Outrage

Comedy Should Be Controversial

Richard Taylor | Posted 05.04.2013 | UK Comedy
Richard Taylor

Assisted suicide is not inherently funny. Or is it? And an intellectual disability should not to be laughed at. Or (wait for it) should it? In amongst all the talk, the outrage and conflicting views I cannot help but think, comedy should be controversial.

Lib Dem MEP Sparks Outrage Over Algeria Hostage Tweet

PA | Posted 30.01.2013 | UK Politics

Liberal Democrat MEP Graham Watson faced fierce criticism tonight after a tweet was sent from his account insinuating that Al-Qaida had won a victory ...

Forget M.I.A's Bird-Flip, Worry About Pop's Sexual Moral Decline

Ellen Grace Jones | Posted 08.04.2012 | UK Entertainment
Ellen Grace Jones

Sure the bird-flip was pretty ill-judged - but when you book a provocative performer like M.I.A what did they expect? Given the utter degeneration and hyper-sexualisation of our current crop of female pop performers, in terms of debasing, offensive, inappropriate performances, M.I.A.'s middle-finger salute was little more than a cheeky nose-thumbing.