They Don't Take Such Provocation Lying Down In France, Unlike In Batley

A father has been jailed after telling his son's teacher he would behead her 'if she was a man' in a case that has shocked France. Abdelkader B., 47, was sentenced after a fast-track hearing on Thursday, six days after the threatening incident in Le Fauga, a village with a population of about 2,600 just outside Toulouse.

And unlike here, the other teachers got behind the victim: 

In Le Fauga, the teacher's co-workers refused to go into the school due to the incident on September 4. The teacher has been granted official protection and is now on sick leave.

The Muslim tried to lie his way out of it, but wasn’t successful: 

However, his testimony did not match the victim's or the witnesses', who said the first beheading threat was launched in the car park. He then followed the teacher after she went into the school and was heard saying, 'Don't be surprised if tomorrow [my son] comes with a knife and stabs you,' by another teacher.

In light of France's history, Ms Momasso Momasso, who is also a lawyer for the Toulouse education authority, said the remarks are 'no longer tolerable in France in 2026'.

So when were they tolerable in France?

Abdelkader B. apologised and said he 'was really not proud' of himself', insisting he was 'not a violent person'. He has been sentenced to six months behind bars. He has also been ordered to take a citizenship course and has been banned from going near the victim or contacting the school for three years.

Why expect citizenship from such a creature, he should be deported with all his family, surely?

It is believed that the boy and his younger sister will be moved to a school outside of Le Fauga.

In a Muslim country, preferably! 

You Don’t Have To Be Mad to Work Here…

... but you should be easily distinguishable from the inmates!

Staff falsified records, slept and were on their phones on the night one patient was killed by another on an NHS mental health unit in east London, an inquest has heard.

And that isn’t even the worst part!

Obamwonyi told the inquest Hugo wasn't breathing and he couldn't find a pulse. He raised the alarm but locked the door into the room. He said he thought it was too late to start CPR, and he wanted to preserve the crime scene.

And nor is this, despite the fact anyone who has done first aid training knows you don't stop resuscitation efforts unless the casualty's head is separate from their body! Only a qualified doctor can confirm death!

 

Here’s the worst part: 

Witnesses at the inquest described chaotic scenes. Nurse Chukwuji-Ohanachum was screaming and throwing herself on the ground. According to a statement read in court, she had to be restrained by other members of staff. One member of staff was left to do chest compressions on Hugo until she had to stop, exhausted.

And even worse than that is the probability, nay, the certainty, that this won’t in any way change the NHS desire to hire unqualified Africans. I suppose we should be thankful it’s only at nurse level.

Oh. I spoke too soon.

Always Remember Why You're Hired...

Rapper Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran's US tour after making pro-Palestinian comments on stage earlier this month.

And predictably, the usual suspects are up in arms about it! 

The artist - whose real name is Benjamin Haggerty - had been the opening act for Sheeran's Loop tour, but was criticised by Jewish groups after saying "Free Palestine" at two concerts and making political speeches. Macklemore stood by his comments on Monday, confirming that he had been cut from the tour and writing in a statement that the real victims are the Palestinian people in Gaza.

Ed Sheeran has not yet commented, and who will replace Macklemore for the rest of the tour is unknown.

And now even more third-rate acts are throwing their toys out of the pram and turning down probably the best chance of paid work to come along in a long time, all to virtue signal over a bunch of Stone Age savages.

The controversy began on 4 September, when Macklemore, a long-time pro-Palestine activist, performed at Ed Sheeran's concert at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. He told the audience: "A big part of the reason why I wanted to do this tour in the first place is so that I could stand up in stadiums like this and say two words that are very, very dear to my heart: Free Palestine."

All of the remaining support acts on Ed Sheeran's US tour have quit, after the rapper Macklemore was dropped from the line-up for making pro-Palestinian remarks on stage. Among them were Finneas, the brother of pop star Billie Eilish, who said in a statement: "Artists must not be silenced when they speak up for the oppressed."

Expecting you to do the thing you were hired for (sing) instead of what you want to do (hector concertgoers) isn’t ‘silencing’, you absurd child!

Another Day, Another Chance For the Police Farce To Step In the Brown Smelly Stuff…

Noah's devastated father, Rhys Woods, this morning pleaded with the public to help, saying he 'cannot go another night knowing he's out there alone' and urging people not to give up hope. Posting to Facebook, Mr Woods said: 'We still have nothing, all the emergency services and all of you have shown how strong this community is, with people coming from far and wide also. 

'The emergency services are very confident that the high risk areas (Decoy pond, railway lines) are all clear

And barely was the ink dry on that public statement when the kid's body was found in that very same pond...

