News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
George Orwell himself is being cancelled, says Paul Sutton. In a conversation with Oxford Literature postgraduate students, it became clear that the great opponent of authoritarianism was no longer welcome.
A Swiss girl has been been taken into care because her parents stopped her taking puberty blockers, breaching a ban on conversion therapy. Is this what Labour means by a "full, trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices"?
The Royal Parks have dubbed the Albert Memorial in Hyde Park "highly offensive", slamming it for peddling a "Victorian view of the world" with its portrayal of racial stereotypes.
Everything white is racist these days, from white paint to the White Cliffs of Dover. And now milk, it seems, with the Wellcome Museum labelling it a "highly politicised liquid". Steven Tucker wades into the nonsense.
Trans activists' claims that the puberty blocker ban will increase child suicides are unfounded and dangerous, an independent review has found.
The NHS's latest job ad is for a "Senior Fellow" in mutilating women. This is where the millions go, says David Craig.
A former SNP Equalities Officer who said he wanted to "beat the f—" out of gender critical feminists is a "dangerous" predator, prosecutors have said after he was jailed for a series of sexual assaults.
A Republican congressman has called the U.S. Secret Service chief a "diversity hire" as he blamed a drive to recruit more female agents for security failings around the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
Church of England guidance for teachers has been slammed for pushing the anti-science idea that a person's sex is "assigned" at birth rather than a biological fact and telling teachers to challenge "outdated terms".
The British Empire should be taught to school pupils like Nazi Germany, curriculum guidelines from the "leading provider of support for schools and trusts” insist.
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