There is growing discontent being voiced on the radio this morning about automatic school closures because of the snow. I saw a man and child arrive at the local primary at five past nine. They both left two minutes later. I expect he got straight onto the phone to join the complaining band.

Child safety is said to be the issue. That can't be the explanation for the cancellation of the daytime adult education class that I should be attending at this very minute. The school in which it takes place has someone there answering the phone so it can't be buried in snow. (Neither the school nor the phone.)

The man who is organizing a petition to parliament to prevent schools and other organizations from banning parents from taking pictures of their little darlings in nativity plays on the grounds of child safety might think about extending it to cover school closures as well.