Every year about this time I miss the way the English celebrate Christmas, a festival that always seems to last 3 or 4 weeks over there. This year, however, it appears that political correctness is dampening the festivities:
Recent examples of political correctness gone mad include Shadow Minister for Children, Tim Loughton, being prevented from acting as a Christmas elf because he had not had a criminal records check. At one children’s Christmas party in Bristol, non-vetted volunteers had to wear different coloured t-shirts. Many schools and charities now ask for volunteer Santas to be CRB [criminal record background] checked. Churches require all adults in mixed-age choirs to be vetted. Bell ringing towers must have two CRB checked ‘designated people’.
Iain Dale, a camponologist himself, has the full story here.