This puzzled the hack. "What is the logic? The Prime Minister's coming,clear the school of pupils."
Not all had the afternoon off. Fifty of what The Daily Telegraph called"better behaved pupils" were lined up as a backdrop to the PM'stelevised speech.
"The 50 chosen pupils clapped and cheered," said The Times. "I began towonder if they were being paid."
Nearby, other children were protesting, helped by the Socialist WorkersParty who provided posters and arranged chanting. But then a teachercame out and confiscated the posters. One SWP worker told the kids notto be deterred, with the memorable call "it's a free pavement".
- What goes through your mind when watching a Punch and Judy show? Howmuch longer is this tosh going on?
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