Rachael Padman 🏳️‍⚧️🌈

Yes, that feels like a better comparison. Defensible and still more than enough to make ZP's point.

Rentier returns 20x those of a minimum wage worker. A wealth tax is not going to hurt these people.

This. ⬇️

"Its time the NHS stopped lying to trans people seeking help."

I mostly agree, although in this particular video, I really doubt the UK has many people who make more overnight than an entire neighbourhood does in a year.

Estimate 500 families at £40k pa = £20m overnight. That is £20b pa, which is Elon Musk levels of income (almost).

"This time fer sure, Rocky!"

I realise this applies to _all_ minorities, but with trans folk in mind, it's the perfect riposte to "why don't you just be polite and learn to compromise?"

Not Irish, so not my call.

But from where I sit, you have had a succession of brilliant presidents. CC _sounds_ like a fitting successor.

Would that we had anyone in UK politics of similar stature.

And is his party leader not expelling him? Or even saying "some of us think non-white people are deserving of equal respect".

Seem to me that she was right in his crosshairs....

Not sure he counts as a national hero though?... (what proportion of Brits would know his name?).

And from what I've read about him, it's not really clear that he felt himself to be male, as much as needing to present as one to practise medicine.

Someone _really_ famous, not yet known to be T? 😊

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It will never happen, but wouldn't it be fun if one of our national heros or heroines turned out to be verifiably trans?

KB and the LGBA would have a meltdown, rather like the tiger who turned into butter IIRC

When I had to take my "life in the UK" test I had to learn what the then-Tory government considered to be British and what it didn't.

But, AFAIK, governments really don't get to decide that. British is as Britons do...

Ok, that is what i had expected.

Not a lot wrong with Cass then!

I interpreted your reply to say that Louise Irvine was pro the Australian paper, rather than pro Cass, as after a little research she seems to be.

To me, the German language nations still seem to be pretty positive about Gender Affirming Care. Not so?

Got to agree, but the main objective here is good health care for Aussie kids.

Others can, and I am sure will, make those points wrt UK and US health care. Not sure anyone in the UK is listening, of course.

Seems like they have succeeded.

On Saturday 4th October in London
a woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it - a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group (source: Defend Our Juries on x)

And they are clearly *her* policies, and not informed by any concensus among MPs, or by any party strategy development.

This is the politician who grew up elsewhere, and has been militant in insisting Britain needs to become less tolerant of LGBT people, and more like Nigeria.

But even if this report knew that about Cass, it's not necessary to say it in this context? Why risk alienating readers with a political statement when you can get them on side with something more objective?

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

I had been feeling uneasy, but this person puts their finger on it exactly. Grrrr!

But anti-Israel sentiment probably *is* on the rise, and the IHRA definition of antisemitism as good as conflates the two....

I don't think anyone ever said Musk didn't have a lot of other reasons for doing mean stuff....

I mean, he _is_ (obviously) a bigot, yes?

All kudos to you for this work.

It feels as though all it needs is some credible mainstream exposure in order to bring the whole house down. But I have no clue how to get it out there more than you do already.

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

The Starmer government is REALLY running scared of this petition, now at 2.75 million, to the extent that it has responded 3 months early, in a transparent attempt to spike it.

So please, under no circumstances should you sign it and share it widely. Starmer & his boss McSweeney would not like it.

And Palantir will get the data...
And by the time the kids are 12, only half the toilet doors will open for their ID apps, which will be the only ones they are allowed to have on their phones...
I swear the UK is one of the most authoritarian-inclined places I have ever seen.

Care to elaborate?

I wonder how other countries do it? I have always laughed (unkindly) at the US practice of separate sherrifs for each tiny townlet (cf the Andy Griffith show)

Your conclusion that we should celebrate genetic advantages feels a bit too hopeful to me. I agree, but fear that, at least initially, the reaction to better knowledge will be just to introduce more testing and more rules - even requiring medication to reduce the advantage.

Isn't this the entire point? Asking for more clarity seems like crocodile tears.