Primark pulls 'disgraceful' padded bikini for kiddies

But

on the other hand, it *would* get round Australia's anti-paedo No Small Breasts rule.

Classic!

"although we're certain it'll contain a touch of glitter."

Even with such an emotive subject matter as this you can still poke fun at a nonce! Utterly wonderful!

That statement needs to be read very carefully

"It never fails to amaze me just how many High Street household names are now prepared to exploit the disgusting 'paedophile pound'."

1. Why on earth would paedophiles want children to wear clothes to make them look older and more developed?

2. If paedophiles are buying clothes for children, there is a far bigger problem than the fact that they would be buying inappropriate clothing.

3. Why do "child protection" "experts" not have to ever have to live up to basic standards of common sense?

BOOM

"We're not quite sure what Keenan's going on about here, or indeed what colour this "paedophile pound" might be, although we're certain it'll contain a touch of glitter."

Best Bootnote Ever.

The peodophile 10p

When I was a nipper, doing my paper round. I remember a young lady appearing repeatedly on p3 (which for some reason I always checked out on the duller mornings), she was not old enough to appear as the main item, so instead they settled for pictures of her in a tight top and the promise that you'd see the rest in a few days just as soon as she had her birthday. Her mum was regularly quoted saying how excited and proud she was at the prospect.

But of course that is totally different from anything done by evil paedophiles huh?

Donate the profits?

There were profits?? That could be the scariest part of the whole affair...

Who .....

...... puts their seven year olds in a bikini anyway?

Surely a one piece swimsuit would be more practical?

Paedophile Pound??

**Child protection consultant Shy Keenan, of The Phoenix Chief Advocates, which "helps victims of paedophiles", thundered: "It never fails to amaze me just how many High Street household names are now prepared to exploit the disgusting 'paedophile pound'."**

Huh? Surely, the paedos wouldn't be very interested in trying to make young girls look older? Or am I just completely misunderstanding the definition? I'm pretty sure that the paedo pound is spent more on products from Cadburys and Pets At Home than Primark (I was always warned to avoid grown-ups offering sweeties and puppies when I was young). Quick, get a quote from David Cameron about the evils of Rowntree Fruit Pastilles!

(Nice to see that Dave Cameron is continuing to make sure that he is the Tory SpokesPerson On Everything In The World Ever. I can't remember the last time I heard The Official Tory View on any subject from anyone else. Apart from Chris Grayling, who doesn't count, as I'm pretty sure he's not actually a human being.)

Paedophiles

Just goes to show how many High Street Paedos there really are. Too bloody many to count.

The Sun Runs the Country

Well if there was ever any doubt. Front page headline, no matter how comical, in the farce^W Sun and Clown Cameron bends over to support them. Well done Con Central.

"Tory supremo David Cameron fulminated this morning on BBC London Radio: "There is a classic example today where Primark are apparently pushing padded bras on seven-year-olds, which I think is completely disgraceful.

"The sort of country I want* is one where it is not just the government [that] feels outraged about the early commercialisation and sexualisation of our children but companies should stop doing it, they should take some responsibility.""

What utter crap. Its almost as comical as the whole bloody outrage on a non-event (and I have an eight year old daughter before the Moral Police turn up).

Primark sell clothes. If people want to buy them, they will buy the and Primark will buy more. If no one wants them, they will stop selling them. Seems a pretty basic bit of economic theory.

However the Tories obviously dont agree with this and despite their claims for a "small government" they feel its suitable to get all involved and whine about a business doing business things. I smell hypocrisy but it might just be an after effect of lunch...

"Companies should take some responsibility" - WTF? They do. How many seven year olds go shopping in Primark on their own?

That should be the biggest headline. Where are these children getting the money to go round town to buy bras? Or should Primark and the Government step into accomodate weak, pointless parents? Doesnt sound very tory to me.

And judging on the moral outrage this has caused, it is not "just the government" that is concerned its the tabloids. And we know they pull every string that doesnt have a banker attached to one end (I will leave the jokes about the other end to reader discretion, I dont want to inflame the moralising idiots who find words evil....)

Still its good to see that the Sun can show pictures of an 18 year olds tits but find the idea that the seven year old looking at the paper might ask for a padded bra (and her parents being too braindead to say "dont be silly") morally wrong. Its even better that ConCam can clarify his cat on a hot tin roof position following the manifesto claims.

Epic fails all round reall.

Cameron..

I guess commercialisation of children does not include monetization for political gain.

Where are CEOP when you need them?

