PETER HITCHENS: When even the stairs are bossing us about, it's time we rebelled

This is Peter Hitchens���s Mail on Sunday column

At the very height of the Blair regime, the story was told of the New Labour MP who went to get his hair cut. He was wearing headphones, which the barber gently removed before proceeding. As the barber snipped, the MP slumped in the chair, as if asleep.
Quite used to his clients nodding off, the hairdresser continued till he was done, and then gently tried to wake his client. But he could not do so. An ambulance was called and the paramedics sho...