I expect those scruples would apply in a Westminster general election where Reform has a chance of getting into government, but not in parliamentary byelections or local election. (View Post)

If the US withdraws aid then so be it. What they can’t then do is claim any right to interfere in the conduct of the war or have any seat at the negotiating table afterwards. (View Post)

The arguments for excluding biologically male athletes from women’s sports are pretty compelling. But, as with the “perverts in toilets” arguments, they are also a lightning rod for bigoted attitudes… (View Post)

“Declare themselves women”. That would be those pretendy fancy dress “trans-identified men” again. The transplaining is strong in this one. (View Post)

Exactly my worry. Not the judgment, but the reaction to it. The story gives certain people licence to say what they were always thinking: that trans people are all dangerous freaks, men in frocks, pe… (View Post)