Once upon a time intellectuals made great prolific statements about race, saying "I think you'll find the statistics show more BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) people, crime goes up".
They might have been an intellectual, but they were also a racist.
The vast majority of people don’t know a lot about the trans community, and why should they? They are less than one per cent of the population.
Scottish politician (born 1994)
Mhairi Black (born 12 September 1994) is a Scottish politician, a former deputy Westminster leader of the Scottish National Party, and the Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshire South from 2015 to the 2024 general election.
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We have the lowest pensions in Europe, the lowest sick pay, we pretend the minimum wage is a living wage when it’s not. We miss our own economic targets time and time again. We’re happy to break international law. We are turning into a country where words hold no value and over the last 12 years I fear we are sleepwalking closer and closer to the f-word and I know everyone is scared to say it for fear of sounding over the top or being accused of going too far. But I say this with all sincerity, when I say the f-word, I’m talking about facism. Fascism wrapped in red, white and blue.
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In recent days, footage has emerged of the former chancellor and the former chair of the 1922 committee offering their services for £60,000. On top of that, the former health secretary offered his wisdom for £10,000 a day. Can I ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he is inevitably booted out of office, what will his going rate be?
Folk don't recognise the difference between being unfairly cancelled and being held accountable, those are two very different things.
Criticising someone for what they said in public, in front of an audience, that's criticism - that's not anyone attacking you or denying you because you're a lesbian or whatever. It's nonsense.
There are definite bad actors at play, radicalising people who are vulnerable, radicalising people who are too online, and using this small community as a wedge issue to create chaos.
Some of the arguments I’ve seen by people who are gender critical, if you start picking away at it, are some of the most misogynistic arguments.
Some of the worst abuse I've experienced is from women because they don't see me as feminine enough and doing things a woman should do.
People bang on about single sex spaces, but I've had more grief in women's toilets in the past five years than I have had in my life, and it's because I'm not as feminine as 50-year-old Karen expects me to be.
That is not a good basis for progress.