TheTinMen

Shameful, punitive, vindictive policy.

@Nigel_Farage wtf is wrong with you

If you vote Reform you will not have an illegal migrant deportation facility in your area. We will hold migrants awaiting deportation in constituencies that vote Green instead. You get what you vote for.

It seems hard to believe that these male victims, the many millions of them, are still, all categorised as ‘male victims of violence against women’. An insult that not only erases them from discourse, but also means that male victims are constantly overlooked or dismissed in Government policy; consigned instead to footnotes or ignored entirely, with life-saving services not designed to meet their gender-specific needs. It’s not good enough. Far from it. It’s not good enough that society’s most vulnerable men and boys must suffer, because of the cowardice and self interest of our politicians. It’s not right that these promises are broken, and forgotten about; quietly shuffled to the bottom of priorities, because they are not vote winners. So here are some of the few ways in which the British Government have said the right thing, only to never follow through with action. Let’s take a look… ~ Five-year report into domestic abuse-related deaths news.npcc.police.uk/releases/growi…. The Survivorship Experiences of Men and Boys  knowledge.lancashire.ac.uk/id/eprint/5132…

Again and again, we hear it: ‘no victim left behind’, ‘the human cost of abuse cannot be overlooked’, ‘men and boys matter too’, but when the chips are down and the legislation is being penned, these fine words fall at the wayside.

The road male victims have walked down for decades, has been one of continual broken promises and political betrayal. Every few years politicians seem ready to acknowledge these men and boys, with kind words and commitments, only for them to forgo these promises at the earliest possible opportunity...

@julesw1lko @jimthegiant Ah yes, 'punching down' onto a multi-millionaire, that makes sense. Grow up Jules.

@TheTinMenBlog @jimthegiant Yep.

Gary Stevenson’s YouTube set-up is genius; a plate of biscuits and a mug of tea, gnawed biros haphazardly scattered next to scraps of paper; him sat in your nan’s kitchen, with a wonky hat, a bottle of Fairy liquid left out, a drying rack, and kitchen sink in the background. It's beautiful. This ‘look’ is essential if you are to appeal to the army of rich, East London champagne socialists, who are also sat wringing their hands in million pound homes, cosplaying as ‘working class’ too. It’s the kind of carefully curated art direction that helps you forget Gary is actually a multimillionaire himself, has been for many years, and is very much a part of the “1%” he criticises. But don’t worry; he eats hobnobs, hasn’t done the dishes yet, makes his own tea, and speaks with a funny accent, so he’s cool and "one of us". TBH it seems like the same carefully curated, perpetually ‘working class’ man-of-the-people chic, that Russell Brand perfected (although without the sexual assaults). Another charismatic and performatively ‘working class’, iconoclast, and anti establishment anti hero. The 'Russell-Brand-of-economics' styled intellectual, who’s peered behind the curtain, but sounds like a chimney sweep, and looks like he’s just rolled out of bed, so it’s fine. Genuinely want to know how long someone has to have millions of pounds in the bank, and a prestigious higher education, before they are no longer able to claim the identity of ‘working class’?

@julesw1lko @jimthegiant Sorry onto whom am I punching down? Gary Stevenson? lol.

@TheTinMenBlog @jimthegiant Yep. Punching down , rather than punching up.

@julesw1lko @jimthegiant Sham?

@TheTinMenBlog I’m looking forward to .@jimthegiant seeing this. I think it’s fair to say, your mental health sham just fell on the ground.

@Trevornoah ‘We’re not telling the attackers not to attack’. Do you honestly hear yourself? You’re having a hypothetical argument with someone you’ve invented, and then declaring yourself the winner.

It’s not about the bear. It’s about why that feels safer.

@stokedsport Anthony Joshua...lol

Best boxers of all time! Who is missing and who shouldn't be on the list?

@scowen_paul The video clearly shows an officer trying to disarm him, as the very first thing he does when he goes to ground.

@TheTinMenBlog The police didn’t handle this well. Initially they backed off the suspect, then used kicks to the head to try to disarm him without controlling his arm that held the knife & let a civilian take control of his arm and remove the knife. They need remedial training not praise

Call me a contrarian – but if you're stabbing members of public, and refuse to drop the knife, and despite being tazered, walk toward police officers in a threatening way (who suspect you have a bomb), you should be grateful you're not shot and killed. Am I missing something?

The National Police Chiefs Council has published the 5-year report into domestic abuse-related deaths. The horrific total is 1,452 tragedies in 5 years. 394 of those were men, including 165 homicide victims & 123 suicides of male DV victims. Here's Jess Phillips's intro

@HitamLosdtu You totally missed the point I am making. The graph shows police reported crime increasing, which is not the same as actual instances of sexual violence.

@TheTinMenBlog It's actually relevant because society hasn't stopped policing, and it's good to see if the numbers were decreasing before the arrival of migrants.

We need to teach statistical bias at school, with a whole syllabus on ‘police recorded crime’ and how it isn’t a true reflection of real life rates. You could bring this number to zero if you stopped taking police reports. Does that mean sexual violence has stopped? No.

@TheTinMenBlog It’s a ‘great piece of work’ if you’re inspired by a pastiche of socialist realism.

The fact the left are saying Banksy’s new artwork ‘is about the far right!’, whilst the right are saying ‘it’s about the far left!’, is what makes this a truly great piece of work.

@PeteR1040766 Nothing naive about extrapolating different meanings out of a piece of art, quite the opposite really. The fact is we’re living in a political age where both sides are being blinded by tribal identity politics. Stop being such a philistine.

@TheTinMenBlog Banksy is a leftist. Leftists are utterly fuming at the right proudly celebrating their national flag. This is clearly aimed at the right. Stop being so naive.

'Scientists revise theories to fit new data sets. Ideologues ignore data to preserve theories.'

@lessonlylove The police's first priority is preserving life, even if he was having a full mental breakdown, he absolutely was an imminent threat, and deadly force would have been entirely justified IMO.