Wonderful news (The Telegraph, £). The start of the piece:
“A model village has restored a figurine of a topless streaker after being criticised for removing it.
Last week, Godshill Model Village, on the Isle of Wight, removed the topless figurine from its miniature football pitch after some visitors complained.
The figure, a nod to the era of prolific streaking at sports events in the 1980s, and was included in the village as a “light-hearted joke”.
The decision to remove it caused dismay among locals, with Rupert Willoughby, a regular visitor, calling it a symbol of the model village’s “whimsical sense of humour”.
However, the streaker, called Erica, was reinstated on Monday after an online poll by the tourist attraction. Some 5,023 people (98 per cent) voted for it to be reinstated, while just 66 (2 per cent) were opposed.
Social media users welcome the move, with Marion Kent writing: “Some people need a sense of humour transplant!” and Christine Egleton adding: “She’s been around much longer than the ‘delicate’ generation.””
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A good example of how the grievance industry works. A small number of vocal objections causes a panicked response. In this case, sadly unusual, an actual survey found that these objectors were a tiny minority. Usually that step, actually finding out what people in general might think, is missed and we are left with all manner of rulings and actions that have little to do with the actual lives of the populace.
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