Land of the free’s double standards

I LOVE the United States: I lived there until I was 13. But I will never understand the mindset. On the one hand it says the sanctity of life is such that women are not allowed to abort what are essentially a few cells no matter what the circumstances (every abortion is a tragedy, but sometimes a necessary one).

And yet mentally ill teens have no problem in buying a gun capable of slaughtering a whole schoolroom in minutes. Absolute madness. Inexplicable, too.

WHATEVER has happened to Katie Price? She’s never exactly been an obvious role model but at one point she certainly seemed to have made something of herself.

She once boasted about having no debt, including a mortgage, and seemed to have found her happy ever after in Peter Andre, although that crashed and burned quite a while ago.

She had a successful career as an author, even if she didn’t write the books, and her favourite pastime was horse riding, of all totally wholesome things.

But look at her now: another two husbands on, bankrupt, reported to the police for a second alleged breach of a restraining order after foul-mouthed rants at her ex’s fiancée – and that’s not to mention the fact that she’s in danger of turning into a freak after all that plastic surgery.

Is there no one who can save her from herself?

FOR COVID-related reasons the Treasury has a stake in Killing Kittens, a sex party planning business set up by a schoolfriend of Kate Middleton.

Should we be surprised? From what we hear of the private lives of some MPs, they’re quite as likely to be clients as shareholders.

At least it’s a change from being caught “walking the dog” in the middle of the night in some notorious dogging spot…

THOUSANDS of criminals are being allowed to “work from home” to complete their community service. Admittedly this involves making masks and greeting cards, but still. Do chain gangs still exist? Can you operate them working from home too?

LISA NANDY has said that struggling towns should reopen their nightclubs: it’s not often I agree with a Labour MP but she’s spot on there.

I remember the glory days of disco: yes it was naff, but it wasn’t half fun. They should bring back Northern soul while they’re at it. Groove on!