Not a bad tactic to have Sarwar wield the knife; he can't be accused of seeking to be PM himself. The question is, of whom is he acting on behalf? I would always assume Streeting, because he's a conniving little shit, but those are hardly rare qualities on the Labour right.

It seems to me that one of the most obvious signs that transphobes are just making shit up is their radically different explanations for the existence of trans men vs trans women. The former they claim are victims of "social contagion" and predatory doctors, but the latter are fetishists and

Funny how those throwing around anti-semitism allegations are the ones making a big deal out of this MP's Jewishness when the issue is actually him being an apologist for genocide. Ofsted holds snap inspection of Bristol school criticised for cancelling MP’s visit www.theguardian.com/education/20...

I wonder if all the transphobes on Xitter who bang on about "protecting women and girls" have anything to say about the CSAM & revenge p-rn generator they're funding by staying there?

Can they both lose, please? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Who could have imagined that legitimising racist "concerns" about immigration would encourage racism? www.theguardian.com/society/2025... You and your fellow travellers caused this, Streeting. Own it.

The problem with tolerating vile regimes so long as they participate in capitalism is that they use the capital they accumulate for vile things. UAE should be subject to sanctions until they knock off supporting this genocide. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ah well, "Your Party" was a nice idea while it lasted. If you can't keep it together with half-a-dozen MPs with nothing much at stake then there's no point in trying to be anything bigger. What a monumental fuck up.

On top of the disgusting behaviour, symptomatic of the well-known misogynoir among Starmer's apparatchiks, we have the unedifying spectacle of his other pals sticking up for him. Bring on Burnham, all is forgiven. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Buried in this is the key fact that a lot of this is already illegal or requires permits but companies are counting on the austerity-wrecked EA not catching up with them. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

the statements issued by the cabinet and senior police officials have the effect of legitimising violence against trans people.

Wes Streeting going to bat for a violent transphobe and implying the law should be changed to make it legal to incite violence against women is shocking but barely surprising. #transwomenarewomen #transrightsarehumanrights

Walter Kemi right here: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Looking at the horror in Gaza my thoughts turn to the Berlin airlift. Similar population to Gaza, sustained entirely by air with 1940s technology. Does anyone seriously believe that Britain, France, Spain, Ireland between them couldn't defy Israel's blockade and feed Gaza if they chose to?

I'm fine with this happening when someone says something absolutely horrific. I'm sure, however, that the frozen fruit brigade will be all over this blatant example of 'cancel culture'. What's that? *crickets* www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It's weird how all the people up in arms about people getting prison sentences for calling for people to be burned alive last summer are utterly silent about the people arrested for saying we shouldn't call people terrorists for trying to stop genocide. We'll call them "Two Tier Tommehs", shall we?

[content warning: genocide, SA, CSA] Stories like this one deserve more attention than they get being used as whataboutery by those seeking to minimise crimes elsewhere. The Tigrayan people are caught between two govts that hate them. Kyrie eleison. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

He's not wrong. He says he's hoping to have Albania in the EU by 2030 and then leave office. Could we maybe... borrow him for a bit? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

I'm amazed Iran hasn't declared the existence of tunnels under the hospital it attacked. That's the get-out-war-crimes-free card for this, isn't it? The Israeli bleating over their own actions coming back on them is certainly something. "Chutzpah" is the word that springs to mind.

There is hope in the church. #piskypride #pridemonth www.scotland.anglican.org/synod-affirm...

Indeed. I resigned last week. I was going to hang on in the hope of influencing the next leader, but it's just too awful to be associated with. Link here if anyone else needs it: labour.org.uk/membership-r...

The author of this book is autistic and for that reason mainstream media didn't want to know (read the thread, it's infuriating) and the book has undersold as a result. My copy hasn't arrived yet so I can't speak to the execution but it's a damned good idea. It would be nice if it went a bit viral.

My lady wife does chainmail, and among other things does a lovely selection of *ahem* "rockets" in various pride flag colours. Can be had as earrings if that's your thing!

Does the sound of ketchup smeared plates hitting the wall count as ASMR stimulus?

In effectively undoing the GRA 2004 the UK SC has reinstated the breach of the human rights of trans people that led to the act in the first place. The Good Law Project are crowdfunding a case to demonstrate this in court. goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8

I don't know why this is the thing that broke me, but I made the mistake of turning on Radio 4 to be told that Ocado are apologising to Prosecco Stormfront for calling out their transphobia and blaming it on a temp and it hit me like a punch in the gut. The entire political and business class are

What do you reckon @kenwhite.bsky.social ? If a judge uses the word "crickets" to describe your response as a defendant might that be a bad sign?

Thought I'd share some of my productivity tips. If they work for you that's all the thanks I need... 😂

"We rest on thee, our shield and our defender. We go not forth alone against the foe. Strong in thy strength, safe in thy keeping tender, we rest on thee and in thy name we go." Preparing worship for the first Sunday of Lent; this seems appropriate for the season and, well, *gestures at the world

It seems to me that Musk is so high 24/7 that if ketamine were graphite you could sharpen his head and use him as a pencil.

Me to our current minister.

Seems that Trump's worse than a fascist. He's a developer. #thewiremisquotes

"Resembling a fuzzy watermelon"? D'aww...

The only positive here is the church speaking out rather than cowering. Well done TEC.

Y'know, it's one thing to know intellectually that, faced with fascism, conservatives, centrists and liberals will collaborate and appease. It's quite another to watch it happening in real time in what was a mature democracy.

What Musk/Trump fans claim happened:

Masterpiece.

Cruelty to Kerbals. Conspiracy to cause explosions. Littering. Possibly gross negligence Kerbalslaughter.

@glasgalf.bsky.social this is pretty informative. It looks like a comparative bright spot in the cess pit of American penal systems.

Wes Streetings decision to ban puberty blockers should be called out for what it is. He's playing culture wars where trans & non binary youth are collateral damage & Labour dance to Reforms tune. An attack on trans people is an attack on our LGBTQ+ community. We must say no.

Etymology pondering: in Scotland, as in much of the US, the person looking after a building is the janitor. Every etymology I can see say this comes from the Latin for door, but I can't help wondering if it is more than coincidence that the Gaelic for "cleaner" is "glanadair".

Often I'm frustrated with The Guardian, but sometimes I'm reminded why I bother with it. This "long read" asks a lot of good questions and takes the ethical dilemmas of treatinh very premature babies seriously. Worth a read: www.theguardian.com/society/2024...