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'''Swinging London''' was the approving term coined by [[Time Magazine]] in 1966 to describe the process of social, moral and cultural depredation affecting [[western]] society in [[the Sixties|the 1960s]], epitomized in the fashionable life of the [[British]] capital. Ostensibly concerned with [[fashion|Fashion Industry Values]], popular music and film and photography (photographers such as David Bailey became major celebrities), Swinging London was also

'''Swinging London''' was the approving term coined by [[Time Magazine]] in 1966 to describe the process of social, moral and cultural degredation affecting [[western]] society in [[the Sixties|the 1960s]], epitomized in the fashionable life of the [[British]] capital. Ostensibly concerned with [[fashion|Fashion Industry Values]], popular music and film and photography (photographers such as David Bailey became major celebrities), Swinging London also had a sinister side which has cast its poisonous shadow over the succeeding decades. Reckless promiscuity and the deadly values of a rampaging drugs 'scene' were two of its most virulent aspects; the widespread acceptance of contraception, abortion, and legalised homosexuality also accompanied a leftward political shift which saw a [[socialist]] [Home Secretary]], Roy Jenkins, dismantle many of the institutional safeguards against moral collapse.