Jolly old Jolyon: a better (tax) lawyer than a writer of fiction - but that's a low bar!

Women are women. Men are men. This is even simpler.

Three Chinese vessels have navigated through the Strait of Hormuz recently with the facilitation and coordination of relevant sides, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning confirmed on Tuesday.

Dear Phoebe, I read your Observer piece this morning on the reported “exodus” from Girlguiding - and I was genuinely shocked. Not because you presented a different perspective to my recent Telegraph reporting on the problems within Girlguiding. That’s part of journalism. But because you chose to include the case of a six-year-old little boy who reportedly tried to cut off his own penis - after being told he couldn't be part of Rainbows (the section of Girlguiding for 5–7 year olds). Presenting it as evidence of a problem with Girlguiding’s admissions policy. It is not. It is a deeply distressing account involving a very young child - and, on any view, a serious welfare concern. Framing it otherwise is a profound failure of editorial judgement. You also refer to this male child throughout using female pronouns, including the phrase “her penis”. I appreciate this may reflect current editorial conventions. But it sits uneasily with the basic duty of a journalist to report clearly and accurately on material facts. I was already aware of this case through my own reporting for the Sunday Telegraph. I made a conscious decision not to include it at this stage - both because a minor is involved and because of the ethical considerations that arise when reporting on such sensitive situations. Those considerations are not optional. You will know, as I do, that journalism is not simply about presenting competing narratives. It is about establishing facts clearly, handling vulnerable subjects with care and exercising judgement about what should - and should not - be used to advance an argument.

I trained as a journalist in the early 2000s - a good 20 years earlier than you did - but to my knowledge nothing has changed. Good journalism should bring clarity. It should not muddy the facts - in order to promote an ideological position. In this context, that means being clear about sex - a material fact that is both legally and practically relevant. I appreciate you may be under pressure from colleagues or editors to frame stories in a particular way - or to use she/her pronouns, or the phrase “her penis”. But that doesn’t make it right. Earlier this week, the Manchester Evening News reported a violent murder as being committed by a woman - one of many examples of inaccurate reporting around sex and gender. In this case, even the Crown Prosecution Service - the public body responsible for prosecuting criminal cases in England and Wales - also reported the crime inaccurately. So that’s two professions we should be able to trust to tell the truth - providing inaccurate information. Crime statistics matter. Without accurate data on who is committing serious violence, we cannot properly understand it - let alone prevent it. I considered raising this privately, or writing to your editor. But this issue is too important to be brushed aside with a “thank you for your feedback”. I’m happy to discuss it with you privately, or to support a conversation with your editor if that would be helpful. But I hope this gives you - and your colleagues - serious pause for thought. Because it is very much needed. Janet

This is an appalling article by Phoebe Davis in the Observer. Freelance writer and journalist Janet Murray explains why:

Biggest march against the far-right in British history.

📍 Happening now: Park Lane to Whitehall, London

You won't want to miss it.
#uniteagainsttheright #antifa #nokings #resist #Revolt #reclaim

According to BlueSky violent men are a protected group.

Historic demonstration against the far right happening in London right now.

Tens of thousands of people from all walks of life are marching against hate ( amnesty international)

Great to be on the @togetheralliance.bsky.social demo today - the range of groups was huge and diverse. Some political differences for sure but we stood together today in huge numbers against the Far-Right. #NoPasaran #Together

Lynsey Sharp Interview After Race With Caster Semenya - 2016 YouTube video by Save Women's Sports

Semenya has a disorder of male sexual development & has probably fathered children via IVF & ICSI. Should not have been able to obliterate the careers of a generation of elite female athletes.
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I'm no fan of Greens or Polanski but this is bad journalism. Daily Mail hacks spoke to 'extended family' 'none of whom now talk to him' As if that proves something. Extended families often don't even know each other! Going after families is rotten anyway to do so because he's Jewish is really low.

#Wolverhampton on our way to the #TogetherAlliance march against #racism & the far-right in London today. Coach overflowing, we're on the move!

No evidence of 'family voting' in Gorton and Denton by-election An investigation into alleged

As the police find no evidence whatsoever of illegal family voting or voter coercion in the Gorton and Denton by-election, the BBC should ask themselves why, on the morning of the result, they gave so much airtime to these absurd and obviously racist claims from Nigel Farage

At the 2016 Olympics, three men with DSDs took the top medals in the 800M Women's event.

Lynsey Sharp, who placed sixth, explained in tears that it had been "difficult" to compete against Caster Semenya.

The real winners:
🥇Melissa Bishop
🥈Joanna Jozwik
🥉Lynsey Sharp
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Such a gross misrepresentation of of the regulations, their impact, the sports science - pretty much everything really.

