The Times takes a particularly hard line on immigrants to the UK for not integrating

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Sod it, here's the piece. See for yourself. Don't move for a better life and then moan about it when it turns sour. Move again! It worked before. But stop complaining, because at some point you need to engage with the system and try to make it better, rather than trying to parachute your way out.

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Her French friend who taught in Toulouse says: "They were unable to think critically," she said. "French schools teach you to defer to authority at all times" Uprising? Or deference to authority? IT CAN'T BE BOTH! Some other incoherent anecdata follow.

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But her observations about French schooling are the most interesting. Firstly: "From an early age French children are taught that uprising is necessary to defend hard-won freedoms. If you're not happy, take to the streets!" Man the barricades! But then...

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The next weird thing to note is that O'Neill is, for someone who lives in France, using some pretty crass generalisations. She was 'sold' on France from a young age reading Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence. Oh Please. She's still amazed that the French 'down tools' for lunch.

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