It took until this morning for someone to throw in "political correctness gone mad" (or a version of it). You know you've lost the argument when you do that.
I don't get what you mean, here in east lancs, it's just a colloquial term. Generally accepted to mean that beurocrats have stopped using common sense in their decisions ranging from 'where to put your wheelie bin' to H&S.
It took until this morning for someone to throw in "political correctness gone mad" (or a version of it). You know you've lost the argument when you do that.