What we need is a CEOP panic button on every shelf at Primark and other high street stores. That way if you go round and feel your children are being exploited by the stores, you have some way of dealing with it rather than NOT BUYING IT FOR YOUR KIDS.

KERPOW

"We're not quite sure what Keenan's going on about here, or indeed what colour this "paedophile pound" might be, although we're certain it'll contain a touch of glitter."

Hot coffee. Monitor. Keyboard. Beard. Dribbling out of nostrils and into lungs. You bastard.

Oh, somebody think of the children!!

But not too much, and certainly not in padded bikinis, you dirty, dirty man!!

Clothing for children...

Padded bikini's are bad - yes - but the media has blown this out of proportion...

I fail to see how this could be any worse than the Disney High School Musical cheerleader outfits -which our local supermarket sells for 4 year olds....

Its the parents buying the stuff not the sellers that need educating to not buy the stuff.

For all the outrage

I seem to recall that my sister wanted a 'binki' when she was 7 or 8 back in the late 1960s. I'm sure that if you went to any beach in the world any time in the last 40 years you'll see tots in two piece swimwear, though the top bit probably wasn't padded out to give the impression of breasts.

Paedophile pound?

I thoght the Vatican was in the eurozone.

Big government, small government?

Not that I particularly like the item of clothing.....but the sort of country I want is the sort where the government keeps to doing what the government should be doing (like balancing the budget) and doesn't try to involve itself in every aspect of people's private and personal lives, including what they wear.

DaveC talks the language of small government but acts just like the Stalinist big-government dictatorship that is New Labour!

If there's a market for this stuff then let the market decide. The fact that we middle class intellectuals don't like it doesn't really matter, on the Swansea council estates where they probably sell they may be very popular and it's not for Dave 'Eton' Cameron to tell them what to wear. Next he'll be dictating that they must wear coat and tails to dinner!

Rent-A-Quote MPs...

If nothing else, it's good to be reminded that the Great Paedogeddon is in safe hands, no matter what the colour of the next Government. As bad as each other, and all incapable of rational thought on the subject, they will do absolutely nothing to restore any modicum of common sense, whilst doing their utmost best to misinform, distract and sensationalise in the desperate hope of scoring a few more cheap political points.

It's all a bit depressing.

Get a Life - Please !!!

Come on people, I seen at least a few of you say you have young daughters, so are non of you ever at home? do you never watch them play?

ITS CALLED DRESSING UP.

All little girls do it, many of them from what I've seen never stop; and yes they stuff things into tops of their costumes, tennis balls, balloons etc etc so they can look grown up or look like mum.

There is always going to be someone who dresses up their kids to look like a cheap whore, and there is always going to someone willing to print a story about it. The more you keep reacting to these sad, sick purveyors of garbage the more they will write.

Let the kids have their fun - leave them be and get a life...

@HFoster

"toy companies who wanted to sell the f*** out of their products"

As opposed to clothing companies who want to sell the f*** into their customers, of course...

Padded Tops

Why do little girls need to wear tops when they swim at all? They don't have anything to cover. As long as we're pretending they have breasts, why not pad the tops to make it look like they do?

Tits or GFTO

This could all have been prevented if people were still laying eggs.

Damn you, evolution!

The paedophile pound?

That's obviously where all those puppies that they need so much help looking for end up.

"stamp this kind of sexualisation of children"

Maybe you meant 'stamp OUT'

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A suggestion for the self-appointed guardians of public morality

Some eight-year-olds have obvious early breast development

Other eight-year-olds want to look as if they have

Some mothers of eight-year-olds like dressing their kids as if they were teenagers

Almost all adult women emphasise their breasts to a greater or lesser extent -- even those who don't have any seem to see a need to create the appearance of breasts.

Is it surprising that someone should market a bikini top for young girls to do for them what it seems is deemed relevant for older females?

If the self-righteous would-be guardians of public morality were really interested in modesty they might be better campaigning against tops and bottoms without padding or interlining to conceal anything at all when they get wet.

Why

have none of you raised the usual rallying cry for this sort of article.

Repeat after me " Think of the children, think of the children!

I come from the era well before all the claptrap that fills the mass media now.

Forgive me for any offence, I apologise etc. etc.

All done now.

The Nanny State, wrapping our kids in cotton wool...

...er... wait a minute. That would be padding, wouldn't it?

I could say that it's a slow news day but when did The Sun last let news get in the way of a "scandal"?

Old enough for what?

So they're deemed old enough for "how to do it" lessons on sexual intercourse (in the name of "sex education," of course) but not deemed old enough for wearing a padded bikini top?