Lap Dancing: Easy Target?
The fat cats are back, which of course means that the recession must be over….maybe not but news stories about big bonuses in the city have brought one of the media’s hate figures (the banker, fat cat character in £1,000 suit and a fat wallet to match) have re-emmerged much to their delight. Their favourite haunt was of course Stringfellows or similar lap dancing club, meaning that these clubs (and all the others around the country who have never had a ‘fat cat’ through the doors) have been tainted by association.
Lap dancing clubs appeared more and more under New Labour and we are seeing the backlash on all ideas from the 90s, so it makes sense to through the baby out with the bathwater and close clubs down! It looks like (now abscent MPs) who proposed the new lap dancing legislation will get their way and all venues will need to apply for new licenses in the next year.
Deputy Prime Minister Harriet Harman has accused the Tories of wanting to replace kids health centres with lap dancing clubs (one in every community) which is hypocritical as Labour brought in the current legislation in the first place and only thought to change it when they needed support! Stripping and lap dancing has become a political football to be knocked back and forward, like football violence in the 80s, drugs in the 90s.