As ever, the unions are mindlessly right behind the latest progressive group-think, with no awareness that its time has passed. Bear in mind, also, that more than 70% of Unison members are women, and you get an idea of how out-of-touch they are. If you object when you find a man in the woman’s toilet…

Rabbi Poupko: Here’s the truth about Haifa Palestinian revisionists do not want you to know: In 1890 there were less than 6,000 people living in Haifa. They were contained within the walls of the old city of Haifa. In 1891 Jews from Syria, Lebanon, and Morocco purchased a huge amount of land outside the walls…

Transwoman Ella Potter accused of firebomb blackmail plot: Ella Potter, 28, is said to have demanded money with menaces in threats made against Norton Peskett solicitors, which has offices in Norwich and Great Yarmouth…. Potter, of Westfield Gardens in Wymondham, did not enter a formal plea to the charge but told magistrates: “I think I…

“But the police hid this, invented evidence to support a decision they had already taken and then lied about it. “Instead of dealing with the racist extremists in Birmingham who were threatening violence, they lied about the reasons, blamed the Israelis and claimed the Jewish community supported it “This is absolutely devastating for West Midlands…

Full text: If the regime falls in the next few days it would possibly be the most massive international news short of earth making contact with aliens, and the global impact arguably more seismic than Russia/Ukraine and Venezuela combined. So it needs to be said emphatically: these protests are not “Israeli-led”. Of course Israel opposes…

From the JC: New ambassador Husam Zomlot called for ‘immediate, concrete, and consequential measures’ to ‘halt the genocide’ during the opening ceremony.

Jo Bartosch at UnHerd on why Stonewall deserves to go broke: Once a powerful lobby group that reshaped law and public opinion, Stonewall now occupies itself with campaigns of steadily diminishing relevance. Over the past five years, the charity has spaffed millions in taxpayers’ money on causes ranging from an app for reporting LGBTQ+ “hate incidents” to an asexual hub and…

The screws tighten in North Korea. From the Daily NK: North Korean authorities are tightening their grip on daily life through an expanded surveillance apparatus that demands citizens monitor and report on their neighbors. The campaign centers on revamped neighborhood watch units, where officials are pushing systematic mutual surveillance as a core social obligation. According…