The “Good Old Days” turning out to be when gay and lesbian kids were harassed and beaten up by knuckle dragging Neanderthals rather than drugged and mutilated by the medical profession was not something that I had on my “Things That Will Happen In The 21st Century” bingo card. 🤷‍♂️

In October 2023, I was invited to the Battle of Ideas. The pro Palestine marches had only just begun. At one point, on my way there on the first day, some of the marchers spotted the crucifix around my neck and surrounded me, shouting, “After Saturday comes Sunday.” It was the first time I had ever heard the phrase and I had no idea what it meant. I know now. It meant, “When we’ve finished with the Jews, we’re coming for the Christians.” The following morning, on my way back to the Battle of Ideas, I passed the statue of Boudicca, a woman whose young daughters were raped by an invading army, and who, so enraged by what had been done to them and to her people, raised an enormous Celtic army, marched on Roman London and burned it to the ground. Her statue now stands on Westminster Bridge, looking towards Parliament, a permanent reminder of what happens when a mother, and a people, are pushed beyond endurance. That Sunday morning, Boudicca had been covered in flags and graffiti. I was absolutely furious. I tried desperately to climb up and pull them down myself, but the statue was simply too high. I asked people passing to help me, and a few tried, but none of us could reach them. So, in a bit of a panic, I called @LozzaFox and told him what had happened. Without a second thought he said, “I’ll be there in ten minutes with a ladder.” And he was. He didn’t actually have a ladder, as it turned out, so we commandeered one from a nearby stall, and without hesitation he climbed up and started pulling down the flags that had been draped over Boudicca. I remember feeling physically sick looking at it, because this wasn’t some random statue to me. This was Boudicca, a woman and a mother whose daughters had been violated, who refused to submit quietly, and who became one of the most powerful symbols of resistance in British history. She is the woman and mother many of us would hope we could become if, God forbid, our own children were ever harmed. As I now watch what is happening across France, as I see images of Joan of Arc being desecrated, and watch ordinary people fighting against those trying to erase, vandalise and destroy the history and culture around them, I keep thinking back to that morning in London. I remember the physical revulsion and genuine emotional upset I felt seeing one of our national heroes treated like that. And I understand exactly why people are angry. Our statues remind us of who we are and who we need to be. Tearing them down, desicrating them, vandelising them is telling you what they would happily do to you. Laurence Fox scales monument to tear down Palestine flag | Politics | News | Express.co.uk express.co.uk/news/politics/…

🚨LEAKED: A Woman in Leicester has sent me this. Her granddaughter brought it home from Orchard Mead. This is what children are being given to read. The worksheet is called “What is far right?” The questions are who Tommy Robinson is, whether the Nazis were far right, and how social media is used to encourage support. The reading beside it is a BBC write up of the Southport protests, with Hope Not Hate quoted as the authority. Page 39. Orchard Oath at the bottom. That is not history. It is a sorting exercise. Concern about illegal immigration, a knife attack, and parents who do not want criminal illegal aliens dumped on their streets gets filed next to the Nazis. A school in Leicester is teaching children that the people who object are the danger, and that an anti racism research group is the neutral voice. No equivalent sheet on grooming gangs. No sheet on the boats. No sheet on what the Southport families were actually told. It is disgusting. Parents should see exactly what is being put in front of their children.

While Labour's conference continues to progress smoothly, why not treat yourself to this speech by @TracyEdwardsMBE @ #BattleFest 2025 Check out one of our hottest 2026 sessions below and a list of debates on women's rights 👇 TICKETS - eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of…?

The Meaeux Tapestry. #bayeauxtapestry #cats

"Sydney Sweeney set women's sports back 20 years"

The lefties currently trying to destroy Ed Sheeran with a relentless campaign of hate, shame, and guilt are the same troglodytes who, two weeks ago, were telling you that the media was responsible for murdering Jason Arday and that everyone should just be a bit nicer.

“Elon Musk will not like it. But that’s probably a reason for doing it” Manfred Weber on regulating social media platforms. I notice nobody cares about all the utterly destructive porn sites. Just the platform that allows free speech at scale.

I have testified in nearly 17 states in the past year. This testimony is from Wisconsin. I am proud to share it with you here.

