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Grodkin Blodgett

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It's hard to imagine any thought processes that can't be fatally contaminated by ideology.

Katılım Ağustos 2021
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Connie Shaw
Connie Shaw@_ConnieShaw·
MAEVE FRICKING HALLIGAN 🔥🔥🔥🔥 This is Maeve's full speech from last night vs Helen Webberley and others. It will go down in history as a defining moment in the struggle for women and LGBs in the face of trans ideology. Helen Webberley is called out and a trans person in the audience even calls Webberley "nothing but a grifter" to her face.
Maeve Halligan@MaeveHalligan

"No, I don't subscribe to this 'kindness' - I'll tell the truth instead." I spoke at the Cambridge Union last night about LGBs, children's safety and women's rights. Full video here:

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Grodkin Blodgett@GrodkinB·
Stark, terrifying - and most likely correct. 😬
David Betz@DavidBe31099196

I couldn’t care less about the King’s Speech, Kier Starmer’s fate, or who takes over the helm in No 10 next. It’s low theatre at this point because none of them can, or show any sign of wishing, to steer the ship away from violent collision with reality. Britain was decisively and obviously off course from anything functionally democratic or economically viable long before Gordon Brown snuck the Lisbon Treaty through Parliament in the dead of night. By then the rot was already advanced, but that act of constitutional sleight-of-hand crystallised it: sovereignty quietly auctioned off to Brussels while the public was told to look the other way. The 2008 crash slammed a lid on real wage growth for anyone not already in the asset-owning class; the military, hollowed out by endless expeditionary wars and procurement disasters, was in a shit state fifteen years ago and has only atrophied further. By 2012 the writing was on the wall with mass migration—its demographic, cultural and economic effects plain to anyone not paid to ignore them. Police quality has been systematically trashed by Theresa May’s reforms and the deliberate evisceration of Special Branch, turning what was once a recognisably British constabulary into something closer to a politically compliant and social-work bureaucracy, parts of which played a vile and still unpunished role in the rape gangs The 2016 Brexit referendum was not some xenophobic spasm; it was a national demand for a government that would finally put the interests of the people of these islands first. Instead the political establishment and the permanent bureaucracy launched a decade-long campaign of sabotage and rearguard action, determined that nothing fundamental would change. Keir Starmer is not a good man and he is certainly not a good Prime Minister, but the brutal truth is that none of them will be better. The system cannot fix itself. It is too incompetent, too captured, and too corrupt. The local election results last week confirmed precisely the political and social dynamics I have been diagnosing for years. Voters in traditional Labour and Conservative heartlands delivered a stinging rebuke to the establishment parties that presided over high migration, cultural displacement and stagnant living standards. Reform UK became the vehicle for native discontent, its gains in working-class northern and Midlands seats signalling exactly the cross-class, regional backlash I have described: a tripartite divide between those who still believe in the nation and those who do not. Polarisation, fragmentation, the splintering of the old two-party cartel, all of it illustrates the breakdown of democratic consent and the rise of identity-driven politics that are the classic preconditions for deeper conflict. One could pretend this is healthy democratic pressure relief. It is not. Electoral revolt is an early symptom, not a cure. The structural drivers, including mass migration, elite refusal to acknowledge cultural incompatibility, economic decline, are too deeply embedded for conventional politics to address. Reform may win seats, but the unelected bureaucracy, the courts, the media and the NGOs will obstruct, delay and dilute any real change. The establishment’s preferred candidate is now the one-time “controlled opposition” because the system is that desperate. Meanwhile the problems metastasise faster than any promised reform can catch up. Hard to get excited, then, about whatever announcements limp out of the King’s Speech. They will not survive contact with reality if we ever get an actually British government staffed by competent, responsible people accountable to the country and to duty rather than to supranational ideology or personal advancement. If we do not get that government, the country will not survive in any recognisable form.

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Grodkin Blodgett@GrodkinB·
On the other hand, it could also be a very potent tool in the hands of a future government... 😉 Labour, unsurprisingly, are giving no thought to the law of unintended consequences.
The Free Speech Union@SpeechUnion

While the King’s Speech provided relatively thin gruel in terms of legislation, a few Bills have caught the eye of the Free Speech Union. One of these is the Removal of Peerages Bill. Writing in The Spectator, General Secretary of the Free Speech Union, Lord Young of Acton, said: "I know from my work at the Free Speech Union (FSU) that ‘bringing into disrepute’ is a nebulous, subjective standard that's often invoked by green-haired Torquemadas to urge institutions to defenestrate anyone who dissents from their smelly little orthodoxies." We all know that those who raise legitimate concerns about mass uncontrolled immigration are more likely to be branded ‘far-right’ and cancelled than those who shout “Globalise the Intifada”. A Bill like this could very easily see peers who do not conform to the worldview of the Government of the day dragged before a kangaroo court and stripped of their peerages. We can already see this with the shadowy Forfeiture Committee that strips people of their honours. Lord Young says: "I can tell you with complete confidence, however, that some of these unfortunates have been forced to surrender their honours, not because they’ve broken the law, but because they’ve said something perfectly lawful that the committee thinks is evidence of ‘Islamophobia’ or some other thoughtcrime. I know this because the FSU has gone to bat for some of those poor wretches. They’re solemnly informed they’ve brought the honours system into disrepute and then are put through a year of misery as they wait to find out whether the proudest achievement of their lives is about to be thrown in the bin.” There are serious unintended consequences to a Bill like this — both for individuals and for democracy. Read Lord Young’s piece in @spectator and watch a recent episode of the FSU Podcast 👇

