Dystopia...

Builders will have to get training in 'respectful behaviour' to tackle the 'culture of crude banter' on construction sites under Labour's new workers' rights laws. The human rights watchdog published guidance on the 'legal obligations' for bosses yesterday as Angela Rayner's controversial 'banter ban' came into force.The 141-page Equality and Human Rights Commission guidance gives an example of a large construction firm and lists 14 changes it would have to make to comply with Labour's new laws.

This Labour government seems set on using the plot of the movie ‘Demolition Man’ for ideas. 

The fictional construction firm has a 'high risk of sexual harassment' because it has a male-dominated workforce and 'a culture of crude banter', the watchdog's example warns. It adds that the company would have to take 'urgent action' to create a 'more inclusive workforce culture' and prevent any harassment on site – or face the threat of legal challenges and huge fines. Among the steps the construction firm would have to take to comply with Labour's laws would be 'sending a formal letter to all clients and contractors to advise of the firm's refreshed stance on tackling sexual harassment'.

Funny how they have chosen a building site as an example to create their example from, and not a mosque, which is far more misogynistic, but no doubt gets an exemption for religious reasons…

And bosses would have to run 'training for all staff, with particular emphasis on inclusion, respectful behaviour and the importance [of] all staff reporting any sexual harassment', the guidance adds.

Because no system of oppression can flourish without a class of informer.

Tory business spokesman Julia Lopez said: 'Labour's banter ban has only been in force for a day and has already reached the building site, with construction firms facing yet more red tape and training requirements to police workplace conversations. 

'Labour is creating a climate where employers are left walking on eggshells, worrying about innocent comments their staff make that could end up falling foul of the new regime.'

And that isn't even the half of it! 

Small-boat migrants working in Britain illegally can sue their bosses for harassment under Labour's strengthened workers' rights laws, new guidance warns. The human rights watchdog has published fresh direction on the 'legal obligations' for bosses to tackle harassment after Angela Rayner's Employment Rights Act came into force on Friday.The guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) includes the case of a 'migrant worker without a valid work permit' to explain what could now constitute harassment.

If you wanted to destroy a country without actually going to war, then these sort of laws are exactly how you would go about it!

These Things Are A Menace!

No, not what you are thinking....

Tributes have been paid to a 'precious' teenage boy who died in a crash on the Essex border earlier this month. Ishmael Sankoh, 17, has been named after he died in a crash on Elsinge Road in Enfield shortly before 11pm on October 4.

Precious - the dictionary definition says 'Of high value, greatly esteemed or charished' and Reader, I cannot say hand on heart that anything of value was lost here.

Officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade and London’s Air Ambulance. Upon arrival, they discovered a car and e-bike had been involved in a collision.

If I had a penny for every time the words 'e-bike' featured in a story I read abount young death, I'd have enough to buy one of the wretched things, but since I haven't got a death wish, I've no desire to.

In tribute to him, Ishmael’s family said the following: “It’s hard to find the words to express the pain of losing you, Ishmael. You were more than a son, a brother, a nephew, a cousin and a friend; you were a precious part of our family, and your presence brought something special into all our lives. God called you too soon. You were smart, you were kind, and you made your family so proud in everything you did. You loved football, you loved computers, you loved life.”

But you clearly didn’t value your own safety or you wouldn’t have chosen a method of transport with this safety record.

Detective Inspector Simon Ager, from the Metropolitan Police Service, said: Our investigation remains ongoing and we are working to establish the full circumstances of the collision. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who witnessed what happened, or who has dashcam, CCTV or mobile phone footage from the area at around the time of the incident.”

Oh, c'mon, Simon, you know enough already, since your very organisation is putting out this warning. 

Decision Time For St Hilda's College...

...your woke credentials, or your students:

A bearded Oxford academic has been criticised for wearing giant fake breasts in public despite complaints from colleagues and eminent former students. Matt Rattley, a lecturer in biochemistry at St Hilda's College, has already attracted online controversy thanks to his bizarre appearance, which includes wearing women's clothes and makeup. Now three college graduates including a leading clinical psychologist have written to St Hilda's over concerns that Mr Rattley's behaviour 'violates women's dignity', and that it would be 'reasonable for them to feel that it creates an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating and offensive environment'.

