America was always this corrupt and violent. It’s a product of British Imperialism. It’s not always been this brazen and pathetic… …but that’s Empire in Decline 101.

now, it might seem odd that political commentators who advocated for the uk to leave the eu because of their belief in “the nation state” to be supportive of america’s annexation of venezuela, but what you have to remember is that those people didn’t actually think that, they were lying for money

Thanks for your work, Kev - this joke was later stolen by a right wing comedian who you’d probably like more as he hates people in the way you do

Centrist media or The Onion?

Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.* People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off. Special relationship - alive and kicking.

X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal. Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account. It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

When people advocate for removing trans women's ability to access women's shelters, this is what they are advocating for.

In this Year of Reading, a gentle reminder: The best way to get your kids reading is to let them see *you* reading. The way to *stop* your kids reading is to criticize their choices, or to make reading a competition, or a punishment, or a race, or a learning tool. Let it be fun. Let them read.

I’ve seen people pointing out that viewing this image on your phone would be a criminal offence in several jurisdictions: Add England and Wales to that list. By downloading the image from Twitter you’re both “making” and “possessing” under the Protection of Children Act 1978.

The BBC has allegedly issued a “formal, full and unconditional apology” to a former radio presenter for “repeated incidents of homophobic and discriminatory abuse” which he received while working at the corporation. www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/24/b...

Call to action! ❤️ Let’s challenge the harmful misgendering of trans people in BBC/media reporting — join this powerful campaign led by @tacc.org.uk Full details and campaign resources here: tacc.org.uk/2026/01/02/e...

fuck yeah 2026 is awesome

Most embarrassing post of 2026? I know it’s a bit early to stop the count, but just look at it!

NEW Why can a politician remove citizenship with little or no judicial consideration? The home secretary has brutal wide-ranging power to deprive British citizens of this most basic of rights By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on Begum and Abd el-Fattah www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

This illustrates how Labour really screwed up after it was elected. Instead of doing Continuity Tory it needed to undo the damage the Johnson/Truss/Sunak regime had wrought. Instead it continued their transphobic policies, the two-child benefit cap, austerity & failed to implement Leveson 2.

Happy New Year!

The minister’s legal position on the draft guidance is at odds with the new head of the EHRC who she appointed despite serious concerns about her experience and qualifications for the role…

It should never be possible for any minister to revoke citizenship with a stroke of the pen. #checks #balances Jenrick - like Farage - wants to be an unaccountable tyrant like Trump.

Please do not use AI for legal advice, or near legal documents, or for anything even adjacently legal. It's only when it's an area of law you actually have expertise in that you can see just how much it gets wrong. Otherwise it might look dangerously plausible. Just trust me. Don't.

Interesting aside - Morrisons employed a transphobic consultant to give some training several years ago, praised her work giving her one of the only reviews on her website, never apologised or explained themselves and I haven't set foot in their shops since

Treat your children well enough they still want to talk to you when they’re old enough to decide:

The BBC is really showing its arse with its editorial guidelines recommending the use of a pseudoscientific dogwhistle in reporting that mentions trans people. It's important that they're not allowed to continue using fake-scientific insults in peace. New piece: oolong.medium.com/biological-m...

NEW: A prominent free speech group helped right-wing dark money score a legal win against an Ohio school board and its anti-bullying policy, which protected transgender and nonbinary students. www.importantcontext.news/p/how-a-free...

Having an extra lead in the car in case you get to come home with a Bonus Dog™:

NEW Jane Austen as a writer about law Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me (And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.) emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...

Reading this made me furious. It’s short sighted nonsense that verges on dishonest. He wants to classify people again and is using political attacks on autistic people as an excuse. That’s as familiar as it is vile:

Merry Christmas Look after yourself.

Tom Bombadil is a Devine manifestation of ADHD and his ability to forget the yellow boots he is currently wearing is the source of his freedom from the power of the ring, in this essay I will…

This is about control. You can’t control whether your kids have kids but there are generations for whom “having grandkids” is a massive deal and who think having a LGBTQIA+ kid means “no grandkids”. The rest is bigotry but that’s a much smaller slice than it looks at first glance:

Twice yearly PrEP injections (lencapavir) is fine for people on gender affirming hormone therapy. Globally, trans women are among those at greatest risk of acquiring HIV so this is really good news. 💜

Alice Sullivan tells universities to suppress pro-trans research to protect GC staff. However, HER OWN DATA shows pro-trans research is already more suppressed. When I told the BBC this, they edited out any reference to the data. They have now corrected the record. www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedb...

In her Times column today about why she would send a Christmas card to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Libby Purves manages to slip in an even more horrendous paragraph:

'Listen to me as I come to your neighbourhood and tell your trans siblings they are subhuman or I will use the wealth of billionaires to sue you into oblivion,' is a very late-capitalism form of free speech right.

This is Trans Mission. A Solidarity Concert for one night only, raising vital funds for Good Law Project and Not a Phase 💓 Get your tickets here 👉 https://www.transmissionlive.uk/

Lovely to meet @zackpolanski.bsky.social tonight - got a real sense of his humanity

Hilary Cass is such a creep she is so obsessed with this idea from the book “Irreversible Damage” which whistleblowers said she recommended to colleagues before her appointment. I made FoI requests for notes regarding those claims. It is illegal to destroy public records but apparently she did.

So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.

Leaked audio from Cass talking to NHS Sheffield. drive.proton.me/urls/EPMR96E... Leak is thanks to Trans Kids Deserve Better www.instagram.com/reel/DSf3rqb...

“This review is a missed opportunity to give all trans people timely and local access to gender-affirming hormones on the basis of informed consent – the most effective way to clear eight-year long waiting lists.” – Tammy Hymas #TransRightsAreHumanRights www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/19/n...

As well as discrimination in general healthcare, years long waiting lists for gender-affirming healthcare are ruining trans people’s lives. We urgently need increased funding for gender-affirming healthcare, improved training for GPs, and to co-produce services with trans patients.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

UK Key economic sectors face post-BREXIT challenge in 2026: the Gender Critical Data Chickens come home to roost. Today, Trans Exile Network, which helps trans+ people, their families and anyone perceived as trans to flee the UK in the present climate released the following update.

Drop Fortnite

Doesn’t feel good that the head of BBC News Content is instructing reporters to refer to trans people with slurs. If this leak is real it raises questions about who made this decision, who was consulted, and why the BBC chose to ignore its own editorial guidelines on slurs and offensive language

Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.

all the stuff about bathrooms and sports was a pretext and obviously so prospect.org/2025/12/19/t...

This is giving “Giant Statutes of Saddam Hussein” vibes:

Allison Bailey: hello jk rowling it's me, your lawyer Bailey: bad news! i just lost that court case that i won Rowling: Bailey: and you know when i appealed the case that i won? Rowling: Bailey: well, i won that too Bailey: but in a different, more accurate way i actually lost