'The Labour-run council in Oldham for years rejected calls and motions for an independent inquiry into the grooming gangs...'

The inquiry has now been approved to begin, due to Labour losing overall control of the council in last month's local elections.

Charlie Peters

A normal Honda Accord needs about 40 pounds of copper. The same battery electric Accord needs 200 pounds. Onshore wind turbines require about 10 tons of copper, and offshore approx. 20 tons. The world will need to mine 115% more copper than has been mined in all human history

Ed Davey Resigned yet?

It's hard not to conclude that in spite of recent attempts at back-pedalling, Keir Starmer's view on what Rosie Duffield and women in general are allowed to say about their own bodies hasn't changed since 2021.

So-called “gender-affirming care” is unevidenced and unscientific, and should be banned in the treatment of children.

Please sign the petition.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6617…

🚨 Iran hangs 3 women in 3 days

Women's Committee NCRI reports 2 more women executed this morning

Please speak out for the women of Iran. #WomenForce4Change

CC: Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls J.K. Rowling Rose McGowan Jane Seymour Fonda Elizabeth Broderick Ann Linde Joanna Cherry KC Bianca Jagger Nicaraguense por gracia de Dios 🇳🇮 Sharron Davies MBE Reem Alsalem - personal account (not UNSR related)

Palestinian civilians cheered on the kidnapping of 19 year old Naama Levy— her pants stained with blood from rape, her heels sliced open to prevent her from running, her hands tied behind her back so she could not resist.

Today is her 225th day in Gaza.

Qatar is one of the largest supporters of terrorism in the world. Washington knows, Jerusalem knows, European capitals know, yet everyone allowed Qatar to maneuver itself into power & immunity.
Watch Adel al-Jubeir, Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia explain it (Sep 26, 2018)

This BBC talk show, recorded during the first lockdown, featured Luke Johnson dropping one truth bomb after another.

The narrative-pusher on the big screen, who constantly shakes her head, is WEF ‘Young Global Leader’ Prof. Devi Sridhar. Why isn’t she under investigation yet?

The irony of Musk telling Rowling to smile more on the same day people march in France calling for a woman to be killed because she won't lie and say we're an idea men can have about themselves.

Superb paragraph from Charles Moore in The Spectator this morning.

Mermaids reject Cass. This should be the end of them in public life. They simply cannot work within the NHS when they are working against a cross party consensus of serious adults. Paediatric care cannot become a political football.

mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/mermaids-…

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It’s the end of a 43-year love affair which started in 1971 with ballet shoes & school uniform John Lewis & Partners and ended in 2024 with mixed changing rooms, bondage gear and fetishes. Britain’s favourite retailer and I have split up.

The government has sent the Bank of England £49 bn to pay for losses. It plans to send the Bank more than the entire law and order budget this year for more losses. Why do most MPs think this a spending priority instead of telling the Bank to cut the losses?

Look at this girl struggling with the pronouns of a violent male. She and her friends have suffered enough without adults observing the taboos that further demoralise and isolate them. Jesse Singal Janice Turner Helen Lewis Katie Herzog Benjamin Ryan

Met Police logic:

Pro Hamas placards - Fine

Pro Houthi chants - Fine

Pro intifada chants - Fine

Pro genocide chants - Fine

Turning up to oppose the above - PROVOCATIVE! 🚨

A few years ago I had an idea for a stage musical based on Father Ted, an idea I felt was equal to and respectful of the enduring affection many held for the residents of Craggy Island’s parochial house.

The story touched on themes that seemed big enough for a West End stage.

FSU member Sean Corby (Sean Corby) has his merits hearing at Leeds Employment Tribunal this week, 16th-19th April! Tribunal Tweets are live tweeting the hearing, and have a great summary of the key issues here.

tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/corby-vs-acas

At Sean's preliminary hearing last

Bill Moon Billy Bragg Billy Bragg, lefty songwriter, actually claiming to know more about analysing medical data than a leading paediatrician who undertook a serious 4 year study - surely not?! Why on Earth didn't the Govt just appoint a real expert to mansplain the #CassReport in the first place?!

A startling reminder that it is not just Metropolitan Police who are failing

But also children's social services

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