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Burchell Wilson
Burchell Wilson@Burchell_Wilson·
BREAKING: Full Federal Court decide to abolish the biological definition of women, damages doubled against Sally Grover due to aggravating circumstances, and costs awarded against Grover. Artist's interpretation of decision's delivery. #FederalCourt #SalGrover #GigglevTickle
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Thea Sewell
Thea Sewell@theasewell05·
lIf you do anything today, watch @MaeveHalligan at the Cambridge Union. I genuinely think this was the first time many people in that room were confronted with the hard reality of the trans debate, rather than the slogans that usually surround it. @BuckAngel was exceptional: calm, articulate, humane. Ultimate respect. And then there was Helen Webberley. I remember once thinking the criticism directed at her by GC women was excessive, especially the claim she was ‘pure evil’. After hearing her speak, I no longer think that. She is totally insincere. I can deal with hard ideologues- they believe they are telling the truth; they are genuine, @HelenWebberley is different. One audience member, a trans-identified male and former patient of hers, stood to speak during points of information. His account of how he had been treated was deeply disturbing. Watch the full debate. It is worth your time.
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Grodkin Blodgett@GrodkinB·
Maggie Oliver would be an extraordinary candidate if she wanted to do it. 👍
Claire Adams@claire_adams694

So I sat thinking about it, and then, by coincidence, the same question came up on GB News: who is the best person to run against Andy Burnham? For me, the answer is simple: Maggie Oliver. She is the former police officer who put her head above the parapet and spoke out when others stayed silent. She challenged the institutions and individuals who, in the eyes of many campaigners and survivors, failed vulnerable children and sought to suppress the truth. Thousands of young girls were subjected to horrific abuse across areas including Rochdale and Oldham. Multiple independent inquiries and criminal convictions have established that serious institutional failings allowed that abuse to continue for years. I attended a public meeting in Oldham and listened to victims, survivors, campaigners, and local residents. They spoke with dignity and clarity about how badly they had been failed. Their testimony was powerful and deeply moving. That is why a contest between Maggie Oliver and Andy Burnham would be so significant. It would give voters a clear choice between someone who has built her reputation by challenging institutional failures and a politician whose record continues to face intense scrutiny from critics. Ultimately, the public will decide who they trust to deliver accountability and ensure that the mistakes of the past are never repeated. @MaggieOliverUK you have an Army here ready to campaign for you.

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Sky News Australia
Sky News Australia@SkyNewsAust·
The Federal Court has dismissed the appeal of the Giggle v Tickle "what is a woman" ruling in a landmark judgement, laying the ground for an appeal to the High Court. skynews.com.au/australia-news…
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Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺
Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺@PaulineHansonOz·
Giggle Pty Ltd has lost their appeal, and been ordered to pay increased damages of $20,000 to trans-activist Roxanne Tickle. A sad day for upholding biological reality in Australia.
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X Freeze
X Freeze@XFreeze·
What SpaceX is pulling off right now is actually insane. No one else in history has done this simultaneously and not even close → Down in Texas, Starship V3 is fully fueled and gearing up for Flight 12 next Tuesday. SpaceX is about to launch the biggest vehicle ever built from a brand-new pad → Over in Florida, SpaceX is launching a Dragon cargo ship to the ISS today. It’s wild that flying supplies to a space station just feels like a normal Wednesday → Meanwhile in California, SpaceX quietly launched classified satellites for the US government on Monday (NROL-172) and it barely even made the news And the craziest part is that they’re casually squeezing in THREE more Falcon 9 launches (Starlink and Globalstar) right in the middle of all this Six launches. Three different launch sites. Three massive milestone missions All in the span of just 8 days SpaceX is in a league of its own
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Michael C
Michael C@Michaeach3·
🚨 THIS IS HOW YOU DEAL WITH THE RADICAL MOB. An anti-Semitic mob tried to blockade the Maersk headquarters in Copenhagen to disrupt critical maritime infrastructure. Danish police showed absolutely zero tolerance. They moved in, restored public order, and shut the mob down. European cities need to stop negotiating with these radicals and start clearing them out. RT to show the world how it is done. 🔄
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