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Bureaucracies are probably doomed to failure in this type of situation. A better solution to all the ass-covering and denial would have to simply ask Veg to write the occasional post, with photo of course, of the healthiest meal she could purchase on given day. Then either there is evidence to support the council's claim of healthy choices being available to the pupils or something needs to be fixed.

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Yes. Or just to take a photograph of all the options available.

That might well have been a reasonable compromise, but I disagree that bureaucracies are doomed to failure in situations like this. I absolutely expected them to say they're reconsidered and were prepared to let Veg keep photographing food (with perhaps some agreed guidelines). Instead they've basically said that a 9 year old was bullying them.

It wasn't intended as a compromise but as a way for the council to use the situation to their advantage. If the selection of food is as they claim then they could use the massive coverage the blog had to show that perhaps the photos were being economical with the truth. Instead by claiming that this is the deranged rantings of a 9 year old and her dad they just made the situation infinitely worse.

Thanks for the info about the Exec appearing on Radio 4, should be entertaining indeed.

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