Tales from the Tabs
For casual xenophobia and toilet articles, it doesn’t come any better than the Daily Mail. Today the paper reports that the Rochdale Exchange shoppi ng centre is to introduce squatter-style ‘Asian’ toilets , after bosses at the shopping centre attended a cultural awareness course run by a local Muslim community activist.
Currently one in ten of Rochdale’s population are of Pakistani or Bangladeshi origin, with centre managers having been apparently tipped off that certain members of the local Asian community would prefer to use the ‘squat toilets’ for cultural reasons. The toilets are set to be introduced next week, with their impending launch met with horror from the local shoppers and politicians.
‘This strikes me as a classic case of excessive pandering to a politically correct minority,’ reckoned Philip Davies, Conservative MP for Shipley.
‘It’s absolutely ludicrous – Thomas Crapper would be turning in his grave!’
An interesting image, we’re sure you’ll agree. The Mail’s horrified article concludes with a tiny, but extremely important note – ‘both the ladies’ and gents’ will have a cubicle containing a squat toilet’. So, it’s just one measly toilet each – hardly worth kicking up a stink over.
