<a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/openhouse/2008/10/an-anomaly-turn.html">Richard Garner: An anomaly turns into a controversy</a>

Chris Keates could be forgiven if she woke up this morning and wondered whether it had been a good idea to tell a TV programme that she believed there should be a change in the law relating to prosecuting teachers who have affairs with pupils above the age of consent in their schools.