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Opinion: Quotes of the week

"We make no apologies for using different and innovative methods but this obviously won't replace more traditional ways of dealing with antisocial behaviour" - A spokeswoman for Lambeth Council defends the decision to spend 90,000 on foot massages to calm down disruptive pupils

"The average child today is very different to a child in the 1960s, which is the last time children were actually measured for determining measures of furniture" - Dominic Savage, director general of the British Educational Suppliers Association, explains why children are too big for school tables and chairs

"There are plenty of City boys who earn - well, used to earn - a lot of money who can't nourish their kids, even on a gold card" - Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver rejects the notion that healthy eating is a class issue.

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