Quite! So why hasn't anyone complained?  

St Hilda's has received at least two more formal letters of complaint, including one from the parent of a current undergraduate, and some allege that the situation amounts to sexual harassment against female students and teachers.

Oh, they have! Good for them! Remember this as you read on...

Mr Rattley, who was appointed as a non-stipendiary lecturer in 2023, undoubtedly has his supporters at St Hilda's. But speaking on condition of anonymity, an Oxford academic who attended training events alongside Mr Rattley told The Mail on Sunday: 'I was due to attend a series of staff training sessions at Oxford with Mr Rattley. I ended up missing most of them because I found being around him so distressing. 

'At the first session, he was giving a presentation. I was in the front row, so those big prosthetic boobs felt like they were in my face. I didn't know where to look. 

'The worst part was that other people were behaving as though he was dressed normally. You're sitting there thinking what you're seeing is hideous and disrespectful, while everyone around you is pretending it's OK. It makes you doubt your sanity.' 

That's what it's meant to do, when what you should be doing is doubting his sanity, and the saninity of the people that let him act this way in a supposedly professional setting! 

Another session I attended was during the summer heatwave. Rattley was sitting with his legs apart in a miniskirt, with his underwear visible, flanked by two admiring young women – in long dresses. 

Would this behaviour be accepted if not for the corrupting influence of identity politics and the trans lobbiy's takeover of every institution in the UK? 

'Many of the female staff fawn over him. He's pretty intimidating because, even without his high heels, he's a very tall, imposing man. 

'It does feel like sexual harassment. You feel as though you're being forced to participate in someone's sexual fetish without being given a choice.'

That's exactly what you are being forced to do, and it's not the first time - it's happened before, just not here! But I can't find the article because every search brings up this case and I'm sure there has been a case in the US identical to this one... 

Another Oxford lecturer told the MoS that students and academics fear speaking out.'I privately asked a fellow at St Hilda's what, if anything, they were doing about this. She said that, as far as she knew, no student had complained, and unless and until that happened, it was very unlikely that the College would do anything.'

Yet we are told in the second paragraph that they have not received complaints?  Are they lying? Well, if they will tolerate this behaviour, they clearly don't stop at lying, do they?

We Don’t Stop Playing Because We Grow Old

 …but we do grow old because we stop playing! And I'm determined that won't happen!

But at least I'm old enough to be too wise to attempt to log on tonight at 23:00 when it launches and see that there's  8942570 people in the queue ahead of me!

Beware Of 'Unknown Groups', I Guess...

A very modern stabbing event:

Five teenage boys have suffered serious injuries following a stabbing at a Halloween party. The victims, three aged 16 and two 17, were hurt after an 'unknown group' gained entry to a property in Eastleigh, Hampshire, on Saturday night.

Police were called just after 10.30pm and found the five boys with injuries described as 'serious'.

A description of the injuries, however vague, yet not of the perpetrators of the stabbing? Well that tells its own story, eh, Reader? 

Hampshire Police said no arrests have been made and appealed for anyone with information – or who may have attended the party – to come forward. A nearby resident's daughter, who said she had been in contact with one of the victims, said she heard people 'jump the fence and start stabbing'.

Only heard, not seen?  That's handy,

One local man added he was awoken by police knocking on his door at 1.30am asking for more information.

That would guarantee I wouldn't give them any if I had it... 

Senior investigating officer Detective Chief Inspector Elizabeth Pirie said: 'We are already hard at work identifying anyone who was at the party who may be able to assist our enquiries, whether that be having directly witnessed what took place, having filmed any footage which may be relevant, or who may be able to help us identify the unknown group. 'I understand the response the local community may have to hearing about this incident this morning, and I do not underestimate the impact our scenes will be having on those living in the area. 'These scenes are vitally important for our enquiries and we are grateful to the understanding of our communities whilst we work to establish the facts.'If you were at the party and have not spoken with officers yet, or you have any CCTV, mobile phone, dash cam or doorbell camera footage covering Park Road and the surrounding area, then please get in touch.'

