Lancashire police losing all sense of proportion over golly dolls

Adrian has criticised Lancashire Police for losing all sense of proportion after local newspaper the Ormskirk Advertiser reported that they had swooped on a West Lancashire shop after a complaint over ‘racist’ golly dolls.

The newspaper reported that officers seized two of the dolls from In Touch furniture shop in Wrightington after a woman complained after spotting the soft toys in the shop.

Shop owner Gavin Alexander was warned he faced possible criminal charges under the Public Order Act for selling the Golly Rag dolls and keyrings. Mr Alexander said that police took a statement from him, photographed the dolls and confiscated two as evidence.

However, they have since decided that Mr Alexander is not breaking the law and he will not face charges.

Adrian, who is also Lancashire spokesman for the Campaign against Political Correctness, said “Political correctness is reaching its tentacles into West Lancashire. It's bad enough that some member of the public is so indoctrinated as to feel offended by these dolls, but for the police to waste time taking up the complaint underlines what is wrong with so much of the Britain that Labour has created - a country where victimhood is encouraged and freedoms curtailed. I'm glad that this shopkeeper has not been intimidated into withdrawing these golly dolls from sale."

Copyright © 2007, Adrian Owens - Revised -- 17/03/07 Golly image courtesy of http://members.aol.com/hugobia/gollies/index.htm
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