I’ve written to both my MP Andrew Smith and to the Home Secretary Theresa May concerning the proposed Girls Gone Wild crew coming to film in Britain. This programme deliberately manipulates an area of ambiguity between consent and its absence in targetting young women who are already drunk to gain ‘consent’ to sexual performance on camera. Allegedly, crew are paid a $1000 bonus for finding girls on the eve of their 18th birthday in order to film them at the stroke of midnight as sexual activity including taking part in pornography becomes legal. Those taking part sign waivers to make sure that they have no claim over any profits the company makes. But how can a waiver signed whilst drunk be valid in law? How can it be valid in law when the party profiting from the waiver has deliberately targetting only those who are already drunk? Surely this is a conspiracy to massage the very limits of legality.
Yesterday I had a reply from Damian Green, Minister for Immigration. He wrote: “I hope you will understand any information contained in applications to the UK Border Agency is treated as strictly confidential and is not normally disclosed to third parties. …… I can, however, confirm that the Visa Sections in Los Angeles and New York have been notified about the nature of this tour and of your interest in the matter. Should an application for entry clearance be lodged by the film crew the Visa Sections will take the appropriate action.”