Friday 26 September 2008: following the invasion of their headquarters (uk.youtube.com teachers and parents loudly protested outside the Ark offices, the “charity” of Swiss/French financier and philanthropist Arpad (Arki) Busson, the most favoured sponsor of Tony Blair’s Academy school system. Academy schools are state schools taken over by private sponsors, such as religious groups and private or corporate interests. The UK taxpayer still pays for the school, the private sponsors profit from the school, and parents and local council have no say in the running of the school. The unelected undemocratic sponsor dictates all.