Why not ask for evidence from TikTok as well, since the most likely culprits for this sort of crime are keen to also provide filmed evidence 

Liz Jarvis, MP for Eastleigh, wrote on X: 'My thoughts are with the victims and their families and all those affected by the incident in Chandler's Ford last night, and my thanks go to our local police and emergency services for their prompt response. 

'It's important not to speculate or share unverified information.'

The concern shown for the identity of the perpetrators and the reluctance of the police to issued desriptions tells it's own story. 

Update: Two suespects arrested And they are 'from Southampton'. There's a relief, eh? 

Did She Misread The Job Spec?

A former criminology lecturer who styles herself as 'Britain's poshest thief' could be deported after a crime spree running into several thousands of pounds, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

I guess she misread the 'criminology' part... 

The Home Office has told Polish-born Pauline Al Said, 36 - who has been given a suspended jail term - that she will be kicked out of the country if she fails to launch an appeal by next month.

Thus pretty much guaranteeing that she'll lodge one with one of their ambulance chasing friends, of course. 

Al Said, who worked at Bath Spa University, was told her claims to stay in the UK on human rights grounds had been dismissed after being found guilty of shoplifting offences to the value of £12,000.

Some of them apparently Le Creuset items, which surely takes some doing give how heavy the damn things are!

Al Said's mother and sister live in the UK. She was granted indefinite leave to remain in 2021 and said deporting her would breach her human rights.

But a Home Office official concluded that 'the public interest in deporting you outweighs your right to a private and family life'.

Well done that HO official! Good to know there’s at least one normal one in the bunch, eh, Reader?

Just Learn To Ignore Them!

A Christmas fair has been forced to ditch its live reindeer in a 'woke' row over animal welfare. Organisers of Richmond Christmas Fair in North Yorkshire had initially advertised that actual reindeer could feature at this year's event on Sunday, November 29.

Once again, an organisation folds like a paper napkin instead of telling these fun-sponges to take the sex and travel option, thus emboldening them and practically guaranteeing they will find something else to freak out about, perhaps the selling of meat at the fair next time…and what about the people who had wanted to come and spend their money at the fair because of the reindeer?

However, the suggestion caused an uproar from eco zealots on social media and led to the booking of the animals being cancelled.The decision has now angered parents who had promised their children the chance to see a real-life reindeer for the first time.

As the parents are council rate payers, and the lunatics on line probably aren’t, and may not even be UK citizens, I fail to see why the council shouldn’t prioritise them. But then I think of the sort of feeble weak-willed little pipsqueaks that staff council offices, and realise that’s a futile hope.

The event, part-funded by York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, is run annually by Richmond Business and Tourism Association. They said in a statement:'The decision was made to protect the hard-working volunteers from undue harassment and stress in the lead-up to the event and also to protect the enjoyment of the day for everyone from protests that were building.'

And just to forestall any blowback from the business who’s livlihood they are endangering: 

'We would like to reassure everyone that this decision does not reflect any concerns about the company we had booked,' they added. 'Throughout the process, we found them to be professional, knowledgeable and clearly dedicated to the welfare of their animals.'

Then why didn’t you stick to your guns, and tell the mad animal rights nutters to go fuck themselves? 

Well, Talent at Kickyball Doesn't Often Go Hand in Hand with Brains

Former Premier League footballer Jermaine Pennant says he needed more than 50 stitches after being mauled by a dog.

The 43-year-old was walking his two dogs in north London last week when he was attacked by a German Shepherd. The former Liverpool and Stoke City winger said the dog latched on to his leg and refused to let go as he tried to protect his own dog, King.

And what breed was King? An Akita - a Japanese hunting breed bred to take on bears and wolves . So why did he feel the need to try to protect it?

He added that King was unhurt, but did not give details about the German Shepherd. He said he declined to report the attack to police.

Oh, that’s not terribly suspicious in any way, is it? 

That Tune's Familiar: Parody Songs

No parody song compilation would ever be complete without the acclaimed master, Weird Al. Most would vote for his splendid 'Star Wars' version of American Pie, but thois one's my personal favourite.

Never Change, 'Guardian'

A review of a completely AI generated tv show on Prime generated this gem:

*sigh*