- “MP resigns as Shadow Minister in protest over Labour’s position on a Gaza ceasefire” – The Shadow Minister, Imran Hussain, has resigned to “strongly advocate“ for a Gaza ceasefire, reports the Telegraph.
- “Met chief says ‘no law exists’ to stop pro-Palestine protest on Armistice Day” – The Met Police Commissioner has said he cannot ban a pro-Palestinian protest on Armistice Day because there is currently no “threat of serious disorder”, says the Telegraph.
- “Pro-Palestine protestors declare ‘the Met Police are with us!’ as they feel ‘vindicated’ by Sir Mark Rowley” – The leader of a pro-Palestine protest group has claimed that the Met are “with them”, as they plan to march again on Remembrance weekend, according to GB News.
- “Sunak to hold Met chief ‘accountable’ for decision not to ban pro-Palestine march” – Rishi Sunak has vowed to hold the Met Police Commissioner “accountable” for his defiance of demands for a ban on a pro-Palestinian march planned for Armistice Day, reports the Guardian.
- “Suella Braverman brands Met biased over Gaza march” – TheTimes summarises Suella Braverman’s article accusing the Metropolitan Police of “playing favourites” with protesters.
- “Police must be even-handed with protests” – There is a perception that senior officers play favourites when it comes to protesters, writes Suella Braverman in the Times, contrasting the heavy-handed treatment of anti-lockdown protestors to the knee-taking fawning towards BLM protestors.
- “Pro-Palestinian Armistice Day march must go ahead, says Churchill’s grandson” – Nicholas Soames, Winston Churchill’s grandson, has said that a pro-Palestinian march on Armistice Day must be allowed to go ahead, according to the Telegraph.
- “‘It’s controversial, but I think Hamas are freedom fighters’” – The organisers of the anti-Israel marches say they are peaceful. The Campaign Against Antisemitism spoke to attendees to see for themselves…
- “Extremism is thriving in Britain and our leaders have already surrendered” – So far the Government’s response to the eruption of antisemitism has failed to meet the scale of the problem, writes Allister Heath in the Telegraph.
- “‘Torrent of antisemitism’ at UCL must be investigated, say 500 alumni” – University College London is being urged to investigate an ‘‘appalling torrent of antisemitism’’ that has swept the institution, reports the Telegraph.
- “TikTok teens have an antisemitism blind spot” – The tide of antisemitism that has poured out since the October 7th attack shows that Jews are the last minority it’s acceptable to hate, observes Stephen Daisley in the Spectator.
- “When poppy sellers cannot honour the dead, we must take a stand” – It shows how weak our country has become if a patriotic day raising money for veterans ends with them surrounded by enemies of Britain, writes Allison Pearson in the Telegraph.
- “Queers for Palestine? More like turkeys for Christmas…” – This rainbow coalition of Hamas-lovers and LGBTQ activists is bound to end in tears, says Julie Burchill in Spiked.
- “When will those ‘marching for Palestine’ do the right thing?” – Every demo so far has involved nasty flashes of the world’s oldest hatred, writes Brendan O’Neill in the Spectator.
- “Hamas terrorists’ last stand at Gaza hospital” – In a showdown relayed by a Telegraph reporter, Israeli warplanes, tanks and infantry cornered the last remains of a 1,000-strong Hamas battalion.
- “Israel is running out of time before Biden damns it to defeat” – We should be alarmed: The U.S.’s support for Israel is rapidly eroding, in part thanks to Iran’s propaganda efforts, warns John Bolton in the Telegraph.
- “Muslim antisemitism and the Western Left” – The pro-Hamas demonstrations are driven by the identification of Israel with ‘colonialism’ and the idea that the Palestinians are anti-colonialists. This approach is based on ignorance, says Benny Morris in Quillette.
- “Ex-pro soccer player appears to flash Nazi salute to pro-Israel demonstrators” – Stefany Ferrer Van Ginkel, a former player in the U.S.’s National Women’s Soccer League, was filmed giving the ‘Sieg Heil’ Nazi salute at pro-Israel protestors in Los Angeles, according to Fox News.
- “Debanking complaints surge in wake of Nigel Farage’s NatWest scandal” – New figures show that complaints about bank account closures have jumped in the wake of the Nigel Farage debanking scandal, reports the Telegraph.
