More fallout from the cult’s failed investment in the London Police, this time courtesy Caitlin “Get a brain” Moran from the Times Online:

C-word incident makes me cringe with shame

It’s not often that I’m embarrassed to be British. Generally, I think this country rocks - we have tea, Pembrokeshire and Doctor Who - but holy moly, last week we looked like a confederacy of arses. We (our country; my country) issued a summons to a 15-year-old boy for taking part in a peaceful protest against the Church of Scientology. His offence? To hold up a placard that included the word “cult”. Yes, “cult”. Apparently, that’s “threatening, abusive or insulting”. A child with words on a piece of cardboard. In the end, thankfully, the boy was told that he would not be taken to court after all.

Aside from the fact that if we ignored our brains and filtered this story purely through our dumb animal emotions, it felt a bit as if Tom Cruise was about to throw a child in jail - which was obviously quite exciting - you do have to ask, what is happening to this country? Have we turned into a bunch of wet nuns? First, we should be thrilled that we’ve got at least one teenage kid up, fully dressed, philosophically engaged and able to spell. Secondly, I’m embarrassed that all the grown-up liberal countries such as Canada and Denmark are laughing at us.

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