Christmas is almost upon us and clipboard men up and down the country have begun their traditional Yuletide chorus: “You can’t do that mate, it’s more than my jobsworth!”

In Castleford members of the local choral society were banned from the Carlton Lanes shopping centre where they have held a carol concert for more than ten years because clipboard man suddenly decided the singers constituted a fire hazard.

Not to be outdone the TUC and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents say mistletoe and balloons should be banned in case of sexual harassment suits and compensation claims from people with a latex allergy.

Meanwhile, clipboard men across the land have taken up the campaign to ban Christmas “in case it offends Muslims” with undisguised glee.

In Birmingham – the city that re-named Christmas ‘Winterval’ – Father Christmas has been banned from the Bullring shopping centre “in case it offends Muslims”.

In Luton council bosses renamed their Christmas lights “Luminos” in order “to avoid upsetting Muslims”.

The Red Cross meanwhile has banned all mention of Christmas from its stores in case – yes, you guessed it –  “it offends Muslims”.

Not to be left behind in this collective rush to madness, Liberal Demagogue councillors in Islington, north London have demanded the word “saint” be dropped from the name of St Mary Magdalene C of E school “in case it offends Muslims”.

In High Wycombe the library banned posters advertising a carol concert “in case it offends Muslims”, although it was happy to host a party to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr.

In Tower Hamlets in London council workers have been told they can only hold a Christmas party if they re-name it a “Festive Lunch” to “avoid upsetting Muslims”.

To cap it all David Blunkett, the UK’s Clipboard Man In Chief, is pushing through an illiberal law that would prosecute people for telling jokes about religion “in case it offends Muslims”.

I might be missing something here but has anyone ever produced a single example of a Muslim offended by Christmas?

Islam reveres Jesus Christ as a prophet, so it is hugely unlikely that any reasonable Muslim would object to a festival celebrating his birth.

In truth all this has absolutely nothing to do with Muslims – they are merely used as a convenient excuse by a liberal-left establishment consumed by guilt and self-loathing.

This self-serving elite acts like an alien occupying force, determined to destroy our indigenous culture and replace it with a grim, humourless, politically correct homogeneity.

But it is easy to join the resistance – all you have to do is celebrate and enjoy this great Christian festival just as the inhabitants of these islands have done for many hundreds of years.

Happy Christmas!

A coalition of Canadian anti-war protestors, left-wing lawyers and anti-capitalists promised a huge demonstration in protest at US President’s George Bush’s visit to Ottawa last week.

There were even dark threats that the protests could turn violent and many groups openly pressed for shows of ‘direct action’. I’m not entirely sure what that is, but I think we all seen enough of these protests to make a shrewd guess.

Police were mobilised, hospitals put on alert and multi-national chain stores such as McDonald’s boarded up their shop fronts in the city.

In the event the demonstration attracted a grand total - and I’m not making this up - of 39 determined class warriors.

They were outnumbered by the 42 journalists sent to cover the event. I’m not sure who was more embarrassed by this, but when it came to conducting interviews the hacks found there weren’t enough Bush haters to go around.

Are we witnessing the first revolution in history to fail because the would-be rebels are so incredibly spoilt and pampered that they just can’t even be bothered to get off their backsides?

Imagine if the present day lefties had been around during the big revolutionary moments of the past?

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“Nah, I’ve got a couple of tunes to download to my iPod and I want to watch I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here.”

Gerry Adams says the IRA will never accept the “humiliation” of providing photographic evidence of the destruction of its cache of guns and bombs.

How the hell does he know?

Since he swapped the black balaclava for a smart business suit in recent years the Republican leader has been insistent that the IRA and Sinn Fein are two entirely separate entities.

So how is it that he now professes familiarity with the innermost thoughts of the IRA high command?

Surely Adams isn’t suggesting that the terrorist thugs of the IRA and the “democratic” politicians of Sinn Fein are somehow inextricably linked - or indeed are one and the same?

Of course Adams’ slip of the tongue goes right to the heart of the problem in Northern Ireland.

IRA/Sinn Fein demands all the benefits - including vast amounts of British taxpayers’ money - that accrue with taking part in the democratic process.

But it also wants to keep in reserve a private army of well-armed gangster mercenaries just in case the votes don’t go the way it wants.

The time is long overdue for this organisation to decide once and for all whether it wants to wage war or finally follow the path of peace.

There might have been reason for nuance and fudge to kick start the peace process in the first place. But now the choice is simple and straightforward.

As for the genuine democrats in Northern Ireland, Ian Paisley is absolutely right. They shouldn’t be forced - at the point of a gun - to sit alongside ruthless killers in government.

