The Gearwitch

New UK border rules for dual nationals are discriminatory against women, campaigners say British women in Spain and Greece face ‘huge problems’ entering UK because of differing surname rules

Does anyone in this current administration even bother to think things out before issuing this sort of stuff? Particularly when it seems that the benefits of carrying it out appear to be pretty minimal....

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😀😀😀

Truss: "I'm your new Prime Minister"

Queen: "Fuck this" *Croaks*

‘Right about everything’: Liz Truss tweets photo of her and Trump at Mar-a-Lago Unclear how meeting between Britain’s shortest serving PM and US president was initiated and how long it lasted

God, she's embarrassing....

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This from Stella Creasy is spot on.

#reform
#farage

He could start by not lying. The population of the UK in 2020 was 67 million, not 58.

As something of a specialist in mitigation, “Actually I took my children with me to Paedo Island” is not what I would open with.

Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate Nigel Farage's party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics

Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate

Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, after more than 100,000 people signed petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics

bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...

In the end, it's all about Privilege, a commodity which rich, white, men have in abundance.

What they're exploiting is the perceived privileges that others feel they have, the feeling they have that they are in some way 'better' than others.

The fish, as they say, rots from the head.

This country was set up for the enjoyment, convenience, and protection of rich White men from day one.
That is how we ended up where we are now.

I believe so - she threw a hissy fit because the WEC were spending 'too much' time discussing trans issues. She's kind of toast as an MP anyway. Quit the Labour Party over benefits so she's an Independent, but her constituents rarely see her. She lives in Wales, kind of a long way from Kent...

Just a little memory refresh...

Let me rephrase, then. As a former lawyer, his reflexive actions are driven by the decisions of the Judiciary. Better?

With his background, Starmer's driven by what the Law says. And the law is very ambiguous as it stands. Duffield lost a lot of influence when she went Independent and quit the Women & Equalities Committee. Streeting's the sort of shit who does what's politically expedient.

Gordon Brown by James Macintyre review – a very different kind of politician A new biography reveals Brown to be a man of exceptional vision and probity – what a contrast with today’s politics

People are complicated. Even politicians.

Who knew?

Good write up on what promises to be a very interesting book.

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

Why, yes he is... But he's not, as yet, banning transwomen from UK prisons.

Just a reminder that Anas Sarwar has committed the Scottish Labour Party to removing all trans women from women's prisons. Losing the support of a transphobe should not be a game changer.

Good luck trying to tell a bunch of Italians what to do...

Even Mussolini couldn't pull that one off.

Worth mounting it on some sort of frame or base?

Good grief! Its enormous....

On the other hand, the scale of it alone should give it the potential to be a really striking piece.

Which I'm sure it will be...

We owe it to Epstein’s victims and to British democracy to demand historic change | Gordon Brown The abuse of women by figures such as Epstein, and of political power by the likes of Mandelson, must be confronted. As far as I am able, I will play my part, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brow...

Gordon Brown has a Plan.

While I don't see Starmer being the man to implement it, it's still a Plan and, essentially, a good one..

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Image is a crowd of NHS staff in scrubs with the NHS logo on it, with me adding a personal message saying “thank you NHS for my surgery yesterday and caring for me

Patriots don’t strut around draped in Union & St George’s flags, pissed, puffing on fags.. saying they’re AngloSaxon..

They’re multi nationals heroically saving lives, treating ppl, caring for them, reassuring them, offering a smile & a cuppa, wearing scrubs, uniforms or civvies for the UK ppl 🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

So true. Also, many of the Americans doing literally nothing about Epstein’s American ‘associates’ are precisely the ones lying about Europe & particularly the UK being overrun with child-rapists. It’s insane.

If only his gunbarrel pointed the opposite direction.

He's Irish, actually. From the bit that's not part of Britain. The Republic of Ireland are far more progressive on trans rights than Britain. Who are somewhat more progressive on trans rights than the US Government of the moment.

Even British TERFs don't like him.

Not quite the point I was making, but true......

The PM can't stop someone being an MP either. He's the Executive, and the two House, flawed though they might be, represent the Legislature. The Executive should never have that power - opportunies for misuse are endless.

We're preparing a ritual for an online meeting tomorrow, so it's kind of fresh in my mind.