UKIP in election pledge to ban âethnicâ emojis
UKIP have promised that victory in the general election will see them outlaw the recently introduced ethnic emojis in Appleâs ecosystem. In a hastily redrafted manifesto, leader Nigel Farage called the move to include ethnic minorities in the emoji catalogue a âridiculous example ofÂ political correctness and an attack on our traditional British values.â Technology experts said the new emojis will feature in OSX version 10.10.3, and should be angering UKIP-supporting Mac owners within weeks. Programmer Simon Williams told us, âWhat theyâve done is change something most people were used to using, in order to make it more open and inclusive for people who donât have white skin â and we know how much UKIP loves that sort of thing.â A UKIP spokesperson said that givingÂ the emojis faces of various shades of brown costs money, and that ultimately it is the consumer who will be paying for this âcomplete madnessâ. They told us, âA UKIP government would put a stop to this pandering to brown people, no matter what shade they might be.â âEveryone knows that the indigenous British people are Simpsons yellow, and so emojisÂ should all stay that way.â âWeâve had a look, and apparently you canât forcibly repatriate an emoji, so banning them is our only plan.â