The censorious bunch of self-appointed bureaucrats at the Advertising Standards Authority have targeted anti-gay marriage adverts, anti-environmentalist adverts, Fathers4Justice adverts and pro-hanging adverts in their insidious campaign against politically incorrect causes.
Now Chris Smith’s bloated regulator has decreed that a weight loss advert featuring a woman in a bikini can no longer be shown on the London Underground. Because some lefties moaned on Twitter.
The ASA say:
“Although the ad won’t appear in the meantime, we’ve launched an investigation to establish if it breaks harm and offence rules or is socially irresponsible. We will now carefully and objectively explore the complaints that have prompted concerns around body confidence and promptly publish our findings.”
These people must be stopped.
Yesterday after after we asked in relation to Ségolène Royal, “Is there a hotter looking energy minister anywhere in the world?”, Katrina Kelly of the World Energy Council got in touch to complain:
@GaiaFawkes has there been a more offensive, degrading tweet, ever released in regards to an energy minister? Completely out of line.
— Katrina Kelly-Pitou, PhD (@KatrinaMKelly) April 29, 2015
Hopefully today’s hunky energy minister will softer her stance. Georgia’s Minister of Energy Kakha Kaladze used to play left-back for Serie A club A.C. Milan, but now oversees his country’s booming hydro-power sector. He manages to balance his political life with numerous business interests, including overseeing his investment company which at one point happened to own 45% of The Georgia Hydropower Construction Company. Dam!
France’s Energy Minister, François Hollande’s mère du bébé Ségolène Royal is on smoking form at the moment, pushing for a new generation of Nuclear Power plants. By replacing the aging power stations France will position itself as the global leader in cheap, safe and clean energy.
More importantly, is there a better looking Energy Minister anywhere in the world?
It is not so #SexyMiliband according to a YouGov survey bring further proof that we have passed peak #SexyMiliband. Nick Clegg is the housewife’s choice, Cameron is sloppy seconds. Ed comes a distant third just ahead of Nigel Farage.
MiliFandom is clearly a minority interest…
An exclusive St George’s Day treat for Guido readers, courtesy of the dragon-slaying Mrs D:
More like St Phwoarrr-ge’s Day!
Is Miliband sexy? We report, you decide…
The fantasies:
The reality:
Guido suspects this mass hysteria was triggered by Caitlin Moran in The Times last week (“Are women ‘perving’ over Ed Miliband?“) and the Daily Mail (“Red Ed’s VERY tangled love life“). Apparently the whole #MiliFandom thing is driven by teenage girls. Remember kids, socialism is never cool…
