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Appearance and aspiration will be subject to state control

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They really can’t stop them selves it seems, proving that they can be just as keen on controlling every aspect of our lives as the last lot. To counter the cultural pressures of thin models our new equalities minister has it seems decreed that the new approved size and shape to aspire to is size 14 and buxom. She will apparently be holding a body confidence summit to try to persuade fashion editors to impose a new body fascism on the fairer sex in this country. No longer will they need to aspire to being thin, instead they’ll just have … Continue reading →

Tidying Parliament Square

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Lots of other people have already commented on the arrest of Brian Haw during the “tidy up” of Parliament Square – as Iain Dale would have it. From what details have been reported it seems he was arrested not for being there but for not allowing the police to search his camp before the state opening of parliament. Which of course may be a pretext and it’s not clear just how the police went about it, but it does make things slightly less clear cut… except. It was surely within the police’s capability to just hold him out of the … Continue reading →

Starting as they mean to go on?

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This is being widely reported elsewhere (Dizzy> and Old Holborn) but good news is worth repeating. It appears as though steps are already being taken to scrap ID cards. The Identity and passport Service website is advising people to not get ID cards at them moment: “Both Parties that now form the new Government stated in their manifestos that they will cancel Identity Cards and the National Identity Register. We will announce in due course how this will be achieved. Applications can continue to be made for ID cards but we would advise anyone thinking of applying to wait for … Continue reading →