- “Burning bridges, giving up, forgiving and reconciling” – Covid fractured many relationships. Can they be salvaged, asks Igor Chudov on Substack.
- “Vorderman fired from BBC over social media posts” – BBC Wales has fired Carol Vorderman after she continued to breach the BBC’s social media impartiality rules, says Guido Fawkes.
- “Just Stop Oil activists block ambulance trying to ‘save a life’” – A paramedic begged police to clear Just Stop Oil protesters out of the road so he could attend a ‘life or death’ emergency as they held up traffic on Waterloo Bridge, reports the Mail.
- “New documents reveal U.S. Department of Homeland Security conspiracy to violate First Amendment and interfere in elections” – On the Public Substack, Alex Gutentag and Michael Shellenberger make the case that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a Stanford think tank were involved in censorship and election interference.
- “A game of Jenga and two bits of good news” – On his blog, Dr. Hugh Willbourn highlights the importance of scepticism and curiosity as sources of hope amid frustration over wars, economic challenges and the impact of COVID-19 interventions.
- “Lloyd’s of London will pay £52 million over historical slavery links” – Lloyd’s of London will pay £52 million to charities in recognition of its historical links to the slave trade – but it will not pay reparations directly to the descendants of slaves, says the Mail.
- “Piers Morgan vs Douglas Murray under fire at Israel-Gaza border” – Douglas Murray deals with incoming rocket fire and Piers Morgan in an interview for TalkTV from the Israel-Gaza border.
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Positive discrimination is double speak.
If you discriminate “positively” towards say a black person, you are discriminating “negatively” against a white or Asian or other person.
When black people, Jews, Asians and other peoples were discriminates against, it wasn’t called “positive” discrimination towards whites. It was called discrimination, or more bluntly racism.
“Positive discrimination” is just a way of sanitising a new form of racism.
The justification used in the US is “because slavery”. It’s almost certain the US Supreme Court will rule race-based admissions policies in colleges are unconstitutional. They’ve had them for ages – at least 30 years I think, when an earlier court judgement commented that they would probably not be needed beyond a 30 year window. They still exist – in fact they have probably increased. The “Asians” (mainly Indians and Chinese, Koreans I think) are coming off very badly, being pushed out by lower-scoring blacks in college admissions, so they have brought this case. The question is, at what point will the need to “right the wrongs of the past” disappear? The answer is of course it never will because this is nothing to do with righting the wrongs of the past (except in the minds of gullible, do-gooding middle class lefty whites) – it’s a war where only equality (or superiority) of outcome will satisfy the people attacking our civilisation. A war we will almost certainly lose.
Indeed. In the USA we call it “affirmative action”, among other euphemisms. I do understand the sentiment originally behind it, of course, but the problem is that there is no off-switch, and it ends up being like The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Pretty soon you jump the shark, and don’t realize you have overcorrected until it’s too late. And it can also backfire on the very same people it is supposed to help.
“ And it can also backfire on the very same people it is supposed to help.”
Indeed, and I suspect there are those who use this as a divide and rule tactic, who are not actually interested in helping anyone except themselves and their cronies.
So how do we know when the shark has been jumped, albeit only in hindsight? Well, as soon as the language switches from “equality” to “equity”, it becomes quite obvious indeed.
And when they use the word “equality” they mean equality of outcome, because they claim anything less is evidence of racism or some other kind of “unjust” discrimination.
Indeed, that is what they mean.
Agree with the sentiments here, and what I think is the real tragedy of all this “discrimination” (positive or otherwise – what’s the diff) is what does it say to those who achieved their success without any of the assistance? More over, will any and all of those who are now by default under the banner of potentially benefitting from positive discrimination, wonder.. did I succeed through merit or some mysterious leg up? We’re lessoning the achievements of so many whom have already succeeded and will succeed through hard work and skill (not because your skin happens to be a certain shade). I despise this agenda, even with the best of intentions, discrimination will / is causing more problems than it’s [supposedly] solving – shock horror. I thought we’d learnt the lessons, but apparently not.
Indeed. I’m not eligible to be a “recipient” of this “help” but if I was I think I would find it patronising in the extreme.
Indeed, it is patronizing in the extreme.
