The Girl Guides – or Girlguiding as they are now – is one of the groups being advised by Gendered Intelligence on the delights of trans inclusivity, as noted by Jill Foster in her Telegraph article. More here at the Times: Girlguiding is facing legal action from a parent over its transgender policy which she…

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Birmingham police have claimed that their decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending the Aston Villa match last week was due “exclusively” to the fans’ reputation: West Midland’s Police Chief Superintendent Tom Joyce, the commander for Birmingham policing, said in an interview that the force had learnt that a “sub-section” of Maccabi fans…

With the decline of Stonewall, there’s a gap in the market for trans advocacy. Step forward Gendered Intelligence. Jill Foster in the Telegraph: Now, as most government departments and other public bodies – including the BBC, Channel 4 and Ofcom – distance themselves from Stonewall’s controversial Diversity Champions Scheme, it seems there is a gap to…

Palestinian Bassem Eid in the Times of Israel points the finger at the real genocidists in the Gaza conflict: Hamas’ desire to violently destroy Israel and replace it with an Islamist theocracy is hardly a secret; they openly and repeatedly expressed their intentions in their 1988 founding charter and in their oft stated desire to…

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A glimpse into the grim lives of North Korean women defectors, stuck in China and unable to get to South Korea. From the Daily NK: A North Korean defector in China’s Liaoning province who ran away from her Chinese husband was caught and savagely beaten by her Chinese in-laws. The woman had been trying to start a new life for herself…

This is commonplace for the BBC and its presenters. On Question Time in 2021, for instance, Professor Robert Winston’s “I will say this categorically, you cannot change your sex.”, horrified Fiona Bruce, who quickly chimed in about how controversial such a view was. That was his last appearance on the show. And why presenters who…

A Telegraph View – aka editorial – on the current BBC crisis: The BBC retains a major share of the UK’s media market, and a special place in the national psyche. Yet it is quite clear that it is failing to live up to the obligations that come with its privileged position, and its status…