Plaque Blues

Ghastly leftists at the hotbed of historical revisionism that is English Heritage are seeking to undermine the nation's grand tradition of blue plaques. Although these architectural annotations have thus far commemorated individuals, the so-called charity is plotting an ideological conversion to Stalinist collectivism, thereby undermining the Great Man theory of history espoused by such eminent culture warriors as Hollywood, Hitler and Boris Johnson. Plans are afoot to dedicate plaques to a few hundred fillies who went on strike over, of all things, health and safety. Perhaps even less worthy of rescue from the patriotic memory hole is the Ayah's Home in Hackney, which treacherously sheltered some Asiatic parodies of Mary Poppins. Even when commemorating an individual, English Heritage has quite deliberately chosen a doctor who was soft on the mentally ill, and who seems to have been so lacking in Britishness as to disbelieve in restraint and corporal punishment. Nevertheless, the organisation's chair cheekily acknowledged the "terrific support" of Her Majesty's Goverment; although it remains as yet unclear whether the present Secretary for Cultchah is aware that "blue plaque" is not always necessarily something that covers Tory teeth.