If the following generations of black people feel so badly dealt with as result of their forbears slavery, they are now free to return to Africa or the country of their historical origin, but this does not seem to be happening in any great numbers. Surely this demonstrates that the harm that took place hundreds of years ago, has now been forgiven and forgotten and all races should learn to live together without predjudice and people should accept the laws and customs of the place that they choose to live in.
Totally accurate Stewart!. ” Equality Act” is a contradiction in terms, if you chose one candidate over the other for any other reason except being competent to do the job, you are being racist, sexist, ableist,ageist..etc!
If all applicants are competent of doing the job, put their names in a hat and draw out the successful person in front of them all!
That’s called fair.
And a mini statement from our Prof Fenton re ‘Bridgengate’. Comments underneath sum up the general consensus on here I’d say;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV_C9xkTT-w&ab_channel=NormanFenton
True story- a colleague was invited to a diversity event (excuse to reinforce their wokeness) run by the organisation for which we work. She was turned away when she arrived. The reason….she was white. Can’t make this sh’&t up.
Diversity only when it is convenient for the wokesters.
At the next GE almost all white voters will vote for anti-white parties..
Indeed. All the mainstream parties are anti-white.
A couple of quotes from Thomas Sowell seem apt:
“When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.”
“If you believe in equal rights, then what do “women’s rights,” “gay rights,” etc., mean? Either they are redundant or they are violations of the principle of equal rights for all.”
Indeed, the terms “civil rights” and “human rights” generally cover enough ground. Beware of anyone who reflexively objects to using those terms for not being specific enough, because reasons. Sometimes specificity makes sense, of course, but usually it is quite redundant (if not altogether inegalitarian).
I can recommend ‘The Diversity Delusion’ by Heather MacDonald.
This Act is the most despicable, racist and shameful piece of legislation to have been enacted by the UK. It is 100% anti MLK and is closer to Apartheid Era S Africa than a civilised and fair democracy. ‘Grouping’ human beings by the shade of their skin is ignorant beyond belief. In practice, it is terribly unbalanced and unfair against white people. Take the NHS for example, compared to the ‘fair’ (i.e. representative of the split of UK population), so called white people are woefully under-represented. To redress this, can you imagine the NHS conducting a ‘whites only need apply’ recruitment campaign? That would be just as wrong. Treat people as humans first and foremost – repeal this crazy law immediately and, as a country, follow the MLK way of thinking.
You know which is the most “undiverse” group of people and yet you never hear about any policies to make it more diverse?
Billionaires.
Is it legal for international management consultants to instruct their in house recruiters not to shortlist any men – regardless of qualifications? This is what they are doing.
What is equal about prioritising one group over another? that is the very opposite of equality, more topsy turvy upside down from our Government. Why isn’t competency the decider on who is best for a job?
This Government and HR departments throughout the country are racist, they are racist against white people, against men and against those who are fully able bodied and hetrosexual. In other words a white male who has no disabiliy and has a partner of the opposite sex, is, regardless of qualification and suitability for a job, is the last candidate that a company would choose. This is discrimination, racism and sexism. This discrimination is actively promoted and supported by the Government and civil servants. Think if the same “equality” discrimination was applied to the afore mentioned groups there would be an outcry and human rights cases flying left, right and centre. Why then is it ok to select a particular group for active discrimination and get away with it?
This is once again about division because divided people will fight each other, whilst those who create the divison accrue more power and control over us. They the Government and the civil servants are the enemy, not the person who is a different race, sexual persuasion, gender, or other characteristics this Government is trying to create disharmony in.
The white ‘go along to get along’ professional and managerial classes can hardly complain if they are discriminated against from here on in
I’ve interviewed and recruited staff countless times. I’ve never seen an instance where two candidates were 100% identical. Even if they have the exact same qualifications, with the exact same grades, from the exact same institutions, and have the exact same prior experience, and have the exact same score on a practical test. At that point, they are judged on engagement with the interview process, knowledge of the company they’re seeking employment at etc. Pretending candidates can ever be 100% equal is just an excuse to allow leftist racial discrimination and equality to be used.
What is descibed here is racial prejudice and supported by legislation. This in any logical situation should be eliminated by the race relations act. It is no wonder in some major cities the native indigenous population is becoming the discriminated against minority. I have nothing against black or Asian people or any other race or group but employers should be free to appoint their choice of the person most suitable to do a good job without considering their race.