Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
The reviews searched over 12,000 references. They screened 547 full-text papers for inclusion. They included 17. That's a 96.9% exclusion rate at full text. 530 studies were relevant enough to survive initial screening, then rejected by the review criteria. 6/10 reviews found 0 included studies.
David Lammy’s proposal to diminish your democratic right to trial by jury makes its way to Parliament today:
More than 3,200 lawyers including 300 top barristers and retired judges have called on the government to drop a plan to abolish some jury trials.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Black people up to 48 times more likely to be stopped and searched in richest areas of London
Research found extreme disproportion in use of police power in districts such as Richmond-upon-Thames via @vikramdodd.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar...
So the 10 reviews for the consultation on HRT for trans youth that was started today have been published. I'm currently skimming through them, and I'm already very suspicious of what's been included, and more importantly what's been excluded.
Crazy thought: what if there were articles about anti-trans capture in the NHS that didn't rely on there already being consequences before the article is written
That recent article isn't an outlier.
The NHS's trans healthcare materials were written by activists for unproven and abusive "Conversion Therapy" approaches
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National ICB guidance is widely missing or actively malicious
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You’d think in this era of “MPs face increasing danger” there would be more outrage at newly elected Green MP Hannah Spencer being assaulted by transphobes but it’s nowhere to be seen on BBC News app even if you search her name
Today's ban on NHS HRT for under 18s formalises a policy that has already been in place - Noone under 18 has received a new prescription for HRT since mid 2024 (I don't know of any since late 2023).
Of course this policy also raises the risk of similar action on private healthcare for under 18s.
Iunno, it's just so weird for me, as somebody who was an out queer in the first couple of decades of this century to see this rewriting of history where the "debate" about gay rights then was this genteel, public spirited conversation. They blamed the gays for hurricanes and earthquakes.
BREAKING: The Met police have raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House.
AGAIN.
Once again the basis of the raid is conspiracy to protest.
It's a violation of freedom of expression & association rights. Not to mention freedom of religion for the Quakers too.
They say:
- the government must not weaken copyright law, and should instead strengthen licensing, transparency & enforcement
- the government should stop prioritising large multinational tech firms
3/5
my first piece (cowritten with Catriona Innes) in a print magazine comes out today: we interviewed 13 people, mostly trans women, about how the Supreme Court ruling has affected them for Cosmo UK
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...
'They will get me killed': Mothin Ali slams Starmer and Tory MP over smears in parliament - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/they-will-get-me-killed-mothin-ali-slams-starmer-and-tory-mp-over-false-smears-parliament
TL;DR Labour's policies:
🚨Increase use of irregular routes
🚨Increase human trafficking
🚨Increase number of people forced to be undocumented
🚨Force people into deprivation
🚨Leave, particularly women and children, at risk
🚨Cost more than current policies
🚨Violate international law
10/ #r4today
Section One Summary What factors affect migrant decision-making? Migration trends and secondary movement towards the UK Since 2017, the number of asylum applications in the UK has been increasing, by 2019 returning to levels seen during 2015-16 although the UK was relatively little affected by the European 'migration crisis'. This recent increase is likely due in part to movement to the UK by those already in Europe. In 2019, at least I in 6 asylum applicants to the UK had made a prior application in a European country. However, only a small portion of secondary movement across Europe is to the UK-in 2019, the UK produced just 6% of Eurodac hits relating to prior applications elsewhere in Europe. While many entering the UK may travel through France, most top nationalities applying for asylum in the UK do not apply in France in large numbers (with the exception of Sudanese, Afghan and Albanian applicants). Social networks, shared languages and diasporas motivate asylum seekers to reach certain destination countries Social networks aid migrant integration to society, acting as facilitators of information relating to life in the destination country. They are considered trusted sources and are likely to influence migration journeys more than information from formal institutions. The presence of diaspora communities can motivate migrants to reach certain destination countries. The proportion of diasporas in the EU+ residing in the UK is correlated with the proportion of asylum applications across the EU+ made in the UK (see slide 21). Armed conflict, human rights abuses, poverty, political & economic instability and violence are factors that forcibly displace migrants The majority (57%) of individuals escaping persecution are internally displaced within their own countries and most refugees displaced abroad stay within their region of displacement, living in countries neighbouring their countries of origin. Of the number of asylum seekers that reach Europe, o…
In fact, the Home Office's own analysis shows that harsher policies, such as those being presented by the Home Secretary, are more likely to force people into more exploitative situations, and being trafficked. 7/
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This represents a limit (at least for now) of Farage's stretching of the Overton window.
If he said "I agree with my voters" much of the press would turn on him.
If he said "These views have no place in Reform" he'd alienate the majority of his base.
Cruelty upon cruelty: Labour is banning would-be students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan as well as work visas to Afghans.
These announcements often come with Shabana Mahmood smiling. What an achievement.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Breaking:
*Asif Aziz's mass evictions of Londoners appear to be BACK ON
*Sadiq Khan personally demands immediate response from the landlord
*Leading homelessness charity cuts ties with the Aziz family and refuses donation
*Questions over legality of paperwork
www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...
A more truthful explanation for the Jewish organisations’ silence comes in private conversations. In those, communal figures will admit that they believe the accusations against Farage are true, but that they have made a pragmatic calculation. “He’s the coming man and right now he’s not hostile to us,” was how one senior official put it to me. They don’t want to make an enemy of a politician who, polls suggest, is heading to Downing Street.
W/ recent Gorton and Denton by-election results demonstrating the strength of the Greens, it’s worth reflecting on leaks that the Board of Deputies refrained from commenting on Nigel Farage’s extreme antisemitic comments since he was a shoo-in, but issued a statement against @mothinali.bsky.social
Mahmood trumpeting her admiration for Danish asylum policy, only to have to distance herself from its architects because they‘re massive racists. Incredible scenes
"From Gaza to Iran, Children Have Always Been Sacrificed by Western Imperial Aims"
A US-Israeli strike on an elementary school in Minab reportedly killed at least 165 – mostly young girls who were only trying to learn, writes Fatima Bhutto for Zeteo:
Keir Starmer when you were running for Labour leader you promised to introduce this legislation to stop the UK being dragged into illegal wars - it's time to show you were serious about that.
Just Nick Robinson casually asking a guest on BBC Today if protests against the war 'should be allowed to go ahead' or 'ought to be banned in this country'.
In the House of Lords today, a government minister refused to rule this out.
To be clear, this would amount to legalising theft. It would fly in the face of public opinion on what is fair, and would mean a surrender of British creatives' work by this Labour government.
3/4
There are rumours it is considering introducing a 'commercial research exception' for AI training. This would be disastrous. It would mean handing the life's work of British creatives to AI companies for free, to train their models on.
2/4
Kemi agrees - this by-election was a resounding defeat for the principle that my friends should be banned from peeing in public toilets
