Peter Brookes in the Times this morning: Times lead: President Trump said he found it “easier” to deal with Russia than Ukraine as he claimed that President Putin was “doing what anybody else would do” by intensifying his bombing of the war-torn country. The US president, who has been widely criticised for his willingness to…

Oliver Brown in the Telegraph: Sex is real, and it matters. In sport, this elemental truth cannot be affirmed loudly enough. It is impossible to mount any effective defence of the female category without first stating why the inclusion of trans athletes compromises its integrity, namely because they are biologically male. When the fundamental physiological…

The whole American political establishment – Democrat and Republican – are complicit in the election of Trump. Democrat support for the crazy/unpopular policy of men identifying into women’s sport is just one symptom. Maybe this is an early sign of a potential course correction. pic.twitter.com/Uh9zOM0Sbm — Sonia Sodha (@soniasodha) March 6, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Maybe so:…

What a mess this all is. Akua Reindorf disentangles the For Women Scotland case in the Supreme Court. Does the law recognises that lesbians are — first, foremost and exclusively — women? And are they allowed to gather in organised groups without having to let heterosexual males join in? For Women Scotland v The Scottish…

A gloomy prognosis from Yigal Carmon, founder and president of MEMRI: The media, which should have known better, are talking about the day after the Gaza war as if it will be characterized by a political solution for peace. This is the last thing that will be possible after the war ends, if and when…

From the Times: A leading Russian state television presenter has boasted that President Trump has not set the Kremlin any conditions for peace in Ukraine and that his only demands have been towards Kyiv. Olga Skabeyeva, a television host who has been called “Putin’s Iron Doll”, made the comments after Andrii Yermak, President Zelensky’s chief…

Illarionov says he learned of the Trump administration decision to cut off all military support to Ukraine on February 25th, before Zelensky's White House meeting on February 28th.Zelensky's visit was then blamed retroactively in the March 4th announcement of the decision. pic.twitter.com/4LyPDaGEFd — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) March 5, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js If this is true, then…

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Michael Gove in the JC on that Gaza documentary: Last month the BBC broadcast a “documentary” on life in Gaza. To say it was a problematic piece of journalism would be like suggesting arsenic was not a perfect mixer for cocktails. The narrator of the film, the hero of the show, was the son of…

Standing in solidarity with women everywhere As the largest women’s organisation in the country, we’re celebrating 50 years of the Equal Pay Act and the Sex Discrimination Act this International Women’s Day. UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea https://t.co/gTgDYLgEed — UNISON – UK's largest union (@unisontheunion) March 4, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Worth checking out the comments.  "Neither…