Clarke waters down stupidity law

Home Secretary Charles Clarke has changed proposed stupidity laws after intense criticism of the section banning the glorifying of stupidity. In the revised version, prosecutors would have to show an intent to incite acts of stupidity.
"What this means," said Sue de Panzuvem, Adenews Legal Eagle, "is that it will now be okay to say something like 'I think it is great you are stupid' but it will be illegal to say something like 'I think it is great he is stupid, you should be more like him'."
But the free-speech pressure group Let Us Say XXXX argues that the new law will impinge on ordinary people's rights. "Laws preventing people saying stupid things can be used against all sorts," said Red Pencil, the group's leader. "Ken Livingstone, Russell Crowe, Prince Philip, Chris Eubank, to name but a few."
But Mr Clarke still faces a battle to get the legislation through parliament. Two top judges, Lord Alummy and Lord Luvus today issued a statement saying the proposals would be unworkable. "We are very, very old," it said, "and so we know what we are talking about. We have looked at these proposals and we do not understand a single word."
Mr Clarke has suffered intense scrutiny of his private as well as public life since it was revealled last month that he is the product of a failed cloning experiment using genetic material from Ken Clarke and Prince Charles.