Is there any snappy phrase or eponymous law based on the principle that if someone feels the need to declare they've won, they in fact haven't won? Because there really needs to be one.

As with the EHRC, I think there has been a deliberate wrecking strategy, where there first stage (now pretty much complete in both cases) is to corrupt the organisation to the extent that the people who would defended it the hardest instead see it as irretrievably broken.

As far as dressing in WW2 military garb goes, it could be a lot worse...

Melania must be envious.

And you must walk without rhythm.

Do you reckon he's gearing up to do a Mark David Chapman?

What do you recognize?

It would be funny if a lost Cicero work turns up (high resolution CT of the Herculaneum scrolls maybe?) and people who subscribe as a joke receive a genuine update.

I’m honestly wondering how many suicides have already happened because of this stuff. People do not appreciate how utterly terrified a lot of trans people, especially women, are right now.

The terfs are still miserable because they haven't won the victory they truly want. And they never will, because the victory they truly want isn't a coherent goal, but a magical fulfilment of all the sadistic power fantasies that get endlessly created by their obsessive hatred and resentment.

The kids will ask ChatGPT, and get this:

To answer my own question, I think the most reliable newspaper is... The Onion. Yes it's comedy, but it's utterly uncompromising in how it represents the reality of the current political situation.