Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
The mediaeval London Bridge in the context of the modern city. Art by Julian Hoffman Anton and David Fletcher.
I love this recurring bit where journos try to ask Starmer what motivates him and his answer is always something lofty that bears no relation to his policies
Rory Stewart urges public to be 'more forgiving' of Nigel Farage's school remarks in wake of antisemitism claims It comes after more than a dozen school contemporaries of the Reform UK leader claimed he made racist and antisemitic remarks while he attended prestigious private school Dulwich College
This immediately makes me wonder what Rory was like as a teenager…
this sounds like a joke but it's really not.
'gender critical' is a tiny movement but the ppl involved are all in powerful positions and have megaphones.
I mean how many more times and in how many ways will Keir Starmer tell a huge part of his former voter base to fuck off
No that's not *your* on *our behalf*. Your job is to report the story, presenting all sides fairly and then *we* call it. What Mason is saying here is fundamentally not what the bbc is for!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is a useful place where the leftist cranks can go while the Greens and a post-Starmer Labour Left get on with it
I don't use the word lightly, but this is really just evil isn't it. "Your identity makes us uncomfortable so be gone from public spaces." Fuck off.
Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Tip for the Labour Party. If you have to clarify asylum seekers’ wedding rings won’t be seized, your policy is horrific. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is largely because a) he's actually thought long and hard about it b) he has a consistent view of how the world can be improved c) he understands blue Labour are utter idiots
Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend’s or relative’s accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated , uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the “most wealthy person in the world.”
Keep seeing everyone reference Joyce Carol Oates critiquing EM but had not seen the post itself and it is as cutting as one can expect from a writer witb a grand career & a world start shit poster. Weild class in a way that got under his skin as well.
Say what you will about them but at least Change UK managed to have a Nando’s dinner first
Borough High Street showing large numbers of pedestrians pushed onto small pavements with most space allocated to motor traffic
Borough High Street showing large numbers of pedestrians pushed onto small pavements with most space allocated to motor traffic
Borough High Street showing large numbers of pedestrians pushed onto small pavements with most space allocated to motor traffic
Borough High Street / London Bridge is a great example of unfair allocation of roadspace. Look at all these pedestrians crammed onto tiny footways.
Andy Burnham has made his leadership pitch – my piece on why his “popular left programme” is a challenge to Starmer. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...
READ - v Important 🧵👇🏼
The EHRC was captured by transphobes under the Tories and Labour could have appointed a new head but they did not, because they are also transphobic. Bigoted shits, the lot of them.
I know there are bigger problems in this country that impact me personally more directly at the moment but this is also insane www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
Anyone who attends a rally is now an 'activist', apparently, so their views can be neatly dismissed.
You get a lot of centrist YIMBY types going on about planning and "get government red tape out the way and just build build build!" but impossible to look at this graph and draw any conclusion other than "oh, shit, the shortfall is just state housing"
It's still illegal to discriminate against you for being trans, but is legal to discriminate against you for any expression of that transness is a frankly absurd interpretation of the law and it's extremely evident none of these people sincerely think trans people should exist.
Screenshot of an Associated Press article titled “UK’s top court says definition of a woman is based on biological sex and excludes transgender people.” The subheadline reads: “The ruling means that a transgender person with a certificate that recognizes them as female should not be considered a woman for equality purposes.” Below the headline is a photo of two smiling women holding hands and raising their arms in apparent celebration. One wears a green cardigan and pants; the other wears a black blazer and floral blouse. The article is by Sylvia Hui, Brian Melley, and Jill Lawless, and was updated at 12:55 PM EDT on April 16, 2025.
There's maybe no photo that better defines this ghastly era than these people celebrating the right to deny shelter to homeless trans women in the name of female empowerment.
A fringe group of bigoted weirdos have dragged British media, government, and law into their hateful obsession with trans people. Grim, depressing, and dangerous. Everyone with power in the UK who's played along should be ashamed of themselves.
I can’t help but think something has gone wrong in your life if you’re spending your morning off work holding a sign that says “Large Gametes”.
From NYT article about the increasing use of AI in the classroom: “Writing is one of the most challenging tasks for students, which is why it is so tempting for some to ask A.I. to do it for them. In turn, A.I. can be useful for teachers who would like to assign more writing, but are limited in their time to grade it.”
Why even have a brain, any ideas, any ability to express them, any kind of communication with other people, any desire to solve problems or invent anything, any reason to learn, any use for your eyes or your heart, or any reason to teach or create
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I love staying in a hotel. I’ve just had a mid Club Sandwich in bed whilst watching an episode of QI. Might have a bath in a minute
it has some great moments, and some of the dancing is stunning, but fundamentally it's not a musical - it's a nerdy film for nerdy film people
watching Singin' in the Rain for the first time and it makes sense to me now why film people love it and musicals/theatre people don't give it a second thought