Religion Is Not Race...

...who would have thought you'd ever have to tell the BBC that?

 

Katie Neeves, a trans woman who was appointed a UN Women UK delegate, was mentioned by Ms Rowling in a previous thread on X. The author claimed Ms Neeves "switched from straight man to lesbian at the age of 48".

Ms Neeves told BBC News she was "very disappointed" with Police Scotland.

She said: "JK Rowling is a bully and this act was designed to stop bullying, and if they're not going to enforce it then that's very disappointing."

You're a fraud, stealing a position from a real woman, and you have the nerve to whine about it?  

Ms Neeves said the story had been published all over the world and was "all misinformation about me".

Where's the 'misinformation'? You're a man and you always will be.

Ms Neeves also confirmed she would be making a complaint to the police but had not done so yet.

Great! Your's can go in the bin with all the other complaints that even Humza Yousless has had to admit aren't going to be taken seriously... 

H/T: Barbarus via email

Hello Reality, My Old Friend*!

When I sold my car, I didn’t expect a pat on the head; I wore my halo on the inside, and that was enough. But I did assume that those who had encouraged me to do the right thing – among them, my local council, which supposedly favours the walker, the cyclist and the keen user of the bus – wouldn’t now actively seek to make my life more difficult.

Oh, if only there was a German word to describe my feelings reading this...  

Three years later, and part of me wonders why I bothered. Thanks to low traffic schemes, which benefit only select groups of very lucky people, bus journey times are often twice as long as they used to be, cars having been forced on to the main road.

What did you think would happen, they'd all disappear in a puff of smoke? Did you really count on everyone doing what you did? Did it never occur to you that some people can't live by bus and bike alone? 

Meanwhile, the council has decreed that those who want their garden waste to be collected, as it has been ever since I’ve lived here, must henceforth pay £75 a year for the privilege – and for a service only half as frequent as before.

Isn’t it obvious what will happen next?

It is to us, yes.  

Relatively few people, I predict, will cough up. Those with cars will drive to the dump, increasing traffic and pollution, while those without will either hide their dead dahlias in their regular rubbish (which means they won’t be composted), or they’ll simply fly tip (a serious problem in our neighbourhood).

More joy in heaven, etc, etc... 

* apologies to Simon and Garfunkel

They Really Are The Enemy Within, Aren't They?

A foreign sex offender who raped a teenage girl has avoided deportation after winning a ten-year asylum battle to remain in the UK, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Judges ruled that deporting the rapist to Eritrea, East Africa, would breach his human rights because he had previously dodged military conscription and was at risk of being punished if he returned.

What about the human rights of children in this country not to have to run the risk so some bewigged fool on the bench can stroke his conscience?

In an exclusive audit by this newspaper of the tribunal's recent decisions, we can also reveal how:

A Jamaican drug dealer who has been deported from the UK three times – only to then repeatedly sneak back into the country – has won his bid to stay.

An alleged crime boss accused by the Indian government of money laundering won his appeal against a Home Office decision to deny him asylum.

A Jamaican woman twice convicted of possession of drugs with intent to supply is still fighting deportation 22 years after she entered the UK.

An Italian drug dealer won an appeal against deportation – despite being described as having 'operational control' of a telephone line used to supply Class A drugs.

And the Tories have been in power for how long? Almost as long as some of these have been sucking up taxpayer funding on appeals. 

Our audit of cases comes after Home Secretary James Cleverly called for a light to be shone on tribunal decisions, many of which are shrouded in secrecy because judges often impose draconian reporting restrictions.

Well, James, here's your light, and the cockroaches aren't scuttling under the nation's fridge, are they? Why would they, when they know you'll be doing nothing about them? 

Another SNP Success Story!

It is understood up to 40 police officers have been called in to do extra hours every day since Monday in a bid to wade through all the reports submitted. Each officer is being paid time and a third, sparking fears the overtime costs could end up taking hundreds of thousands of pounds out of an already overstretched budget.

Is anyone surprised? Didn't we predict just this? 

Around 3,600 reports were made in the first 48 hours of the law coming into force on Monday. It is expected that figure could now have almost doubled.

At least! And some of those doing so will, of course, be those encouraged to do so by those for whom this bill was written. While the opposition proves useless, and the fightback is led by private citizens. 

Officers say they must check every online complaint individually in case they contain covert messages from victims of domestic abuse or people trafficking.

Of course they do, got to keep that overtime rolling in, eh? 

Mr Kennedy added: 'The hope is that once the public realise where the bar sits for a hate crime that it might change the number of people submitting inquiries, but you can't tell what the public is going to do. If someone thinks a crime has been committed and reports it online then officers have to look at it.'

Ah, yes, blame the public for 'misusing' the law. Not the idiots who ignored all the warnings and brought in an unjust law in the first place.  

And you might want to reconsider that last sentence.

Round Two!

Well, time to settle in for my second bite at the cherry, as I'm once again on jury service for two weeks.  It'll be interesting to see what's changed in the intervening ten years, hopefully the canteen has got better.

At least this time round there's no Tube strike, as it was called off at the last minute! But Tweeting of posts may be erratic over the next two weeks.

Companies Might Want To Reconsider Using Local Newspapers For Free Advertising...

...because getting your brand into the papers only helps if you don't have to hold the rag up to a mirror! 

A supplier of building materials is opening a new branch in Norfolk, in a move that will bring dozens of jobs to the area and help lessen supply chain issues for local construction firms.

Let's hope this doesn't lead to a reversal of fortune, eh EDP Photo Editor? 

H/T: Dave Ward via email

Normal For Norfolk Journalism?

It's impressively wrong even by 'Daily Mail' standards!

It's an antelope, not a deer, it's an African animal not an English one, and it's a species, not a breed.

Sunday Funnies...

One to ponder over...

You Know Times Have Changed When...

...you're suspicious whether this is because forensics haven't checked yet, or whether they are no longer allowed to say in case they 'misgender' the victim! 

There's Nothing Government Legislation Can't Make Worse...

...case in point:

Who could have predicted that?

A law change to increase organ donation has resulted in fewer patients receiving transplants, The Mail on Sunday has learned.

Of course, since when doe a government initiative actually improve anything? 

The new rules in England, which came into force in May 2020, mean everyone is presumed to be an organ donor when they die unless they have 'opted out'. Officials said the change would lead to at least 100 extra donors and 230 more transplants every year, also ensuring fewer patients would die waiting for an organ.

I immediately opted out and I bet lots of other people did. So do we get a mea culpa from government? Reader, we do not...

But NHS Blood and Transplant figures reveal nine per cent fewer transplants took place last year than before the change. The number of donors has fallen by ten per cent since 2019/20 and the waiting list for a new organ has rocketed 28 per cent. Experts have pointed to a drop in consent rates from families, who still have the final say over whether a loved one's organs can be used.

But politicians and charities say officials have failed to employ enough specialist transplant nurses, or address problems in over-stretched transplant units, meaning donor organs that become available are turned down if there is no theatre space.

It might also be because the guy heading up the process looks like a ghoul:  

 "Braaaaaiiins..."