...at every aspect of history.
Barristers have won the right to go without their famous and historically significant wigs in court after campaigners branded them 'culturally insensitive'. Revised guidance from The Bar Council now allows lawyers to ditch their wigs for criminal cases if it is 'uncomfortable, or impractical'. It comes after black barristers complained the Georgian-style hairpieces - which have been a legal tradition since 1685 - were designed for white people's hair.
*sighs*
Leslie Thomas KC has called for the wigs to be scrapped and said they look 'ridiculous' on black advocates and are 'fashioned for Caucasian hair'. The senior barrister - who has worked on many high-profile cases, including representing families of victims in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and Mark Duggan's family in the inquest into his death - branded the wigs as 'culturally insensitive'.
Typical lefty lawyer, as soon as he gets his foot in the door he wants to change things!
There were already religious exceptions, including for lawyers in headscarves or turbans.
But of course, that wasn’t enough - this is the real ‘Metoo’ movement!
However, ex-Justice Secretary and former barrister Sir Robert Buckland yesterday slammed the decision. He told The Sun: 'This is a nonsense argument that we have heard many times before and which should not be pandered to. Just like school uniforms, wigs are a great leveller.
'They give young barristers the same status in the eyes of court users as more senior colleagues and are also a great way of helping with the security of barristers as few people recognise them outside court without their wigs on.'
None of that matters to the real reason they are pushing for this, of course, eh Reader?
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