Agent Provocateur marketing department rejects MBE

The marketing department of lingerie firm Agent Provocateur yesterday refused to accept an MBE from "morally corrupt" prime minister Tony Blair. A spokesman said the refusal was in protest at the torture of children in Iraq and Afghanistan and the erosion of hard-fought civil liberties including the right to publicity. "May I take the opportunity to announce that all whips and peep-hole bras are three-for-the-price-of-two, this week only," he added.