Downs Syndrome: Is that a bustle in your hedgerow or are you just glad to see me?

Do Englishmen prefer doormice to gerbils? George Michael could not be reached for comment.

Bristol City Council wants to prune bushes and remove cover from an area known as the Downs to improve the landscape and encourage rare wildlife.

But its own gay rights group has opposed the move, claiming that cutting back the bushes was “discriminating” to homosexual men who used the area for late night outdoor sex known as dogging.