According to THIS article in the Daily Mail, mother-in-law jokes, once the bedrock of British comedy, have been banned by the London Borough of Barnet because they are ‘offensively sexist’ and disrespectful to ‘family elders’.
Oh Gosh. Now the government wants to legislate politeness, or rather their eschewed notion of it. But this is merely the tip of the iceberg of the totalitarian drift of modern Britain.
Consider these other stories which I have been keeping track of for Christian Voice's Big Brother Watch
4 September, 2010 • COUNCIL RECRUITS VOLUNTEERS TO SPY ON THE NEIGHBOURS
22 September, 2010 • Dog-owner prevented from finding microchipped pet under Data Protection Act
21 September, 2010 • Now parents banned from watching their children playing sports 'because of pressure from the sidelines'
21 September, 2010 • Google exposes data 'snooping' by UK government
20 September, 2010 • Pro-life campaigners say their freedom of speech has been denied after being arrested for holding banner of aborted foetus
19 September, 2010 • Big Brother fears as motorists are urged to inform on each other
17 September, 2010 • I think, therefore I’m guilty
16 September, 2010 • Man in court for removing camera spying on his bedroom
15 September, 2010 • Bin spies, yet again
15 September, 2010 • Pope defends British freedoms
14 September, 2010 • EU not completely clear of liberties abuses according to human right report
14 September, 2010 • Politicians push for Europe-wide electronic business register
14 September, 2010 • Father threatened with “child protection issues” for allowing daughter to walk 20 metres from home
11 September, 2010 • Police warn of impact of European justice powers
14 September, 2010 • MINISTER HIRED SNOOPS TO PROBE ‘MALICIOUS SLURS’
8 September, 2010 • BIKE BOY AGE 3 BANNED FROM PARK ‘FOR BEING A SAFETY THREAT
2 September, 2010 • ID checks 'out of control'
2 September, 2010 • Big Brother is watching you
31 August, 2010 • NANNY STATE OUTLAWS CHILDREN’S TRAMPOLINE
21 August, 2010 • NOW NANNY STATE STOPS US WALKING ON ABBEY COBBLES
16 August, 2010 • HAS THE COALITION ADOPTED THE DATABASE STATE?
12 August, 2010 • SLIM GIRL WHO STARVED HERSELF AFTER NHS SAID SHE WAS TOO FAT
10 August, 2010 • Big Brother is watching us
10 August, 2010 • Cameron’s pet project is an insidious attempt to undermine common liberty
9 August, 2010 • BOY TAKEN FROM FAMILY FOR BEING A FUSSY EATER
8 August, 2010 • Mother and daughter, 12, fighting for life in hospital 'after they stabbed each other during knife fight in park'
3 August, 2010 • Britain Gives More Policing Powers to EU
2 August, 2010 • Euro police knocking on your door
4 August, 2010 • Police accused of building support for CCTV cameras in Birmingham
3 August, 2010 • Surveillance powers threaten the innocent, says Liberty
28 July, 2010 • An Orwellian assault on free expression
28 July, 2010 • European Police Prepare to Spy on Britons
20 July, 2010 • COUNCIL SPIES LOOKING THROUGH YOUR WHEELIE BIN
20 July, 2010 • BRANDED OVERWEIGHT – THE 4ST 5-YEAR-OLDS
17 July, 2010 • EU PLAN TO LET FOREIGN POLICE SPY ON BRITONS
10 July, 2010 • MUM HAD HER DNA TAKEN FOR REFUSING TO GIVE BACK A BALL
7 July, 2010 • CCTV turning schools into 'prisons'
5 July, 2010 • COUNCILS USE BUGS IN LAMPPOSTS TO EAVESDROP ON YOU
5 July, 2010 • BIG BROTHER AT EVERY TURN
2 July, 2010 • ALCOHOLISM UP A QUARTER
29 June, 2010 • Court bans Parliament Square protesters
26 June, 2010 • GOODBYE AT LAST TO THE NANNY STATE
15 June, 2010 • Rory Bremner 'afraid' to joke about Islam
8 June, 2010 • UK monitors suspected radicals as part of European surveillance project
8 June, 2010 • The age of Big Brother demands we reveal our true selves. Better we don't
8 June, 2010 • PARENTS OF FOUR-YEAR-OLDS TARGETED IN WAR ON OBESITY
8 June, 2010 • Every Google search to be logged and saved for two years under new Euro MP plan
4 June, 2010 • Cataloguing the ways in which local authorities have abused their covert surveillance powers1
31 May, 2010 • n the endangered list: free-range children
30 May, 2010 • EU swimming ban could hit 1 in 8 beaches
29 May, 2010 • Dwile Flonking: council bans traditional pub sport under health and safety
25 May, 2010 • Councils should be stopped from spying
18 May, 2010 • ‘SPY ON YOUR NEIGHBOURS’BIN CRIMES’ SAYS COUNCIL
17 May, 2010 • Health and safety checks for all families, says Nice
11 May, 2010 • TORMENT OF BOY, 6, IN FOUR-HOUR QUIZ OVER BRUISES
8 May, 2010 • Cameron offers prospect of immediate ID card abolition
5 May, 2010 • Cameron targets 'Big Brother' state
4 May, 2010 • Three images of our surveillance state
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