You must be joking

In another blinding example of how out of control the bullying State has become, the government is to issue the "Dad Pack" to prospective fathers, dishing out otiose and patronising advice. The absurdly unnecessary booklet, for which the taxpayer has paid £50,000, tells fathers not to hassle their partners for sex, on the one hand, but also implores them not to go out and have an affair during pregnancy and after the birth of their child.

Not content with accusing men of being rapists and wife beaters, the State is now talking to men who are new fathers as though they are immature, selfish little brats.

When will this overweening State learn to butt out and let people take responsibility for their own lives? Ah yes, it's New Labour, so that would be never. How depressing.