Government bars ventriloquist’s dummy from entering UK
The government has banned an unaccompanied ventriloquist’s dummy from entering the UK under the Terrorism Act. Home Secretary Alan Johnson said that speech was a ‘dangerous thing in the wrong mouth’ and the government had a duty to protect the public.
‘This ventriloquist’s dummy may have said nothing seditious so far,’ said Mr Johnson, ‘but who is to say that behind it there isn’t a dangerous Islamist or American shock-jock? Post-9/11, this government cannot be too careful or realistic.’
Defending his decision from allegations of antiventriloquism, Mr Johnson revealed that as a boy he’d been thrilled by Lord Charles and Spit the Dog, and that he had learnt many of his political skills from Orville the Duck.
Posted: Feb 1st, 2010 by roybland
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