Column: WELCOME SHAFT OF COMMON SENSE.Byline: DENISE ROBERTSON DOROTHY Glenn was told by a uniformed housing worker to remove her Christmas lights because they might offend non-Christian neighbours - even though nobody has complained. Independent councillor Ahmed Khan, who represents Mrs Glenn's ward, says: "It's this kind of nonsense that sets race relations race relations Noun, pl the relations between members of two or more races within a single community race relations npl → relaciones fpl raciales back 20 years. That woman did nothing more than decorate her house to celebrate Christmas." Oh, what a welcome shaft of common sense and true sense of community. South Tyneside South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England. It is bordered by four other boroughs - Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, and North Tyneside to the north. Council has apologised to Mrs Glenn and insisted removing Christmas lights was not part of their policy, but don't you get the feeling that there is a growing army of little bullies out there just waiting to wield their puny pu·ny adj. pu·ni·er, pu·ni·est 1. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak: a puny physique; puny excuses. 2. Chiefly Southern U.S. Sickly; ill. authority? CAPTION(S): FESTIVE Dorothy Glenn and the seasonal lights outside her South Shields home. |
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