Write to letters@thetimes.co.ukSir, Libby Purves is right: it is not for publicly funded police forces to enter the fray between dissatisfied parents and offended primary schools (“Police do us all an injustice with these arrests”, Mar 31). If a school does not like what its parents are saying then it can simply block undesired emails or it can make its case to a civil judge and ask for an injunction to be granted, if it can establish sufficient grounds. However, seeking the arrest of parents for the (perhaps excessive and vociferous) care for their children is not appropriate: it merely adds cost to the public purse and grist to JD Vance’s mill when he talks about civil liberties in the UK.

Source: The Times April 01, 2025 11:55 UTC