More on those "you need to be re-educated" nurses, in the Times: Transgender policies at hospitals are putting women “at risk”, four NHS nurses have claimed, after blowing the whistle on the “intimidating” behaviour of a trans colleague. Lawyers for Bethany Hutchison, Lisa Lockey, Annice Grundy, Tracey Hooper and Joanne Bradbury, who work at the…

Thread on why Labour’s existing position on gender and sex (“the Equality Act is clear on protections for single-sex spaces” – it isn’t – and “we’re going to make it easier for men to qualify for protections normally reserved for women”) waters down those protections for women. — Sonia Sodha (@soniasodha) June 24, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js…

Yes, she's getting tougher: Labour giving the same energy as a man who's been shagging a woman from work but thinks his wife should be cool about it because he's always put the bins out.https://t.co/7xF8KpetlJ — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 23, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js James Kirkup in the Spectator: When I used to write a lot…

More on the increasingly desperate battle in North Korea to counter "non-socialist elements" in films: North Korean authorities recently held an ideological struggle session for workers and artists in the movie industry, claiming that non-socialist elements have infiltrated films produced in the country. “Earlier this month, a closed-door ideological struggle session on the non-socialist phenomena…

Here we go: Labour will make it easier for people to legally transition by removing the need for them to prove they have lived as their preferred gender for two years. Under existing rules, transgender people wishing to have their new gender legally recognised must obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC). They are required to…

Talking of wrong-headed but seemingly progressive policies which the next Labour government might well choose to implement, here's Ed Husain at the Spectator – Don’t outlaw ‘Islamophobia’: ‘One of the things that’s coming up over and over again is Islamophobia,’ says Keir Starmer in a campaign video, talking to Sadiq Khan. ‘We need to say…

The misogynist fucks the Taliban have demanded that a UN conference on Afghanitan exclude women. And the UN agreed. "It is a betrayal not just of Afghan women but all women around the world.”https://t.co/26XZTacLXf — Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) June 21, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

We went from #MeToo to “reeducate yourself to like men staring at you as you get undressed at work” in 5 years, and I doubt it’s an accident. pic.twitter.com/dCXXuGy3jS — Sall Grover (@salltweets) June 22, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Matthew Syed, in praise of JK Rowling: Reading the column by JK Rowling in The Times yesterday criticising Labour’s shifting and often craven stance on trans issues confirmed to me the spinelessness of the political class — the willingness of frontline politicians to follow what they perceive to be the path of least resistance; not…

A "progressive" policy in a Scottish school means women get side-lined. It's a story for our times: A leading Scottish school is facing a backlash after its head girl was replaced with a boy in what it claimed was an inclusivity drive. Williamwood High School in East Renfrewshire has scrapped its positions of head boy…