The Garrick Club will hold a historic vote on Tuesday to decide whether to begin accepting women as members. However, some celebrities have already made their feelings known. Stephen Fry, Sting and Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler co-signed the letter, stating that she “feels unable to continue as a member of Garrick” unless women are admitted. And the BBC's John Simpson also declared: “I don't think she'll be able to stay here.''
Of course, this is the most noble of them. I have just one question.
Having been members for many years, did they really only recently realize that Garrick was excluding women?
I'm sure that's the case. After all, if they are forced to resign out of fear at the exclusion of women, they must not have been aware of the male-only rule until now. In other words, they must have assumed that many of Garrick's existing members were women.
If so, I hope they don't have unreasonable ideas about themselves. For example, “Why do our female members always insist on wearing pantsuits instead of nice dresses?” And why do so many of them have mustaches? Honestly. I don't want to look uncool. But the women in Groucho are much more beautiful. ”
Then there's another possibility. “The current very public controversy surrounding this issue has placed us all in an untenable position,” the letter, co-authored by Mr. Frye, Mr. Knopfler and Mr. Sting, said. This suggests that they are not threatening to resign because the men-only rule goes against their proud feminist principles.That's purely because they're panicking about what guardian I'll think about it.
In any case, their frantic virtue-promoting behavior is far more embarrassing than any newspaper exposé.
school out
Why should children go to school? This is just one of many thought-provoking questions posed in a forthcoming book.in Child Liberation: Child Oppression and the Need for ChangeRhona Finlayson, a radical left-wing academic at the University of Essex, argues that children are an “oppressed group” because we adults deny them many “fundamental freedoms”. Probably.
The book won't be published until 2026. But I can't wait to read it. I love the idea of giving children the same freedom that we adults enjoy. And so will many other parents.
After all, instead of brutally forcing poor children to go to school every day, how nice would it be if they were free to go to work, stand on their own two feet and earn their own money? please think about it. – and ultimately contribute their fair share to our household budget.
Victorian children were thus emancipated. They had the right to enter the workplace as soon as possible, and in fact were strongly encouraged. So why can't we have a similarly enlightened attitude? Volunteer roles as chimney sweeps and shoe shiners may no longer be in high demand, but there are certainly plenty of exciting opportunities for kids to pick fruit. Many farmers in the UK have recently struggled to fill vacancies. And since children are no longer going to school, passing exams or getting qualifications, this type of unskilled work should be perfect for them.
In any case, I think this book sounds like a major landmark in progressive thought. The radical left has been fighting for years to abolish private schools. But from now on, we will also be fighting for the abolition of public schools.
Lord Kia's cunning plan
Nothing infuriates commuters more than last-minute train cancellations. Thankfully, Labor promised to tackle this issue soon after taking office. In its proposals for rail reform, the party called for “a resource-led and achievable timetable to be developed, agreed with the Secretary of State, and rapidly implemented to address the issues of train crew management, timetables and service delivery. “It has said.
If the jargon in that pledge seems difficult to decipher, don't worry. In this week's national newspaper, an anonymous “railway official” provided a helpful translation. “Everyone in the rail industry knows what it is [pledge] That's what it means,” the source claimed. “That means a reduction in services.”
More simply, Labor will prevent train cancellations by not running them in the first place.
What an ingenious solution! That logic is irrefutable. Indeed, if I were Sir Keir Starmer, I would be tempted to push this logic even further. Instead of just running fewer services, don't run any services at all. That way, there will be no cancellations or, for that matter, no delays. perfect record.
Of course, if such an approach works, Labor could easily extend it to other areas. For example, GP appointments and NHS operations. “Mr Speaker, under the Conservative government life-saving operations were always postponed. Not anymore!”
Come to think of it, this might also be the answer to the problem plaguing Co-op Live. The opening night of Manchester's major new concert venue has been repeatedly postponed as a result of ongoing “technical issues”, meaning several major events have been forced to reschedule or cancel. ing.
I suggest that the head of Co-op Live read the Labor Party's book. Just demolish the building. That way, you won't have to postpone the concert again.
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