Mick Hartley
Politics and Culture
Category: Uncategorized
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Rampant antisemitism on the streets of Sydney. And thousands of people happily march alongside this, the Greens nod approvingly and how many more will see this image and smirk to themselves, hopeful the Jews are getting what’s coming to them. pic.twitter.com/KzHZaADbtt — Alex Ryvchin (@AlexRyvchin) September 15, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js What used to be shocking is…
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And the legal profession is, we learn, by no means immune to gender and DEI blandishments: Female barristers are rebelling against what they believe is a crackdown on lawyers with “unfashionable views” amid growing tensions over transgender issues. The Legal Feminist, a forum to discuss feminist issues in the legal system, is preparing to fight…
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We've heard already about how the NSPCC has been "completely captured" by Stonewall. Here's the latest: The NSPCC’s gender guidance is “confused” and potentially putting children at risk by encouraging them to use opposite-sex changing rooms, a charity has warned. The child protection organisation’s unit for keeping children safe in sport “actively encourages” organisations to…
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Yes, women suffer the most – but it's not just women: Lashed for drinking wine in Iran! I received this photo from Isfahan, where the authorities raided his house for holding a mixed party which is illegal under Sharia law.Meanwhile, the “reformist” president of this same country where a young man was lashed for sipping…
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The Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre debacle rumbles on. From the Times this morning: JK Rowling is leading calls for resignations across Scotland’s rape crisis service after a report found a centre in Edinburgh had “damaged” survivors. The author intervened after Mridul Wadhwa, a trans woman, quit as chief executive of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC)…
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This was one of the most extraordinary and emotive experiences I’ve had as a journalist. Seven convicted sex abusers sat silently in the dock – many looking to their families in the public gallery or glumly staring at the floor – as a survivor of the ‘harrowing’ ordeal they… — Charlie Peters (@CDP1882) September 13,…
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From MEMRI TV: British Islamist journalists marked the third anniversary of the U.S. pullout from Afghanistan with a discussion about the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in an August 28, 2024 episode of the Muslims Uncensored podcast on 5Pillars on YouTube. Editor of British Islamist media company 5pillars Roshan Salih said that he doesn’t consider…
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Victoria Smith on the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre and Mridul Wadhwa's resignation: There is nothing about the damage Wadhwa has done to ERCC that could not have been predicted several years ago. The tragedy is that plenty of those who enabled the sabotage still claim to be feminists. For women such as Nicola Sturgeon, Mhairi…
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Also of note today – finally, the 2021 census figures which massively over-estimated the number of trans people has been downgraded. Census figures claiming that there are 262,000 transgender people in England and Wales have been formally downgraded, after fears the question may have been misunderstood. On Thursday, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) requested…
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So farewell then Mridul Wadhwa: Wadhwa should never have applied for a job that was restricted to women only. He should never have been appointed. Once in post he should have acted entirely differently. After the damning ET judgment he should have resigned – & if he hadn't he should have been fired. 1/3 https://t.co/4FrxjKNwUj…