But He Is 'Upholding Trust In The Profession' - Unlike MMU...

A teacher trainee was hauled before a fitness to practise meeting after saying...

Wait, wait! *settles in with popcorn* 

...he 'would not hesitate' to use images of the Prophet Mohammed in a class - sparking a fierce backlash from freedom of speech advocates.

Good! It's about time someone started fighting back. Clearly, the Department of Education isn't up to it. 

The Batley, West Yorkshire teacher and his family are still under police protection, and the threat to their safety is judged as so severe that even their relatives do not know where they are now living, more than six weeks after fleeing their home.

That this can happen in 2021 in a functioning First World democracy is a stain on Britain's reputation. And that the establishment, in the form of the educational block, has decided to punish those who speak out against it is yet a further reminder of how debased it now is... 

The MMU student, who is set to complete his Postgraduate Certificate in Education course this summer, had written an email to his course leader on April 1 saying he worried about the 'cowardly response from the unions and other bodies connected to teaching', The Telegraph reports.

'I would like to know whether or not MMU is prepared to stand up for any student who finds themselves in a similar position,' he added, arguing that the protests which arose amid the row were a 'clear attempt to enforce a de facto blasphemy law on teachers and schools'.

Well, now you know! The answer's a resounding 'No'. 

The fitness meeting could result in a referral to a Fitness to Practise Panel following the MMU student's comments claiming he would be willing to show the picture of Mohammed in class, he was told.

The head of department told him it could be a breach of Teachers' Standards - which include upholding 'public trust in the profession'.

He's doing that. You're most definitely not! 

'Love Animals'..? Maybe. But Don't Understand Them.

A couple whose dogs became severely malnourished after they were kept on a vegan diet have been fined and banned from owning animals for three years.

It is actually possible to keep dogs on a vegetarian diet (though not advisable - if you want a vegan pet get a rabbit) so they must have been doing something wrong. 

James McKenzie and Megan Price, from Cow Bay in Queensland, were each charged with two counts of failing to treat an animal and one count of failing to comply with an animal welfare direction (AWD) between April and May 2020.

When the dogs were being seized, Mr McKenzie told inspectors: "You eat murdered animals, you will never be like us — we are vegans and love animals."

You might 'love them', but you clearly don't really understand them, do you? 

The couple said they could not afford a trip to the vet or dog food, so the puppies were being fed on rice and chickpeas.

Anyone who buys a pet they know they can't afford should receive an automatic disqualification... 

H/T: Longrider via email

Roll Call Of Shame...

Twenty-nine men have been charged with a string of offences - with 28 of those rape.

The allegations against the defendants stretch across a period from 2003 to 2010.

The vast majority of offending occurred in Calderdale, but some offences occurred in the Bradford District, police said.

All the flat cap and whippet type, perchance? 

Asad Ali, 37, of Brighouse, is charged with two counts of rape.

Ajmal Aziz, 39 of Halifax, is charged with three counts of rape and attempted rape.

Mohammed Jangier, 44, of Halifax, is charged with rape.

Mohammed Asif, 36, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape.

Harris Ahmed Butt, 37, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault.

Taukeer Butt, 36, of Halifax, is charged with three counts of rape.

Muitasim Khan, 40, of Halifax, is charged with rape.

Mohammed Hamza, 47, of Halifax, is charged with rape.

Mohsin Mir, 40, of Halifax, is charged with three counts of rape.

Javid Mir, 38, of Halifax, is charged with rape.

Haroon Saddique, 37, of Bradford, is charged with two counts of rape.

Zahir Iqbal, 41, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape.

Sarfraz Rabnawaz, 35, of Bradford, is charged with two counts of rape.

Wajid Addalat, 43, of Halifax, is charged with rape.

Sajid Addalat, 45, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape.

Nazim Hussain, 43, of Bradford, is charged with conspiracy to rape.

Nadeem Saddiqque, 43, of Sheffield, is charged with rape.

Saquab Hussain, 43, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape.

Sadakat Ali, 48, of Bradford, is charged with rape.

Ziarab Mohammed, 48, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape.

Imran Raja Yasin, 41, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape.

Zulfiqar Ali, 40, of Bradford, is charged with two counts of rape.

Malik Abid Qadeer, 64, of Halifax, is charged with five counts of rape.

Kamran Amin, 45, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape.

Mohammed Akhtar, 51, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape.

Ali Zulfiqar, 38, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape.

Shafiq Ali Rafiq, 40, of Dewsbury, is charged with two counts of rape.

Amir Shaban, 45, of Halifax, is charged with rape.

Sakeb Nazir, 36, of Halifax, is charged with two counts of rape.

What happened to Yorkshire? 

H/T: Pensievat via email

"Alexa, Define 'The Triumph Of Hope Over Expectation'..."

