Lads' mags cover ultimatum
The Co-operative has given publishers of lads' magazines an ultimatum to cover them up in "modesty bags" or face having them removed from shelves across 4,000 stores.
Former lads' mag editor 'appalled' by Co-op ultimatum
Former editor of Front magazine Piers Hernu said he was "shocked and appalled" by the Co-op's threat to stop selling lads' magazines, while Sophie Bennett from the Lose the Lads' Mags campaign group labelled the publications "pornography".
They debated the issue in the ITV News studio:
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