The 11th Commandment:  Harriet’s Law.  ‘If I am happy, then it shall be fine for thee’!

By seeking to enhance equality in society, Harriet Harman is fast becoming the ultimate parody of the Big Brother state that George Orwell so eloquently penned about.

Yesterday as the economy is crashing around us, public spending goes through the roof, unemployment dole queues lengthen, graduate prospects dim, soldiers die in Afghanistan backed by little equipment and the swine flu death toll increases, Harriet Harman was preoccupied with espousing her views on a huge issue of national importance…..the sacking of Arlene Phillips as a judge on BBC ‘hit show’ ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.

Now that is state intervention at its most extreme.

In the House of Commons Harman effectively told the BBC to give Arlene Phillips back her job.  She accused the BBC of age discrimination since 66 year old Arlene was replaced by Alesha Dixon, 30.  Harriet bleated, ‘I think it’s absolutely shocking that Arlene Phillips is not going to be a judge on Strictly Come Dancing.  And as Equality Minister, I am suspicious that there is age discrimination there.  So I’d like to take this opportunity of telling the BBC – it is not too late, we want Arlene Phillips in the next edition of Strictly’.  Ooohhhhh that sounds threatening.

Who would you rather have as a judge?

Arlene?

or Alesha?

This is an issue for the public to exert pressure.  A ‘Keep Arlene Phillips’ Facebook group has so far mustered just over 500 names…that hardly points to a public outcry.  Now public pressure may help to revert the BBC decision….but the number of new viewers coming in to watch Alesha on the panel may compensate and prove the decision right.  Let’s not forget that Alesha is a former winner of the show and hugely popular.  Just as Cheryl Cole has done for X Factor, ie bringing in new younger audiences, then maybe Alesha will do the same for Strictly….and that would surely be a good thing for a show focused on Ballroom dancing!

But this is not a matter for the state and the meddling Harriet Harman to get involved with. There was not such an outcry when Cheryl Cole replaced Sharon Osborne.

Next Harman will seek to split up Ant & Dec, as they are both men and hence not an equal representation of the population!

Roll on the election…..Ms Harman is a meddler that should not be allowed the oxygen of publicity to meddle in our affairs. 

The Harman Agenda.  Next up:  Split up Ant & Dec…2 men performing together…sexist and not representative of the population