Yeah. That'll do. 

Amazing, isn't it, how the Met Police - so very speedy to yank an elderly Christian preacher off his pedestal when some snowflake complains that he's reading from the Bible - are absolutely invisible when disgusting antisemites drive all the way from Yorkshire to parade oh-so-slowly round the most Jewish areas of London for a few hours. 

Until the clamour on social media gets far too big for them to brush off.

Well, Patel, you're head of the Home Office. Don't keep expecting them to do their job. Make them do it.

When A Cartoonist Gets It Spot On...

...it's usually the incomparable Matt!

Can You Trust A Wildlife Policing Unit...

...if they can't even identify the birds they are supposedly protecting?

Sunday Funnies...

Ah, Slinky! Almost as much fun to push downstairs as Matt Hancock...

Maybe The Sunday Times Should Reconsider?

A student who said women were born with female genitals and claimed the difference in physical strength between men and women 'was a fact' is facing disciplinary action by her university.

You don't need to 'claim' a fact. A fact is a fact! 

Lisa Keogh, 29, who studies law at Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland, was reported to university chiefs by her classmates after she said that women were not as physically strong as men.

What sort of hellhole of woke intransigence is this place? Well, it boasts that it's a 'global hub for computing and gaming' so one wonders why she thought it was a good place to learn law.  

She told The Times: 'I thought it was a joke. I thought there was no way that the university would pursue me for utilising my legal right to freedom of speech.'

Well, on their website, they proudly boast that they are 'University of the Year for Teaching Quality' awarded by The Sunday Times Good University Guide. Maybe the Sunday Times should now reconsider the worth of that award..?

Pity Judge Emma Nott Didn't Oversee The 'Kid's Company' Trial...

Gilbert confessed she spent £28,238 on items for herself, causing her managers to question why budgets were so overstretched.

Defending Gilbert, Adam King said she needed to 'put food on the table' for her children.

...because she takes no shit from the defendant! 

But Judge Emma Nott said: 'This is much more than trips to Asda, she wasn't buying 20p tins of beans was she? It was for her children when it should have been for the young vulnerable adults she was looking after.'

Oh, well said! 

Judge Emma Nott said: 'Dimensions UK was your employer, a not-for-profit charity that provides essential services to vulnerable young adults with disabilities. From September 11 2015 to April 5 2019 you were stealing routinely and regularly putting your own family's needs first.

'The money should have been spent on essentials and the odd luxury for these young adults who had a background of poverty.

'Instead, you were taking your family to McDonald's, Nando's, and Pizza Hut, taking them to the cinema, Warner Brothers studios and tenpin bowling.

'You stole nearly £30,000 and all you have done since being exposed is attempt to avoid the consequences.'

A judge who isn't taken in by the usual sob story has a price beyond rubies... 

The judge blasted Gilbert for being 'full of self-pity' despite committing theft against 'the most vulnerable'.

And she still wasn't finished: 

Gilbert, from Bracknell in Berkshire, was sentenced to a two-year prison term, suspended for two years and she will have to pay back every penny of the money she stole.

'I do not care if it takes you 10 years,' the judge added.

We need more like her.  

The Customer Isn't Always Right...

Another day, another entitled snowflake bullying a company on social media...

A train operator has come under fire after it apologised over a complaint from a non-binary passenger because the conductor greeted customers by saying 'good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.'

London North Eastern Railway said in response to the complaint on Twitter that 'train managers should not be using language like this' before promising to take action.

No doubt believing that they were painting a good image of the company on social media, and failing utterly to 'read the room'. Because  

A colleague who was with Laurence at the time and is also believed to be a rail worker defended the complaint.

Jarley wrote: 'Both Laurence and I were customers of the railway - being rail staff does not absolve an operator from the duty of care or responsibility to be inclusive.

'I was sat with Laurence when this tweet was sent. Both of us are non-binary and we were both alarmed and uncomfortable by the lack of inclusion.'

You both need to grow up, then. Being 'inclusive' does not mean your particular delusions need to be catered to at all times. 

Columnist Paul Embery added: 'Utterly ridiculous. Do you have any idea how this kind of thing comes across to ordinary people?'

Another Twitter user added: 'Both WORK for the rail system... but they “won’t” listen to train announcements that don’t “apply” to them?

'This isn’t a ‘customer complaint’ from a member of the general public — it’s two transport EMPLOYEES pushing their own agenda.'

And despite that, LNER decided to double down. 

Hitting back at critics LNER confirmed that the member of staff was not going to get 'in trouble' and added: 'We're not bending over backward to accommodate any one person, we're doing our best to accommodate every person. There's the difference.'

You are making a rod for your own back, because you can never, ever 'accommodate every person'. Unless your train manager says nothing at all...