Can you believe that with all that is happening in our world a woman in Suffolk is being prosecuted for placing a gollywog doll in her window? Actually, that’s a stupid question, of course you can believe it since nothing surprises us anymore in these days of rampant political correctness and nanny state interference in almost every area of our lives.

The woman concerned has been charged with racially aggravated harassment (whatever that means) because the doll evidently upset her neighbour, a black woman. How can placing a doll in your window constitute a criminal offence unless, of course, it was accompanied by some abusive wording or something else personal to the neighbour? If that was the case then we could perhaps understand why legal proceedings have been issued. Honestly, why has this case gone to court? Is it really that serious? What would happen if a black woman placed a white Barbie doll in her window?

Don’t get me wrong, I find any sort of racial prejudice as abhorrent as the next man (or woman, sorry!) but can’t we just exercise a bit of common sense here. Couldn’t the police just have a quiet word with both women, find out what the problem is and then simply suggest to the doll owner that she might like to place it somewhere else in the room. No, probably not, that would be too simple wouldn’t it?