But I’m sure the hapless police comms officer who issued that fateful statement was trained to the hilt on ‘inclusive language policy’ or some such bollocks.

Must Watch Theatre!

A new play about John Major’s rise to power, written by James Graham, will premiere at the National Theatre in London next year, as part of a season that puts political upheaval and global conflict at the heart of its programme.

Wow, really going for the popular events there! 

The National Theatre said the play would explore what leadership means at times of political change, with Graham returning to the recent political history that has become a recurring subject of his work.

What leadership? 

Also on the programme is The Great Indaba, written by Moira Buffini and directed by Rubasingham, which dramatises an extraordinary 1997 meeting in South Africa involving Nelson Mandela’s new national unity government and political rivals from Northern Ireland, as the Good Friday agreement negotiations approached a breakthrough.

Another new play, Samira, by Carmen Nasr, is set during the Arab Spring and will be directed by Emily Burns. The Adeyemis – A Family Saga, a new political family drama by the British Nigerian writer Oladipo Agboluaje, will have its world premiere in the Dorfman theatre, directed by Lucian Msamati and starring Uzo Aduba.

I’m going to the National Theatre in November, but not for any of this politically correct rubbish, to see a production of ‘The Jungle Book’ which promises to hew more closely to the liteature than the wretched Disney abomination.

Among the season’s other new work is Mr Loverman, Natasha Gordon’s stage adaptation of Bernardine Evaristo’s acclaimed novel about a married Caribbean man confronting his sexuality. Gary Beadle, Jo Martin and Danny Sapani are among the initial cast, with Paulette Randall directing.

Ugh, giving that one a miss too. 

There is also a new British musical, Glorious Madness, featuring songs by Joan Armatrading, with a book by Iman Qureshi and directed by Phyllida Lloyd.

A new British musical, featuring songs by an American… 🙄 

Oh Noes! How Horrible! We Must Expand The Definition Of 'Racism' Immediately!

Brace yourself, Reader, guess what's 'racist' now?

A runner in the Great North Run says she was racially abused by a section of spectators.

What did they do? Thow bananas? Make monkey noises?  

She said she noticed England flags while passing through a residential area before hearing people shout: "Protect our kids. Protect our England." 

It's a race run in England, love. Why shouldn't they wave the country's flags? But back to the 'racism', because there must have been more than that, surely? And since our PM was running in this thing, it'll have been recorded.

"And as I went past them next to the roundabout, they booed me," Kirk-Odunubi said.

...

That's it? That's all?  

She said it was her "worst experience" during a race and that "hate has no place in running". 

Hate to break it to you, love, but you aren't owed anyone's cheers. And if this really is your worst experience then there's clearly no real problem with race relations in the UK - quick, someone tell the 'Guardian'!

"This is racism in a space where it should not be," Kirk-Odunubi told BBC Sport.

Give me a break! But of course, the race organisers are taking it seriously, instead of laughing this thin-skinned prima donna out of their offices and telling her to grow up. 

A spokesperson said GNR was "shocked and saddened" by the incident. A statement read: 

"We do not condone behaviour of this nature and we truly believe the event is for everyone. 

"Over 200,000 people turned out in support. It's a real shame that a small subset have spoilt Emma's experience. 

"We are in touch with Emma to understand more about what happened and will be passing on all information to the local police.

They should charge you with 'wasting police time'. 

"We are working with local authorities and the emergency services to understand more about what has happened, and we will of course be taking learnings from this incident to try and mitigate this happening at future events."

What will you do, hire profressional cheerers to stand in the crowd, for the next time, to react when anyone black hoves in sight?

Just Make It Stop!

Ahh, we're back in the wacky world of science fiction and fantasy, as viewed through the warped lens of Reactormag's genital-obsessed columnists.

Growing up as a queer person in Indonesia meant continually starving for representation.

It’s a Muslim country, no one’s going to stick their heads over that parapet, not if they want to keep the on their shoulders! 

However, when I turn to Western media, more often than not I’m met with disappointment—I find that I cannot relate to the queer characters at all.

Really? It’s just a Western conceit that thinks the only important thing is the sexuality then? 

Recently, my friends shared a post about the Amsterdam Rainbow Dress. I get the intended sentiment. It’s a call for inclusivity and equal rights for everyone in every country in the world. Still, I can’t help but wonder, with a definite sense of bitterness: Is that all these countries are to the people behind this project? Why does it feel like the dress is saying “we are more civilized than you are”? The dress gestures at solidarity, but flattens out nuance and historical reality in a way that feels in keeping with a particularly Western, European brand of paternalism that conveniently turns very real people actively fighting for their own rights into caricatures and passive victims.

