“There is no one to help us. We are being massacred. Kobani, the fortress of the Kurds…Kobani is encircled. West Kurdistan is surrounded. The entire Arab nation has betrayed us. ISIS beheaded our wives and daughters”. A Kurdish woman protesting outside the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq. At MEMRI TV. Elsewhere, a Syria regime-affiliated fighter…

The Mail has the story.

The old conversion therapy lie is back again. Labour MP Kate Osborne has tabled a draft resolution at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe calling for a Europe-wide ban on ‘conversion practices’, which would include any attempts to dissuade a confused youngster from transitioning. Jo Bartosch at Spiked: Trans ideology is a persistent pest. Strike…

Naomi Cunningham on Protect the Dolls: So in plainer words, “dolls” refers to men who say they are women. And “protect the dolls” means “protect men who say they are women from being faced with the reality that they are men, and the consequences of that reality”. What does that reality look like? Well, the…

From the JC: Members of Britain’s biggest teachers’ union shared lessons plans days after October 7 asking pupils if they would “fight back” if they lived in Gaza, the JC can reveal. The National Education Union (NEU) already faces accusations of alleged antisemitism within its ranks after a Jewish MP, Labour’s Damien Egan, was barred…

Maya Forstater in the Telegraph – The Civil Service’s call for a trans equality chief proves the Blob still hasn’t accepted reality. So the confusion continues. The Civil Service is advertising for a senior official to “lead on trans equality”. The policy manager in the Office for Equality and Opportunity – part of the Cabinet Office…

To the Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2025 at the National Portrait Gallery. Always worth a visit, this annual show, but often….well….problematic, shall we say, for us gender criticals. Yes, it’s the art world, folks. First up, Allana, by Steve Reeves. Lovely dress – and he knows the language: “Allana appears strong and reflective standing…