We read:
"Police were last night accused of using gobbledegook to ‘bury bad news’ about changes to checks on gun owners. Two forces used a 351-word statement to say they were abandoning automatic checks when gun owners renew their licences.
Campaigners for plain English branded the press release, from Hertfordshire Constabulary and Bedfordshire Police, as one of the worst examples of ‘corporate management-speak’ they had seen.
It began: ‘Collaborative initiatives between Bedfordshire Police and Hertfordshire Constabulary have succeeded in delivering enhanced services, whilst realising considerable efficiencies in a number of areas. Firearms Licensing is one of several functions that has been reviewed and proposals have been developed for joint working, with a collaborative unit due to be established at the start of March.’
Planned changes to gun checks were not mentioned until the 75th word. They appeared in a paragraph of two sentences stretching to 91 words.
Essex Police, who are planning similar changes in an effort to save money, explained their proposals in a much simpler two-line statement. The Essex statement said: 'We are moving towards renewal notices by post rather than the current practice of making personal visits. The move is currently under consultation.'
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7 comments:
The Brits are so drowning in political correctness that they've actually forgotten how to speak. But it's not such a big deal since they rarely have anything relevant or rational to say. This will soon come to an end when Sharia Law is implemented throughout the country, not just in the major areas as it is now.
England has lost its way lost is the vast wastland of political correctness and atheism
3.12 & 59 AM - So you castigate the whole British nation, even tho' it's just about some section of the police force (who were duly criticized by other sections of UK society), but you don't denounce your whole country when the PC-ism is about something going on there. Are you just xenophobe yankee-doodles or what?!
Plover has been off his meds for a while now.
Anon 4:33, my country, (and i'll tell you since you don't know which it is) the US, isn't much better than Britain when it comes to being completely PC'ized, but even we're not that bad. And it's not just about a small group of police, but the entire nation since the people don't seem to mind the "daily" stories of PC gone wild. We never hear the British people denouncing the PC'ization of their country, nor do we hear them complaining about the fact that it is quickly becoming just another radical Islamic outpost. Perhaps they're not aware of these things?
THE END IS NEAR!
Britain Planning to Allow Same-Sex Unions in Churches;
Published February 13, 2011
LONDON -- The British government said Sunday it was planning to change the law and allow same-sex couples to have civil partnership ceremonies in places of worship.
The Sunday Telegraph newspaper said such ceremonies could be permitted to include religious elements for the first time.
The proposed marriage law reforms could also end the legal definition of marriage pertaining only to a man and a woman, in a highly symbolic move, according to London's The Sunday Times.
"The government is currently considering what the next stage should be for civil partnerships, including how some religious organizations can allow same-sex couples to register their relationship in a religious setting if they wish to do so," a Home Office spokesman said.
"Ministers have met a range of people and organizations to hear their views on this issue. An announcement will be made in due course," he said.
The Church of England has already said it will not allow any of its buildings to be used for civil partnership ceremonies.
However, other groups including Quakers, Unitarians and Liberal Jews are likely to be more sympathetic, The Sunday Telegraph said.
Civil partnerships were introduced in Britain in December 2005. They give gay couples almost exactly the same rights as married heterosexual couples.
Under current rules, ceremonies must be secular and cannot contain religious elements, such as hymn singing and Bible readings.
The Sunday Telegraph said equalities minister Lynne Featherstone was expected to outline shortly plans to lift the ban.
The weekly broadsheet warned that the new move could open a "legal minefield," with gay couples possibly taking action against faith groups if they were barred from tying the knot in their chosen place of worship.
The Office of National Statistics said that as of May 2010 more than 26,000 civil partnerships had been formed in Britain.
To "Anon 3:12 said ..." - what you may or may not hear about Britain in the US is more a reflection of the media, much of which is either deliberately or sloppily biased.
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