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Former Conservative government minister Norman Tebbit has declared that an excellent form of aerobic exercise makes you fat. He was invited onto BBC Radio 4's Today programme to discuss the problem of obesity in the UK, and instead launched into a homphobic tirade.
The root cause of this problem, like a number of others, is the break down in family life,he said, arguing that familiesdon't so often eat togetherand thatwives are virtually pressurised into feeling they ought to go to work instead of looking after their children.
He said this decline in family life was due to the current government, which he accused of doingeverything it can to promote buggery.
Fellow Tory, the slimline Boris Johnson, was quick to disagree: I don't think you can say gay marriage is the root cause of obesity
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Tebbit: buggery to blame for obesity crisis - Gay.com News, 27th May 2004.
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This Register correspondent gets it bang on. And, for once, it's one of those times when I can just about agree with Kim Howell's stance. New Labour: New Nannystate. Yes, it is through concern for our health that our personal responsibility and choices... [Read More]
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1: Posted by: Nix | June 8, 2004 5:02 AM
I'm more interested in finding out how he thinks wives going to work is caused by buggery.
2: Posted by: A Voice of Sanity | September 6, 2008 3:42 AM
Nix asked: "I'm more interested in finding out how he thinks wives going to work is caused by buggery".
Perhaps 8 hours of working retail is better than 8 hours of anal sex. For many it would be a toss up.
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