Bullshit.

"The important thing for parents was that in each of those cases, they had been carefully considered by police and officials, and therefore, a proper assessment had been made of whether there was any risk"

Bullshit. Once again, the PMOS is sadly out of touch with reality. The important thing for parents in THIS universe is that they don’t have to worry about their kids when they are at school, for ANY reason. And if this government or any other has trouble grasping this very simple concept, they should all fuck off and get another job - preferably one where they have absolutely no authority over people, as their tenure in government clearly demonstrates that they just aren’t up to the job.

"It would now be mandatory for schools to make the check on the Criminal Records Bureau."

Wasn’t it already mandatory? And if not, why not?! And if not, why didn’t fuckwits like Kelly make sure that it was? Hasn’t he/she heard of Ian Huntley?!

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. We’re being groomed for failure. And I can smell (at the very least) compulsory ID Cards at the end of it, to protect us from terrorists and perverts and ID theft and so on. It’s only a pity that they won’t protect us from politicians and bankers; more to the point, once we’re all ID-carded up and all on electronic databases, we can then be deleted at the click of a button if we piss anyone off or speak out of turn. Nothing to do with this thread? Wait ‘n’ see…!!!