Pronoun badge? Students would prefer free beer

I WONDER whether the surfeit of university places available to students this year has anything to do with the outbreak of cultural totalitarianism that seems to be affecting our higher learning institutions.

The latest example comes from edinburgh, where student union officials plan to distribute ‘pronoun badges’ so newcomers know whether to refer to each other as ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘they’ as part of a drive to avoid any potential ‘misgendering’ of non-binary or transgender students.

I’m sure this will please a few, but the vast majority, I suspect, would rather have a free beer voucher.