Don't make transgender jokes - or the thought police might arrest you

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Don't make transgender jokes - or the thought police might arrest you
Mail Online
By Harry Phibbs
April 1 2009


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1166061/HARRY-PHIBBS-Dont-make-transgender-jokes--thought-police-arrest-you.html


Yet again the police have allowed themselves to be used in New Labour's war on free speech. This time it is Cllr John Yardley, a Conservative councillor in Wolverhampton where he is the Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Safer Communities.
Cllr Yardley has been interviewed by police after supposedly making a transexual joke at a meeting. He was chairing a presentation when the police authority worker making the presentation said: 'Let's start with an easy question to get us going. Press Button A if you're male or B if you're female.' A member of the audience asked: 'What if you are transgender?'