Day: 18 June 2023

Howard Donald has been forced to withdraw from performing at Nottingham Pride after liking ‘transphobic’ tweets. For instance, one saying: 'Only women have periods.' Has everyone gone mad, asks Brendan O'Neill?

Is affirmative action on the brink? American Supreme Court’s landmark ruling could potentially end a 60-year campaign.

The face of the BBC's new multi-million pound anti-disinformation unit, Marianna Spring, has been accused of spreading fake news by Carl Benjamin, who has complained to Ofcom and the BBC. Oddly, she hasn't responded.

Michigan’s Pride flag controversy: Clash of cultures threatens multicultural ideal as Muslim-majority council bans LGBTQ+ symbol.

Ian Rons feels slightly sorry for the COO of Wickes. Doing enough to celebrate Pride Month to maintain your ESG rating while not antagonising your 'bigoted' customers is a difficult line to tread.

George Monbiot hailed lab-grown food as a miracle product that "will soon destroy farming – and save the planet". But it is turning out to be less environmentally friendly than we first thought, says Chris Morrison.

A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the virus and the vaccines, the ‘climate emergency’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.