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ATTENTION everyone!

A new low for political correctness has been reached.

That is the message from Nicola Scholes, English mother of an 11-year-old boy who was barred from participating in his school’s World Book Day because he turned up as a character from Fifty Shades of Grey.

Adorned in a grey suit, the only thing to identify his character (apart from the child’s vocal enthusiasm) was the cable ties and eye mask that he had in hand.

However the imagery was too much for teachers at the Manchester school who disallowed Liam from being pictured with the rest of the class.

According to the Manchester Evening News, Liam’s mum received a call shortly after he arrived, informing her the child had been removed from the day’s celebrations after his costume was deemed inappropriate.

offensive costume.Excluded from photos, told to change yet teacher dressed as a serial killer and others with guns? pic.twitter.com/8OTZ9gPvEh — nicola scholes (@clangar) March 5, 2015

Ms. Scholes told the Manchester news sitethat after discussing it with friends, she didn’t see a problem with the costume.

“If it was a primary school I could understand but it’s a secondary school and the book and the film have been everywhere — it’s one of the most famous books in recent years and it’s not like the pupils will be unaware of it,” she said.

She was also disappointed with what she perceived as the hypocrisy of a teacher turning up as serial killer, Dexter.

“One of the teachers went dressed as Dexter and I don’t see why sex is seen as more offensive than murder,” she said.

The book is notorious for its depiction of bondage sex scenes and the movie adaptation has proved divisive and controversial in equal measure.

Whether the case of Liam highlights the overly puritanical nature of modern society or the dangerous sexualisation on pre-teens is up for debate.

But regardless of whether you agree with Liam’s mum or the actions of the school, just add the incident to the long list of headlines generated by the inescapable Fifty Shades of Grey.