As we discussed earlier in this chapter, moving critical stakeholders to a position of nonopposition is often the best outcome that can be obtained.

As the pupils who would be the occupants of the sin-bins would not be counted as having been excluded from schools - being simply rehoused within them - the Government′s policy to cut the number of permanent school exclusions would remain intact, while the complaints made by teachers could also be addressed.

He notes also WWII indications in England that air-raids seemed to have less effect on children than on adults (Vernon 1941, cited in Cairns 1996) and that older children seemed to find the raids thrilling (Crosby 1986, cited in Cairns 1996).

Glorious attacking and goofy defending: here was a match that encapsulated the madcap appeal of this season's Premier League.