Melanie Phillips in the Times – Team Trump risks fatally misunderstanding Iran: His Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said last week: “If Trump can unite Iran with the Arab nations, the Middle East’s economy could surpass the EU.” What Witkoff described as “dysfunctional” Europe can apparently be junked. So much for the West, that community…

That Brighton women's group – the one whose meeting was maliciously disrupted when trans activist Sarah Savage set off a fire alarm – have now issued a statement: We are delighted to report that the event did (eventually) go ahead as planned and was a great success. We are liaising with the police and understand…

This may be Labour's cunning plan to get by the Equality Act. Just cancel women's meetings altogether, so they won't get the chance to exclude trans women and so cause trouble. Read our response⬇️to a plan which we understand @UKLabour NEC will consider on Tues The plan accepts the need to comply with the Equality…

Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri openly admitted in this podcast that Hamas knew what the consequences of October 7th would be—and that they’re fine with the outcome. He claimed that for every person who died, there would be ten more, and that homes can simply be rebuilt. This… pic.twitter.com/FdiNVc8lY3 — Ihab Hassan (@IhabHassane) May 18,…

When you are happy that you have cancelled the incredible Sir @SalmanRushdie from giving a talk at your college, you really have lost the plot. https://t.co/MBqFpcPVjH — Nicholas A. Christakis (@NAChristakis) May 17, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Details here. The cancellation came as student and local Muslim advocacy groups called the author’s presence “disrespectful” after he said…

A triple Dutch whammy. First off, from December 2023: A trans-identified male in the Netherlands charged with committing a brutal murder has been placed in a women’s prison ahead of his final hearings. Known only as “Daniela D.,” the 32-year-old Chilean national is accused of having stabbed a man 214 times, targeting his eyes, ears,…

This preening idiot. Sees there's a women-only meeting on women's health in the Brighton library, so he goes in and sets off the fire alarm and everyone has to leave. Just can't tolerate the idea of women meeting without men being allowed. Full of the well-worn jargon of trans persecution. The police, of course, let…

BBC News has polled five people on the Supreme Court ruling that women are women and found they all disagree with it. The five are four cross-dressers and a woman who says she's non-binary. The BBC adds that the survey should not be treated as 'scientific'https://t.co/Q2OeDJ2PbH — ripx4nutmeg (@ripx4nutmeg) May 18, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Added: Never…

Hadley Freeman, in today's Sunday Times, has some views on Gary Lineker: “It’s beyond depraved, what they’re going through,” he said last week about the Palestinians in Gaza, which is absolutely true. But a mere few days later he had to apologise after retweeting a video about the evils of “Zionists”, accompanied by an image…

Indianapolis, Indiana, ca. 1907. "Meridian Street — Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument." [Photo: Shorpy/Detroit Publishing Company] All those people, in costumes! Looks like a stage set.