"Women today dream of becoming top world athletes and they come home with a lot of money, while #Kenyan men dream of exploiting them – they prey on them and their hard-won cash," theweek.com/crime/kenyas-e…

I love this man whoever he is

Heartwarming to see the European Parliament give a standing ovation to Afghan women leaders. I hope this translates into real support for the 20 million Afghan women imprisoned by the Taliban.

Jesus Christ, the mayor of Mazan, where Gisele Pelicot was raped by some 80 men while drugged by her husband: "It's not that bad, no kids were involved, nobody died." I mean, sure, not all men, but fucking hell, that man, and those men.

Another suspended sentence handed down today to a 57yo man accessing abuse images of children as young as five. This time his defence blamed problems in his marriage. He was also ordered to do 100 hour unpaid work and give a £150 fine. Pathetic. islandecho.co.uk/suspended-sent…

"English universities offer to curb foreign students if they can raise tuition fees" Great. So everyone is harmed. Fewer foreigners get to come to Britain, and Brits pay more for their education. A proper lose-lose. And all to placate the xenophobes. theguardian.com/education/2024…

“Want to live like common people, want to do what common people do….”

"Brexit was sold to the nation on the basis of things that haven't happened and couldn't have happened" Former PM Sir John Major tells Amol Rajan the UK's split from the EU hasn't "done anything good" bbc.in/4epewuM

Ian Acheson 🇬🇧🇮🇪 Any man convicted of this should receive a custodial sentence, but they never seem to. It's not just Edwards. There's been a string of similar sentences in recent months. One judge said it wd harm the man's kids to lock him up 😳.

"I find myself checking that the back door is locked more times than is justifiable." Interview: David Mitchell Talks About His New Series Ludwig beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/15301/…

Happy birthday to Rusty Egan. Here's a brilliant Blitz Club playlist based on his selections published in Graham Smith's book We Can Be Heroes open.spotify.com/playlist/7JzOS…

'Police officers perpetrate shocking levels of domestic abuse with impunity, report finds' ow.ly/PW7M50Tq3ux

I don’t understand what the scandal is meant to be here? Surely it’s perfectly reasonable for the most powerful person in a country to be in hospitality at stadiums?

I'm glad I was able to talk about this last night on BBC Radio 4. We cannot let HMPPS or Ministry of Justice evade responsibility here. *They manage the contract*. Either they knew & were derelict in a fundamental duty or they didn't & were recklessly incompetent. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/2…

FGM cases have risen by 15% in England. There was over 14,000 attendances at hospitals & GP surgeries regarding FGM last year. FGM is the most gynophobic thing on earth. That barbaric practice has no place in any civilised country. theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

R.I.P. David Graham.

Lisa Nandy has just said it’s only right that the winter fuel allowance shouldn’t be given to the more “wealthy” pensioners. Well, if she thinks a pensioner on £13500 year is wealthy, she should be made to live on it and see how she manages.

As with other predatory men #AlFayed had a reputation, was known for his rapacious behaviour. His reputation was so widely known that ‘extra precautions were out in place to protect female players” Fulham 'protected' women's players from Al Fayed bbc.com/sport/football…

Fergie time sparing City blushes.

‘Perfectly pretty, and perfectly vacant’ Wonderful review of this RA show.