TORY BID TO STOP No10 CARRIE-ON
MINISTERS are being urged to impose a code of conduct on Boris
Johnson’s fiancée to stop her interfering in the running of the country.
Ex-tory head of communications Carrie Symonds, 32, has been accused of meddling in policy decisions and getting pals top jobs. She’s said to have urged the PM to oust
Dominic Cummings after his allies nicknamed her Princess Nut-nut. Right wing Bow Group chair, Ben Harris-quinney, said No10 decisions should not be “pillow talk”. He wants to see “constitutional constraints” brought in that are similar to those for America’s First Lady.
Carrie’s pal Tory MP Laura Trott said: “It should be considered whether these things would be said about a man.”
GREAT news, everyone. Mr Potato Head is NOT going to lose his tackle – and his wife still has a firm grip on that lurid pink handbag.
There was a global outcry on Thursday when reports emerged from the US claiming the much-loved children’s toy was turning gender-neutral.
Half-baked wokery! Political correctness gone mad! Tatersexclusionary radicalism!
I called the whole idea starchraving bonkers, especially as the plastic tubers had never even had any stick-on genitals in the first place.
But now a nice chap from manufacturer Hasbro has been in touch to point out it was all a storm in a toy box.
Mr and Mrs PH are not getting neutered or losing their identities, and their titles will remain on the packaging.
But the range is being extended and a new kit launched “with enough potatoes and different accessories for kids to create all types of families”.
Which is actually a brilliant idea because it reflects societal changes while giving parents and kids a choice.
So, Mr PH gets to keep his metaphorical meat and two veg and Mrs PH can hang on to that bag and bleached blonde barnet. But do her a favour, Hasbro and ditch those hideous red shoes.
I hear she’s had a chip on her shoulder about them for years.
making IT was entertaining watching teens
Dates awkward high school chat in Teen First
that, on E4 on Monday, and also a reminder thank God, I’m not a teenager any more.
As maitre d’ Fred Sirieix welcomed them to his posh restaurant, this was a classy affair. When I was that age, a date meant
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mates getting chips from Wimpy while your laughed nearby. Here, stylish art student
a Archie met musician Eden, who wanted break-up trauma to inspire her songs.
Sporty Denzel, left, whose relationship history consisted of a week dating a girl in Year 8, was wowed by basketball player Mariam. The whole things was
super-cute and fun to watch.
WHO else had their head in their hands watching cheesy-grinned Curtis Pritchard attempting stand-up with totally unfounded confidence?
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Stand Up & Deliver on C4 on Thursday saw five celebs take on the cringey task of trying to hone a five-minute routine in just a fortnight.
Their comic mentors put them on stage straight away to assess their natural talent. There was none. Curtis, left, best off in a
ballroom, told a terrible anecdote about his flies being undone. It was embarrassing. “I’ve got my work cut out,” said Judi Love.
Shaun Ryder reckoned he was funnier than Jason Manford (plot twist: he wasn’t).
Nick Helm hoped Tory Baroness Sayeeda Warsi might lose her stiff upper lip, Zoe Lyons watched ex-corrie star Katie
Mcglynn crash and burn, and David Baddiel tried to convince Richard Coles to be an irreverent Rev.
But whether these guys are funny or not, at least we’re all laughing…
ISN’T it utterly exhausting that in 2021 we are still seeing women sidelined and stereotyped on screen, destined for ever to play second fiddle to a male hero?
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