Racist politicians are being elected to English town councils I have no doubt that drugs are a significant temptation to our pupils," said Mr Little. "We are revising our policy so that pupils of concern can attend counselling and rehabilitation programmes."The move comes after Prince Harry admitted to smoking cannabis last January, while still at Eton. A typical punishment used to be "six of the best" from the house captain in front of the whole school, and for really serious crimes, instant expulsion. But now Eton College, the most famous public school in the world, has decided to alter its approach to one of the worst of schoolboy crimes - drug-taking.
From next month, the school that since its foundation in 1440 has educated generations of royalty and produced 19 prime ministers, will launch a Priory-style drug rehab programme for its well-heeled teenage pupils.Previously, students caught using drugs at the £20,000-a-year school near Windsor would have been given their marching orders instantly. Doctor Who should forgo full-on battles with Daleks and Cybermen, even if CGI technology would now allow them to attack in more than groups of six. It should avoid pass?nd meaningless threats to entire galaxies Let the Doctor deal with local problems. Let him go to the gated suburban developments and the sink estates, to B&Bs in out-of-season resorts, to moribund towns and sinister industrial estates, to the dank tower blocks where we shove the asylum seekers who pick our asparagus and froth our lattes Let him travel through a strange England Let him turn the world upside down.. Racist politicians are being elected to English town councils. Readers of the Daily Mail believe that Britain is already suffering an alien invasion. We are relearning the paranoias that gave shape to the original series.Here's my advice to him. There are crops out in the fields that might be more dangerous than any Krynoid pod Mobile phones are broiling our brains.
Instead of searching out fresh terrors, Doctor Who began consuming its own past to feed the fans' hunger for nostalgia. Old adversaries of whom the broader public were scarcely aware made comeback appearances, tottering on liked faded music hall turns. The Controller of BBC 1, Michael Grade, seized an opportunity to deliver a mortal blow to a programme he'd always disliked. By 1987, the number of episodes had been halved, Baker had been unceremoniously sacked, and Doctor Who had been scheduled in a graveyard slot opposite Coronation Street. |
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