@annatelf.bsky.social
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'Welsh said: “You want genuine trans people to live the best possible life that they can.
“But you don't want it to be at the expense of the rights of 50% of the population."'
“The women's movement is too important for that."
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
“But you don't want it to be at the expense of the rights of 50% of the population."'
“The women's movement is too important for that."
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
Irvine Welsh slams Nicola Sturgeon shoving trans beliefs "down people's throats"
Welsh, 66, believes the former first minister was wrong in her attempts to allow people to self-identify as women while she was in government.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
'Welsh said: “You want genuine trans people to live the best possible life that they can.
“But you don't want it to be at the expense of the rights of 50% of the population."'
“The women's movement is too important for that."
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
“But you don't want it to be at the expense of the rights of 50% of the population."'
“The women's movement is too important for that."
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
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Once again @willhaycardiff.bsky.social comes up with the goods:
To counter Reform, we need an electoral process that punishes parties for having broad appeal. //www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/27/labour-reform-uk-british-politics-nigel-farage
To counter Reform, we need an electoral process that punishes parties for having broad appeal. //www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/27/labour-reform-uk-british-politics-nigel-farage
Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work | Will Hayward
Farage’s party could win 42% of Commons seats with only 26% of the vote. That’s not the way civilised countries do democracy, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Once again @willhaycardiff.bsky.social comes up with the goods:
To counter Reform, we need an electoral process that punishes parties for having broad appeal. //www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/27/labour-reform-uk-british-politics-nigel-farage
To counter Reform, we need an electoral process that punishes parties for having broad appeal. //www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/27/labour-reform-uk-british-politics-nigel-farage
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In 2017 I wrote about Charlie - an AI that works for you. @inrupt.bsky.social labs now has Charlie working.
Thanks to the FT for my op-ed online today ⬇️
www.ft.com/content/79d2...
Thanks to the FT for my op-ed online today ⬇️
www.ft.com/content/79d2...
Let’s knock down social media’s walled gardens
I envisioned the web as a place for the shared benefit of all — by reclaiming our data we can make that happen
www.ft.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In 2017 I wrote about Charlie - an AI that works for you. @inrupt.bsky.social labs now has Charlie working.
Thanks to the FT for my op-ed online today ⬇️
www.ft.com/content/79d2...
Thanks to the FT for my op-ed online today ⬇️
www.ft.com/content/79d2...
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Populists outside America have a problem — Trump and Musk’s insults and meddling have re-energised mainstream parties.
And MAGA’s pro-Russian sympathies are a turnoff to many European voters.
Nigel Farage hardest hit.
Gift link:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
And MAGA’s pro-Russian sympathies are a turnoff to many European voters.
Nigel Farage hardest hit.
Gift link:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Global Populist Right Has a MAGA Problem
In Europe, Trump looks too extreme even for many right-wing insurgents.
www.theatlantic.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Populists outside America have a problem — Trump and Musk’s insults and meddling have re-energised mainstream parties.
And MAGA’s pro-Russian sympathies are a turnoff to many European voters.
Nigel Farage hardest hit.
Gift link:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
And MAGA’s pro-Russian sympathies are a turnoff to many European voters.
Nigel Farage hardest hit.
Gift link:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Exciting news! The wooden box in which the bones of St Magnus were discovered has been carbon dated....to the twelfth century! Read the full story here: archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/25/s...
Archaeology Institute PhD student’s research dates St Magnus reliquary - Archaeology Orkney
Research by Archaeology Institute PhD student Jenny Murray suggests the wooden box said to have contained the remains of St Magnus is contemporary with the martyrdom of the 12th century earl.
archaeologyorkney.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Exciting news! The wooden box in which the bones of St Magnus were discovered has been carbon dated....to the twelfth century! Read the full story here: archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/25/s...
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Why are doctors who change 'genders' being permitted to erase past misconduct such as suspensions and formal warnings, from the medical register?
#GMC #GeneralMedicalCouncil
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
#GMC #GeneralMedicalCouncil
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
Doctors who change gender are allowed to scrub past wrongdoing from public record
The GMC confirms to The Telegraph that new records for medics who change gender are wiped of previous suspensions and formal warnings
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Why are doctors who change 'genders' being permitted to erase past misconduct such as suspensions and formal warnings, from the medical register?
#GMC #GeneralMedicalCouncil
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
#GMC #GeneralMedicalCouncil
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
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Female colleagues should never be expected to share changing facilities with male colleagues regardless of how they identify. It's wrong, and unlawful.
But that's what happened to Sandie Peggie, a nurse working for NHS Fife. Today's Observer column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But that's what happened to Sandie Peggie, a nurse working for NHS Fife. Today's Observer column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No woman should be forced to change her clothes in front of a male colleague | Sonia Sodha
A case brought by an NHS nurse over a shared changing room could be the tip of the iceberg
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Female colleagues should never be expected to share changing facilities with male colleagues regardless of how they identify. It's wrong, and unlawful.
But that's what happened to Sandie Peggie, a nurse working for NHS Fife. Today's Observer column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But that's what happened to Sandie Peggie, a nurse working for NHS Fife. Today's Observer column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Did you actually read the piece or just the headline so you could virtue signal, Ian?
Disappointing idiocy from a supposed journalist.
Disappointing idiocy from a supposed journalist.
February 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Did you actually read the piece or just the headline so you could virtue signal, Ian?
Disappointing idiocy from a supposed journalist.
Disappointing idiocy from a supposed journalist.
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BBC’s Chris Mason calls Farage a “master of storytelling”
Maybe the BBC could stop helping him out and tell another story.One about a grifting prejudiced conman who’s wrecked our country with his ‘Breaking Point’ Brexit but has never been held to account for the lies he’s told, the damage he’s done.
Maybe the BBC could stop helping him out and tell another story.One about a grifting prejudiced conman who’s wrecked our country with his ‘Breaking Point’ Brexit but has never been held to account for the lies he’s told, the damage he’s done.
December 19, 2024 at 8:10 AM
BBC’s Chris Mason calls Farage a “master of storytelling”
Maybe the BBC could stop helping him out and tell another story.One about a grifting prejudiced conman who’s wrecked our country with his ‘Breaking Point’ Brexit but has never been held to account for the lies he’s told, the damage he’s done.
Maybe the BBC could stop helping him out and tell another story.One about a grifting prejudiced conman who’s wrecked our country with his ‘Breaking Point’ Brexit but has never been held to account for the lies he’s told, the damage he’s done.