All to privilege a handful of males by allowing them to steal the olympic competition & medals of female athletes. Shame on you.

Are gender affirming surgeries, the removal of healthy body parts, life saving or life enhancing?

If life saving - what is the evidence?

If life enhancing - what should the guardrails be for children & adults? Should they be performed by UK National Health Service at a time of budget constraints?

🧵The Covid Inquiry’s latest reports have made one thing brutally clear: the first year of the pandemic - and especially the second Covid wave in winter 2020/21 - was devastating.

Much of that devastation was avoidable.

This 🧵: impact on NHS, impact on bereaved, and avoidable harm. 1/19

This devastating, emotional, 2-minute clip of the oral evidence from Professor Kevin Fong (@drkevinfong.bsky.social) discussing his hospital visits at the height of the second wave perhaps explains it best. 7/19

Le Monde: 'Majority' of ICC bureau members support Karim Khan exoneration report French newspaper corroborates details of MEE's exclusive reporting, with one source warning of a will by some to 'put the prosecutor on the guillotine'

Le Monde: 'Majority' of ICC bureau members support Karim Khan exoneration report - www.middleeasteye.net/news/le-monde-majority-i...

Nah, those of us who understand the significance of sex will be fine with it and so will the vast majority of the public. And in the Global South where a large majority of undiagnosed DSD cases exist it will be seen as justice.
#SexMatters #IOC

International Olympic Committee announces new Policy on the Protection of the Female (Women’s) Category in Olympic Sport The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a new Policy on the Protection of the Female (Women’s) Category in Olympic Sport and Guiding Considerations for International Federations and Sp...

1/2 I welcome this announcement and thank the IOC for restoring dignity, fairness and safety to its policies regarding the female category - rooted in common sense, facts and science! 👏

www.olympics.com/ioc/news/int...

IOC announces new Policy on the Protection of the Female (Women’s) Category in Olympic Sport YouTube video by IOC Media

Eligibility for any female category event at the Olympic Games or any other IOC event, including individual and team sports, is now limited to biological females, determined on the basis of a one‑time SRY gene screening.
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Podcasting and partisanship - I listened to the 11KBW Employment Podcast in which Katherine Taunton and Dan Stillitz KC discussed four recent cases on single-sex spaces: Peggie v NHS Fife and Beth Upton, Kelly v Leonardo UK Ltd, H...

Naomi Cunningham KC listened to the 11KBW Employment Podcast in which Katherine Taunton & Dan Stillitz KC discussed four recent cases on single-sex spaces. Her response: "This is men’s rights activism dressed up as legal analysis." Read more below.
www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2026/03/25/p...

Moby Runs His Mouth About “Lola”… Picks a Fight With The Kinks—Absolute Wanker Move YouTube video by Norman Maslov

DON'T FUCK WITH THE KINKS OR BROTHERS DAVIES.

Moby in an October 2001 interview with British "Making Music" magazine, defended the right of Gary Glitter to own child pornography. Think about that. He's dogshit.

Ain't that the truth...

"Cuban people, oppose these punitive policies and demand the right of every nation to live, develop and determine it's own future free from intimidation."
Jeremy Corbyn.

¡Cuba sí, bloqueo no!
Cuba yes, blockade no! #Cuba 🇨🇺

Together Alliance demonstration: 28 March Roger McKenzie, NUJ Black Members’ Council co-chair, explains why NUJ members will march in solidarity and hope on 28 March.

Get ready to march next Saturday www.nuj.org.uk/resource/tog...

@harrietharman.bsky.social hasn’t the emotional intelligence to understand she wasn’t the right woman to comment about Jenni Murray on the BBC. It needed someone like Suzanne Moore who understands the great courage and integrity needed to sacrifice her job for women’s sex based rights

"A large-scale robbery is taking place: the theft of women's achievement. The more incredible a woman is, the more barriers she busts through, the more GNC she is deemed to be. In this perverse schema, by definition, the more amazing a woman is, the less she counts as a woman." -Abigail Shrier

Israeli forces fire white phosphorus shells in southern Lebanon: Report <article data-history-node-id="436441" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-fire-white-phosphorus-shells-southern-lebanon-report" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-fire-white-phosphorus-shells-southern-lebanon-report" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces fire white phosphorus shells in southern Lebanon: Report </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli forces are shelling the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura with artillery and phosphorus-filled rounds, Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting.</p> <p>Ground fighting reportedly broke out in the area with clashes reported between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters inside the town.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli forces fire white phosphorus shells in southern Lebanon: Report - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-upda...