Astonishing opening to @WyreDavies's report on @BBCr4today one the Israeli strike on Qatar. Every single element is grotesquely wrong: "There's no love lost in Israel for Hamas or its political leadership. Most people in Israel hold them directly responsible for what happened on… — Stephen Pollard (@stephenpollard) September 10, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Full text: "There's no…

This is your periodic reminder that the "global community" got really, really mad when Israel arrested Eichmann in Argentina. — come into my tent (@boom_tentpeg) September 9, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Also the hostage rescue at Entebbe. Also the bombing of Iraq’s nuclear reactor. Etc. etc.. The BBC – Bowen: Diplomacy in ruins after Israel strikes Hamas…

This paper is just as much fun as you might expect from the abstract. pic.twitter.com/Z7BypqrrZ7 — Jon Pike (@runthinkwrite) September 9, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js We need to preserve these gems for future generations.

This is grim. Russian officials continue pursuing an anti-Finland rhetoric: Finland is becoming a hotbed of fascism, and the irresponsible policy of its leadership could lead to a conflict with Russia, Andrey Kartapolov, head of the State Duma's defense committee, said. According to him, he… https://t.co/vBG9djAgiz pic.twitter.com/xGqy1W4FCW — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 9, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js…

An interesting article in Fathom from German-based Kurdish academic Dastan Jasim – White Feminism – White Orientalism: A German woman with blonde hair and blue eyes walking beside me – just her presence seemed to transform me into a different person on the streets of Iraq. I received friendly yet respectful looks from drivers, vendors,…

From the Daily NK: North Korean authorities have organized a series of events to honor soldiers killed in the Russia-Ukraine war and comfort their grieving families, but some North Koreans describe these ceremonies as elaborate political theater designed to serve the regime’s strategic goals. You don't say. Critics point to scenes of North Korean leader…

Helen Joyce on the disgraced trans-identifying ex-cop weaponising the justice system – with the full backing of the police: This is a short post to explain why it’s a short post — the answer being because when Graham Linehan was arrested on the tarmac at Heathrow last week for three tweets, I was immediately pretty…

More on Gordon Guyatt, the Canadian doctor who coined the phrase "evidence based medicine", then went and signed a document supporting "gender-affirming care", where evidence-based medicine doesn't apply. He, um, didn't read it. Me: You signed a statement calling “gender affirming care” for youth medically necessary. Guyatt: WHAT!? That’s RIDICULOUS. I would never say that.…

I posted the other day about Cathy Larkman, visited by the police for "deadnaming". Here she is on Talk TV: "The POLICE force spent 10 months investigating me for calling a transgender activist ‘Fred’ instead of ‘Freda’ on social media." "Two police officers SHOWED up at my house over three tweets I wrote years ago.@TVKev…

It's the College of Policing we have to thank for the advice to police forces that they should "record all 'non-crime hate incidents' – incidents that are perceived to be motivated by hostility but are not criminal offences". How well that's worked out we can see from the Graham Linehan farce. And now: Transgender women…