In an interview with the French Culture Secretary on Radio 4’s Today programme a few minutes ago, @bbcnickrobinson said the following: “We share something else in Britain and France. The rise of the populist right. For you, it’s the National Rally. In this country, Reform UK and Restore Britain. Is culture part of the answer for dealing with those sorts of challenges?” Would a BBC presenter characterise the rise of the far-left Green Party in terms of a “challenge”? Or any other party for that matter? And what exactly does “dealing with” mean? This is the problem with BBC impartiality. Sometimes it isn’t an explicit expression of political opinion. It’s the language used to frame a story, revealing an assumption about which political movements are legitimate and which are problems to be “dealt with”. #r4today

Some thoughts on @Glinner and @jonronson

There is something deeply ironic about condemning a supposed “witch hunt” while publishing a list of journalists’ names and asking strangers for personal and professional information about them.

There's a schoolteacher in Batley who could do with a vigil too. Wrong type of "hounding" I guess.

It’s probably worth saying at this point something I’ve said before, lest it gets lost in the sands of time and political rhetoric about immigration and illegal entry, and how we got to this point. I was an immigration officer in the 1970s and 1980s. The power to grant or refuse leave to enter was vested to me in law under the authority of a Chief Immigration Officer. Anyone arriving without a valid passport (and a visa if required) was refused entry at the border, detained, and removed on the next available ship or aircraft whence they came. This was under the Immigration Act 1971 (still In force although amended massively by successive governments ever since). It was some 20 - 30 years after the 1951 ECHR and the 1951 Refugee Convention was signed. Nobody claimed asylum. Nobody claimed human rights. No country refused to take people back. Those who had destroyed their passports were removed on a letter, signed by me. Fast forward 50 years and now anyone who arrives at the border without a passport or a visa automatically claims asylum or human rights. Immigration Officers of today (or Border Force Officers) are thereby disempowered to send them back before their asylum claims or human rights claims are considered. And their appeals are dismissed. They cannot be detained in the meantime because under the Hardial Singh principles immigration detention is only lawful if there is a realistic prospect of removal within a reasonable period of time. Which there isn’t of course. So the only option available to the officer is to grant temporary permission whilst these applications are considered. And if the applicant claims to be destitute they must be given support and accommodation at public expense. Because failure to do so would put the government in breach of A3 of the ECHR (inhuman and degrading treatment). And even if the applicant is eventually refused protection - and loses their appeal - we need to get a passport to remove them on. And they often refuse to comply with the documentation process. Even if they do many countries still refuse to issue them with a passport and refuse to take them back. And even after all this they can abscond and if ever caught start the whole process again. This is where we are and so far no government has been able to break the Gordian knot that ties the hands of our officers. In order to do that they would have to reverse decades of laws and judgements - and demur from long held well intentioned international conventions. And probably look at the British Constitution itself to curtail the opportunity of political opponents to use the courts to thwart the will of Parliament. This is not to criticise or favour any political party or policy. It is simply a matter of record to inform the next generation of politicians and the civil servants charged with the duty of implementing any new laws or policies they may introduce. And to ask why - if we did it back in my day - why can’t we do it now? I even wrote a book about it. I hope someone keeps a copy for posterity - or even history - when thinking about how to fix this seemingly intractable problem. amzn.eu/d/06wM4s2h

Don't like the new version of the Vogue rap

No he doesn't...

Why this argument sucks:

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 National Associations

You mean men, men who claim to be women. You are a national broadcaster that consistently obfuscates facts around sex because you’ve taken an ideological position the public overwhelmingly rejects. This isn’t news, it’s propaganda.

Due to the Sentencing Act 2026, Arshid Hussain – the man who abducted and raped me as a child, and who did the same to dozens of other children – is being considered for early release. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison in early 2017 and was described as one of the most dangerous men in the UK. He was later convicted of further offences. His brother, Basharat Hussain, is also being considered for release. I honestly can’t put into words how disgusted I am with the British government.

I know the Americans spell words slightly differently from us British, but “hydration” is a very odd way to spell “advert”. #BRAMOR #fifawc #brazil #morocco