Further to the Democrat problem with gender (previous post) – an issue they seem determined to ignore, despite its relevance to their position today sitting on their hands while Trump destroys  the economy and America's reputation – here's Matt Osborn, via Kara Dansky's Terf Report: Democrats have a serious problem understanding the opposition they face…

Janice Turner in the Times: On a hike in Ecuador, I chatted with a couple of New York Democrats. Humane, politically engaged professionals, they’d been blindsided by Trump’s re-election and I asked how they explained it. “The problem,” said one of them earnestly, “is half of America is just incredibly stupid.” He encapsulated the progressive…

After that report from StandWithUs on antisemitism in UK universities, here's Baroness Deech in the Times: The insidious spread of anti-Jewish racism at our supposedly world-renowned universities has spiralled out of control since Hamas’s October 7 atrocities. That it has become normalised and a source of social capital for some students brings shame upon our…

The skittles are starting to fall after the Supreme Court ruling. 🚨 BREAKING: Teen footballer Cerys Vaughan has WON her appeal after being banned for asking a bearded trans player: “Are you a man?” The FA’s case against her was thrown out after a damning ruling exposed a flawed and unfair process — one that…

"I want London to grow and thrive over the next decade and our creative industries have a central role to play. They help make London the greatest city in the world" – Sadiq Khan, announcing backing for the film industry The unwanted company of Gal Gadot's filming crew, today. pic.twitter.com/maxw3UX5AI — habibi (@habibi_uk) May 9,…

That'll be the Greens, according to Shahrar Ali in the Telegraph: After the resignation of Carla Denyer, the Green Party is facing a leadership contest for which the membership has had their opportunity for genuine debate about its policy platform and electoral priorities artificially restricted. No activist or spokesperson who dares to stand up for…

Stella O'Malley draws a parallel between the grooming gangs scandal and the explosion of "gender dysphoria": It’s striking how two seemingly unrelated issues can sometimes reveal the same deep-rooted problems in society. On the one hand there are the UK grooming gang scandals – horrifying crimes, ignored for decades, involving networks of Pakistani Muslim men…

On that new digital ID system: Digital forms of ID will soon replace paper docs. If you’re a disabled woman & want a female carer you may ask for proof of biological sex. But if data for digital ID is taken from any document other than birth certificate, the sex marker may be false. Who…

This is good. There’s an astonishing quantity of nonsense being talked about the Supreme Court’s FWS judgment, still, including by otherwise reputable lawyers who should know better. — Legal Feminist (@legalfeminist) May 8, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Full thread: So let's get a few things straight. Generally, in law, sex doesn’t matter. But it goes further than…

As the Freedom in the Arts report showed, much of the creative world in the UK is now creative only in thinking up new ways to conform, and to demonstrate allegiance to the correct ideological positions. Jo Bartosch at The Critic: Those hoping to reach an audience soon learn that colouring outside the lines is…