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The Royle Family is the latest BBC show to be given a warning for discriminatory language due to Jim Royle’s ‘nancy boy’ slur. The third episode of the second series, which first aired on 7 Oct 1999, sees Ricky Tomlinson’s disagreeable character watching an episode of Changing Rooms, during which he calls Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen a ‘nancy boy’. Following similar … Read more
German car giant BMW has outraged motorists with a controversial ‘bullsh*t’ online marketing video that critics say mocks its older core baby-boomer customers and denigrates one of the firm’s most successful flagship limousines – the classic 7-series. It may also hit sales as motorists take to social media to say they took the insults ‘personally’ … Read more
West Midlands Police is blasted for spending £180,000 on TWO more ‘woke’ jobs after advertising for fairness and belonging chief They are hiring an assistant director of talent and organisational effectiveness The force, who have saw major cuts since 2010, will pay £73,340 a year for role A job as a £28,725-a-year engagement and consultation officer also … Read more
Priti Patel is planning to launch a ‘power grab’ against woke police chiefs and ‘failing’ police and crime commissioners, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The Home Secretary will this month present the recommendations of her review into the powers of PCCs, which will include looking at the police’s ‘operational independence’. It is understood the … Read more
War Horse author Sir Michael Morpurgo is refusing to include The Merchant Of Venice in a new book adapting Shakespeare’s plays for children under 16. He has decided the anti-Semitic portrayal of Jewish money lender Shylock is too ‘raw’ for young minds. Without doubt, the play may be considered offensive by modern standards. But that … Read more
With the exception of Masterchef and the Antiques Roadshow, I’ve more or less given up watching the BBC, as it seems to be living in a parallel universe where Frankie Boyle is funny and Alastair Campbell is still running Downing Street. But like a fool I tuned in anyway on New Year’s Eve, expecting to … Read more
Heavily-pregnant university graduate, 22, who was battling Covid woke from nine-day coma to find NHS staff had delivered her baby daughter Mehpara Naqvi was seven months pregnant when she was rushed to hospital 22-year-old developed Covid symptoms in October before struggling to breathe Medics performed a C-section, during which Ms Naqvi’s oxygen levels dropped She is … Read more
Woke folk, beware! Freedom of speech includes the right to offend, say judges in landmark ruling Two judges have ruled that free speech encompasses offensive language Lord Justice Bean and Mr Justice Warby presiding over case in Court of Appeal Ruling came in successful appeal decided last week in favour of Kate Scottow She had … Read more
So, Meghan and Harry are doing a podcast. Of course they are…! The one thing the world definitely needs right now is those two absurd ultra-woke freeloading chancers giving us yet more of their views on life from the sanctity of their $11 million Californian mansion. As with everything the Duke and Duchess of Sussex … Read more
Like all my football games at Eton, Simon Henderson’s time as headmaster started off okay but rapidly went downhill. I joined the school as a pupil at the same time as he started as head. My early impression of him was as an unremarkable but likeable headmaster, known chiefly for once mangling an anecdote about … Read more