A rather long thread.

Last night, when we heard the news of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw cancelling two concerts of the Jerusalem Quartet due to the current geopolitical situation, we were shocked. I texted my friend Danny Driver דני דרייבר and within about 20 minutes we got this going:

Today in the Lords I raised the links between Hamas and UNWRA and called on the government to use other aid agencies to help people in Gaza affected so badly by the war Hamas deliberately launched when it raped, kidnapped and murdered so many civilians on October 7th.

Nine nurseries have gender friendly status
In the FOI response, Glasgow council said that in cases where a child “is presenting as a different gender” in nurseries it asked that “wishes of the family and child are supported wherever possible”. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/1…

Thank you Rosie Duffield MP for keeping the focus where it needs to be.

Please Elon Musk can you stop X’s over zealous shadow banning or making my tweets invisible because I tweet for fair sport for women worIdwide but particularly here in the Uk. I Refuse not to talk truth, facts, stats & Science over feelings. I know that’s something you support

'For too long activists have pushed a politically motivated agenda.' Teachers must make clear that gender ideology is a 'contested belief' rather than fact if they bring it up in lessons, according to new government guidance soon to go out for consultation.freespeechunion.org/teachers-must-…

This is an extraordinary clip from Sky News. Robert Fico didn’t have liberal, pro EU politics - so it’s not surprising someone tried to gun him down and kill him in cold blood.

Just reverse that argument for a moment and ask yourself if that’s okay?

This is outrageous - and you don't have to be a fan of Toby Young to say so. It's literally a protection racket.

To be clear about the prisons backlog. The backlog is not the cause of the prison population crisis. The govt are using it as the solution - delaying hearings to slow prison admissions. To the despair of victims and the accused I am sure.

Some sports governing bodies have interpreted the Equality Act incorrectly, believing they can’t prevent men who identify as women from competing in female sports. But as Kemi Badenoch confirmed, it is lawful to exclude males from women & girls’ sport to achieve safety & fairness

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With this sort of bold feminist opinion, newish Guardian columnist Mehdi Hasan must really be shaking things up there newstatesman.com/encounter/2024…

This is wonderful. Rip-off Britain.

The ‘Boycott Divest Sanctions’ campaign against Israel is struggling with PR issues, blaming 1. Agents provocateurs 2. Trying to distance themselves from racists 3. and in particular antisemites 4. and trying to dampen their association with terrorism. bdsmovement.net/Supporting-Stu…

Interesting to note that the mainstream media report of the shooting of Fico is very different to the way they discuss violent attacks directed on centrist politicians. Little sympathy, no talk of the threat posed by political violence instead Fico is condemned as Putin's man.

Jeez, Cancel Culture is brutal. And drips of cowardice. Solidarity Warren Smith. Your questioning of a student who alleged J.K. Rowling was transphobic was a masterclass in calm, critical thinking that gave agency to the student to work it out for himself. It went viral not cos of

Baroness Butler-Sloss was the first woman on the Court of Appeal and a long-standing supporter of Stonewall. Now she says its recent leadership has misrepresented equality law and had too much sway over civil servants and other public bodies. Withering.
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🚨🚨UK Government refuses to say whether Parliament will get a vote on the WHO's Pandemic Accords
There was a debate yesterday on the World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Accords in the UK Houses of Parliament. The Minister was asked multiple times to give assurance that Parliament would have its

If you're in Cardiff next Thursday, do try to come to our event on academic freedom, featuring Jo Phoenix, Naomi Waltham-Smith and Nigel Biggar.

We've had great difficulty putting this event on and support is immensely appreciated.
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Coconut isn't a 'political critique'. I've been called it enough times by non-whites to know that it's the go-to slur by racist non-whites.
Don't fall for her crocodile tears. It's in the victimhood playbook - spout racist bile, hide behind skin colour, complain about harassment.