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27 Sep 2007
Daily Express (The)
WE NEED GOOD MANNERED MEN:
Blackburn laments the dominance of bad mannered young men in our society today which she attributes to the feminist argument that being polite to women was patronising.
Seizing on the finding of a new survey which showed that 63% of women believed that good manners was the most important quality they were looking for in a man, Blackburn says there may eventually be some light at the end of the tunnel. She adds that with the behaviour of young men being so appalling these days, by insisting they learn manners again before accepting their advances, women could turn the clock back.
According to Blackburn, about 30 years ago at the height of the feminist revolution, some women saw it as patronising for men to stand up for them, hold out a chair or walk off the pavement for them. She said that women cut off their noses to spite their faces with this, which has resulted in the current growth of bad manners, leading to a good-mannered man being the exception rather than the norm. AA
27 Sep 2007
Daily Express (The)
IMMIGRATION HAS ITS BENEFITS:
Blackburn says there might be some good in mass migration after all as a recent incident involving a young British kid and a Slovakian woman was a lesson in manners.
Jake Stedman, a 10-year old boy from Chatham in Kent threw a berry at a Slovakian women and told her to go back to her country. In response, she chased after Jake and whacked him with a two-foot pipe. An arrest has subsequently been made.
Although Blackburn says she does not support violence against children, she adds that it is likely that young Jake will think twice before hurling abuse at adults again. Adding that Slovakians are less tolerant of abusive children than the English, Blackburn says that there may be some anti-social benefit from mass migration. AA
20 Sep 2007
Daily Express (The)
LOVE CAN MAKE FOOLS OF US:
Blackburn points out the senselessness of holiday romances turning into marriages by highlighting how the recent divorce of Omar Bin Laden and Jane Felix-Browne was inevitable.
Stressing that what started off as flings should genuinely end that way, Blackburn says it is inexpedient to expect such brief affairs to end in matrimonial bliss. She adds that apart from the age gap with Omar being 27 and Jane being 51, the cultural gulf between the two of them meant that they would never live happily as husband and wife.
Blackburn says they have now done the sensible thing and got divorced. Blackburn warns that love can make fools of us. AA
20 Sep 2007
Daily Express (The)
PAVAROTTI SHOULD BE A LESSON:
Blackburn uses the ongoing spat between Luciano Pavarotti’s widow and his three daughters as an example to illustrate the problems men create when they marry trophy wives.
Pointing out that Nicoletta Pavarotti and the maestro’s three daughters from his first marriage are caught up in a legal battle over his property. According to Blackburn, this is what happens when rich men leave their wives for a younger woman and all it does is create havoc.
Blackburn says that this should be a warning to all rich men thinking of making the switch as all Pavarotti will now be remembered for is this mess. AA
13 Sep 2007
Daily Express (The)
Blackburn launches a scathing attack on Anita Roddick the former owner of the Body Shop saying that she is not the saint that she was perceived to be.
Describing Ms Roddick as nothing more than a business tycoon, Blackburn says that although she criticised big business all her life, Ms Roddick herself built up an empire with 2,000 shops in 49 countries. Blackburn adds that for all her criticism of companies like L’Oreal, Ms Roddick eventually sold her own company to them for £652m, with £120m of this going to her family.
According to Blackburn, Ms Roddick criticised the industry that had made her so wealthy and claimed she was fighting for the poor in remote locations like the Amazon but the reality is that she was no different from any other fashion business. Blackburn says the striking thing about Ms Roddick is that no criticism stick on her, not even the revelation that her products were tested on animals. AA
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