The charity Oxfam has come under fire for issuing a bizarre ‘inclusive’ language guide to staff. The 92-page report warns against ‘colonial’ phrases such as ‘headquarters’, suggests ‘local’ may be offensive and says ‘people’ could be patriarchal. All the familiar rubbish was trotted out: ‘parent’ is preferable to ‘mother’ or ‘father’, and ‘people who become pregnant’ should be used instead of ‘expectant mothers’.