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Christmas is almost upon us and clipboard men up and down the country have begun their traditional Yuletide chorus: “You can’t do that mate, it’s more than my jobsworth!”fficeffice" />

In Castleford members of the local choral society were banned from the Carlton Lanes shopping centre where they have held a carol concert for more than ten years because clipboard man suddenly decided the singers constituted a fire hazard.

Not to be outdone the TUC and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents say mistletoe and balloons should be banned in case of sexual harassment suits and compensation claims from people with a latex allergy.

Meanwhile, clipboard men across the land have taken up the campaign to ban Christmas “in case it offends Muslims” with undisguised glee.

In Birmingham – the city that re-named Christmas ‘Winterval’ – Father Christmas has been banned from the Bullring shopping centre “in case it offends Muslims”.

In Luton council bosses renamed their Christmas lights “Luminos” in order “to avoid upsetting Muslims”.

The Red Cross meanwhile has banned all mention of Christmas from its stores in case – yes, you guessed it –  “it offends Muslims”.

Not to be left behind in this collective rush to madness, Liberal Demagogue councillors in Islington, north London have demanded the word “saint” be dropped from the name of St Mary Magdalene C of E school “in case it offends Muslims”.

In High Wycombe the library banned posters advertising a carol concert “in case it offends Muslims”, although it was happy to host a party to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr.

In Tower Hamlets in London council workers have been told they can only hold a Christmas party if they re-name it a “Festive Lunch” to “avoid upsetting Muslims”.

To cap it all David Blunkett, the UK’s now-departed Clipboard Man In Chief, is pushing through an illiberal law that would prosecute people for telling jokes about religion “in case it offends Muslims”.

I might be missing something here but has anyone ever produced a single example of a Muslim offended by Christmas?

Islam reveres Jesus Christ as a prophet, so it is hugely unlikely that any reasonable Muslim would object to a festival celebrating his birth.

In truth all this has absolutely nothing to do with Muslims – they are merely used as a convenient excuse by a liberal-left establishment consumed by guilt and self-loathing.

This self-serving elite acts like an alien occupying force, determined to destroy our indigenous culture and replace it with a grim, humourless, politically correct homogeneity.

But it is easy to join the resistance – all you have to do is celebrate and enjoy this great Christian festival just as the inhabitants of these islands have done for many hundreds of years.

Happy Christmas!

Christmas is almost upon us and clipboard men up and down the country have begun their traditional Yuletide chorus: “You can’t do that mate, it’s more than my jobsworth!”

In Castleford members of the local choral society were banned from the Carlton Lanes shopping centre where they have held a carol concert for more than ten years because clipboard man suddenly decided the singers constituted a fire hazard.

Not to be outdone the TUC and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents say mistletoe and balloons should be banned in case of sexual harassment suits and compensation claims from people with a latex allergy.

Meanwhile, clipboard men across the land have taken up the campaign to ban Christmas “in case it offends Muslims” with undisguised glee.

In Birmingham – the city that re-named Christmas ‘Winterval’ – Father Christmas has been banned from the Bullring shopping centre “in case it offends Muslims”.

In Luton council bosses renamed their Christmas lights “Luminos” in order “to avoid upsetting Muslims”.

The Red Cross meanwhile has banned all mention of Christmas from its stores in case – yes, you guessed it –  “it offends Muslims”.

Not to be left behind in this collective rush to madness, Liberal Demagogue councillors in Islington, north London have demanded the word “saint” be dropped from the name of St Mary Magdalene C of E school “in case it offends Muslims”.

In High Wycombe the library banned posters advertising a carol concert “in case it offends Muslims”, although it was happy to host a party to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr.

In Tower Hamlets in London council workers have been told they can only hold a Christmas party if they re-name it a “Festive Lunch” to “avoid upsetting Muslims”.

To cap it all David Blunkett, the UK’s Clipboard Man In Chief, is pushing through an illiberal law that would prosecute people for telling jokes about religion “in case it offends Muslims”.

I might be missing something here but has anyone ever produced a single example of a Muslim offended by Christmas?

Islam reveres Jesus Christ as a prophet, so it is hugely unlikely that any reasonable Muslim would object to a festival celebrating his birth.

In truth all this has absolutely nothing to do with Muslims – they are merely used as a convenient excuse by a liberal-left establishment consumed by guilt and self-loathing.

This self-serving elite acts like an alien occupying force, determined to destroy our indigenous culture and replace it with a grim, humourless, politically correct homogeneity.

But it is easy to join the resistance – all you have to do is celebrate and enjoy this great Christian festival just as the inhabitants of these islands have done for many hundreds of years.

Happy Christmas!