Welcome to enlightenment! That’s exactly how it works-you’re a tick in the box to the very people who commissioned this post. 

Why do I, a queer person of color, have my existence reduced to the narrative that “your country is homophobic” and yet in the media, white characters get to be queer and live rich lives without being trapped and confined within the limits of an outsider’s view of their existence?

 Because your country IS homophobic, of course. And that's hardly the worst thing about it, is it?

The graphic novel follows Indu, a trans boy from the moon who struggles with culture shock when he and his adoptive mother move to New Earth. The language barrier makes it difficult for him to connect with his stepfamily and make friends at school, but Indu discovers that New Earth’s queer community are happy to welcome him.

We aren’t just a “developing country.” We aren’t going to be reduced to the neo-colonized tourist traps that have taken over Bali. We are so much more; we are of a rich history and culture that’s under constant threat of being forgotten if we don’t preserve it through our own stories.

You haven’t been able to preserve anything else of your culture in the face of Muslim expansion and conquest, have you? 

Cogratulations, Apple!

You've finally come up with a new iphone device I have no intention of buying, I'll stick to my Pro Max model as long as possible instead, ot as long as you continue to make 'em.

Apple has just leapt into the world of foldable devices with the exciting launch of the new iPhone Duo.

They announced the new Pro Max for 2026 which now comes in burgundy, but as I always plonk mine in a case is less of a draw than a new colour used to be when I was younger. And I haven’t completely killed the battery on my current phone yet, so I’ve no need to upgrade.

In a major break from Apple's long-established smartphone designs, the iPhone Duo features a rounded 5.4-inch outer display and a 7.6-inch inner screen. However, on social media, some of the tech company's fans have not been impressed. Social media users have torn into the expensive phone's design, calling the iPhone Duo 'ugly' and 'awkward'.

I prefer 'short-lived gimmick'. 

Users will be able to use the iPhone Duo in any orientation or position, leaving it half open to prop up and watch movies hands-free or holding it partially folded like a book.

I have an iPad and several Kindles, I don't need a phone that transforms itself into a third-rate copy of either!

Working Together For A Safer London?

That's the motto of the Metropolitan Police. How exactly do they go about it? Well...

A Sudanese lorry migrant who stabbed a stranger to death while on police bail over a rampage just 48 hours earlier was jailed for 27 years. Rasheed Rahman, 21, murdered grandfather Mark Carroll, 55, on April 10, 2024 in a park in Camden, north London. Just two days earlier Rahman went berserk on a canal tow-path, punching and kicking members of the public but was bailed by the police.

 🤦‍♀️

In February two months before those two attacks, he broke Iulian Cavaliuc's arm with a wooden club and knifed him in the back on a double decker bus in east London. Mr Cavaliuc reported the attack to police later that day but Rahman remained at large while police officers tried to obtain CCTV footage and find him.

Did they try very hard? 

Despite Rahman's violence, staff at the supported accommodation unit where he lived in Chadwell Heath, east London, handed him a blade a day before the murder. It was this 5in knife he plunged into Mr Carroll in a frenzied outburst.

Not quite as bad as it sounds, he told them he wanted it to cook with. 

Judge John Dodd, KC, at Wood Green Crown Court jailed Rahman for life with a minimum of 27 years, and told him he would be deported.

Why not deport him now, to serve his sentence in Sudan? 

Rahman made a successful asylum application in March 2023 and was granted temporary leave to remain in the UK.

And of course, he was supplied with a lawyer free of charge to plead for clemency. 

John Femi-Ola KC, defending, said Rahman was born in Sudan and saw his sister murdered when the Islamic militant group Boko Haram invaded his village.

Shame. That they didn’t get him as well. 

Mr Femi-Ola said he fled to Chad and then Libya and then came to the UK in the back of a lorry. He was found to be living undocumented in Essex in 2021 and was granted temporary leave to remain.

Of course he was… 

There's Too Many Of Them Here, And They Don't Belong!

But does that mean we should allow members of the public to take the law into their own hands. No, of course not, but it will happen anyway, if the government fails to act. 

I am of course not talking about illegal immigrants - they are well protected - but about invasive parakeets. Apparently, the London catapult yobs find them an easy target, and at least this spares our native wildlife.

A wildlife charity said 43 ring-necked parakeets were found in Priory Gardens in Orpington, south-east London, in just three weeks.

Dead, from likely catapult wielding youths. Well, saves them using native species for targets, I guess...  

The charity is now calling for tighter controls on the sale of catapults to under-18s and for wildlife crime to be given greater priority by police.

Of course they are. 

Gareth Bacon, the Conservative MP for Orpington, has previously called for catapult sales to be licensed.

Od course he has.