Here: And so even though Gail’s describes itself as “a British business with no specific connections to any country or government outside the UK”, its very presence 20 metres away from a small independent Palestinian cafe feels quietly symbolic, an act of heavy-handed high-street aggression. Because there’s that nasty hint of Jews. Added:

No chance of a gay or lesbian appointment, of course. This would be approved of in Iran, where gays are women in men’s bodies and get the full trans treatment. Either that or they get hung.

Clockwise: Appeal after Pride flag stolen from business: Olympic swimmer makes a splash on RuPaul’s Drag Race runway Plea to save Pride event facing £20k shortfall BBC decision to axe LGBTQ+ dating show is two steps back, says contestant

Olivia Bailey has now deleted that post. The one where she proudly shared a picture of her round table meeting “to discuss how we can tackle LGBT+ hate crime” with disgraced former Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre head Mridul Wadhwa, and trans activist “Helen” Belcher. A post that was retweeted by Bridget Phillipson, Education Minister.

From the Times – Muslim hate crimes twice as likely to be prosecuted as those against Jews: Hate crimes against Muslims are almost twice as likely to result in prosecution than those against Jews, figures have revealed for the first time. The rate of the offences targeting Muslims that resulted in a charge or summons…

What a surprise. Charity behind pro-Iran ‘hate march’ received £450k taxpayer funding: A charity which funds the group behind the banned pro-Iran “hate march” has received at least £450,000 in taxpayer-funded donations, The Telegraph can reveal. The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) Trust has been recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid, which means it can claim an…

This is a perfect example of how the pieties of the Democrats, and the nice polite America they imagine they inhabit, are so easily skewered by the Trump approach. The case was brought by the Korean-owned Olympic Spa, who were appealing against Washington State’s ruling that they had to allow trans women – men claiming…

The quirky old individual garages are almost gone now, replaced by charmless corporate self-service sites. Photographer Philip Butler captured some of the survivors, and some old relics, before they disappear for ever. From his book 226 Garages and Service Stations. As motoring became popular in the early 1900s, the need for mechanical expertise to service,…

Meanwhile, in Melbourne:

More here: Bogart enjoys tickling various mosses, can eat a lemon slice including peel without flinching, and if they had to be a bird would love to be a swallow. Ben is a settler of Dutch and French ancestry and lives and works on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̍əm (Musqueam), Sk̠wx̠wú7mesh (Squamish), and…