S BRITAIN

10.04.08, 8:21pm

Sad, so sad.

• Posted by: Jac16 • Report Comment

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LOOK OUT ED BALLS !!

10.04.08, 6:22pm

Any chance of using this further??
Or are MP's exempt??

• Posted by: DRAGONFLY • Report Comment

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