From the Daily NK: The North Korean authorities have recently begun patting themselves on the back for bringing religion under control, claiming that “organized underground services and secret prayer groups have almost disappeared.” The authorities believe that religious activity has been practically exterminated, which they consider to be a significant win in stabilizing the regime. “Exterminated” is a…

The puberty blocker trial is the one big mis-step from the otherwise excellent Cass Review. You can perhaps see why she – Baroness Cass – thought it would be a good idea, providing some clarity in an otherwise murky area where there are more anecdotes than facts. It would no doubt be helpful to have…

More from Stella O’Malley (yesterday):

Interesting. From the Telegraph: At least 500 civil servants are employed across Government to police and develop diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) policies, The Telegraph can reveal. Some Whitehall departments have seen the numbers of staff whose jobs involve overseeing equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race policies double in the past year since Labour came to…

The Oxford shame continues. From Jewish News: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was prevented from speaking at the Oxford Union on Sunday, after protestors blocked the entrance to the debating society’s building, as well as invading the union’s premises itself. Security were forced to physically eject protestors from the union’s grounds, with the entire…

Is the tide turning even in Ireland?

From the Daily NK: South Korea’s unique custom of couples and friends exchanging pairs of stick-shaped snacks on Nov. 11 has arrived in Pyongyang. Aware of this, the Pyongyang branch of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League issued an order ahead of so-called Pepero Day—as the Nov. 11 “holiday” is called in South Korea—urging young people to be on…

At MEMRI TV – Palestinian Academics Discuss End of Zionism on U.K. Hiwar TV. In a November 13, 2025 show on Muslim Brotherhood linked Hiwar TV (U.K.), Palestinian academics and activists discussed what they described as the coming end of Zionism. Hassan Khreisheh, the Hamas-supported deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, said that all…

Other suggestions: Handmaids Half Hour; Non-Binary Hour…

In this context, the British, through the Balfour Declaration of 1917, planned to return the land of Israel to the Jews. Aware of the Arab populations also living in the region, the British first allocated the land of Jordan to the local Arabs, who could today be considered the Palestinian people. I repeat: the British…