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You may have read in recent days of the controversy surrounding the Pig family.

In case not, Daddy Pig, Mummy Pig, Peppa Pig and George Pig have been criticised by PC parents for not wearing seatbelts whilst driving around in their piggy car.

As a result, the makers of Peppa Pig (Jamie's favourite programme, for the record) have been forced to promise that the Pigs will belt up in future series.

Additionally, animators have agreed to spend the next three months adding seatbelts and car seats to old episodes of the show.

You can probably make a well-educated guess as to my views on all of this. So, instead, I'll offer the observations of two others which amused me.

First, from Phil Davies at Astley Baker Davies, the production company which makes the programme, who said with classic bluntness: “We thought, ‘This is a family of bloody pigs for God’s sake.” Indeed.

And the second, from an unnamed scribe at The Sunday Times, made me laugh out loud:

Pointing out that some concerned parents had apparently argued the addition of seatbelts would make the cartoon "more realistic," the mystery journo added dryly:

"When you see a family of pigs out for a drive, it's very rare these days to see them without seatbelts."

Magnificent.