Mark Stronge

📣🚨CONVERSION THERAPY BAN PETITION The Government has announced it intends to press ahead with a ban on conversion therapy. Like most 'bans', this sounds benign. How could anyone not want to ban giving electric shocks to gay kids? But the fact is, that's already against the law, as are all the other coercive practices conjured up by the phrase 'conversion therapy'. So what is it the Government wants to ban, exactly? The answer is 'converting' children who think they're trans to being 'cisgendered'. That's where the impetus for this ban has come from — well-funded pro-trans lobby groups like Stonewall and Mermaids. So any parent who 'misgenders' their confused adolescent daughter, or tries to talk them out of embarking on an irreversible medical pathway, could face criminal charges for trying to 'convert' them. And we're not talking about out a slap on the wrist. In the state of Victoria, Australia, which brought in a conversion therapy ban in 2021, the maximum penalty for trying to 'convert' someone is 10 years in prison. It won't just be parents and medical professionals who will risk imprisonment for trying to talk gender-confused children out of mutilating themselves. Any religious leader who shares the teachings of their faith on issues like homosexuality and gay marriage, could also face prosecution. That's what this authoritarian Government wants to ban — any dissent from radical progressive orthodoxy when it comes to sex and gender. So please do sign our petition and let Andy Burnham know how you feel about this anti-free speech measure. Speech is always curtailed in the name of preventing 'harm'. But stopping parents talking honestly to their children about the risks of irreversible medical procedures will cause actual, real world harm. This is a fight we have to win. ✍️ Sign our petition below 👇

The French Government tried to throw this woman in prison for saying "the main threat to women in France comes from Black and Arab immigrant men" after she was sexually assaulted by a Tunisian migrant. She thankfully avoided the prison sentence but is now being fined €1,000. WTF is going on in France?!

The Islay to Jura ferry approaching Port Askaig on Islay, with the distinctive Paps of Jura in the background. The five-minute ferry trip takes you to the wildest and emptiest of all Scotland's inhabited islands. More pics and info: undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/jura/ferry/ind…

Modest warming since the end of the Little Ice Age in 1850 supports billions of people better than any previous cold era ever did. Yet, a weird paradox dominates our modern climate discourse: we celebrate ancient warm eras as golden ages, but frame today's mild shifts as inherently catastrophic. History shows that warmth has always delivered prosperity. Look no further than Roman vineyards flourishing in Britain or Viking farms thriving in Greenland. Conversely, cold spells almost always bring hardship - marked by the Thames freezing over, expanding Alpine glaciers and systemic crop failures during the Little Ice Age (roughly 1300–1850). When you compare the Holocene’s historical rollercoaster, the Roman Warm Period (250 BC–AD 400) and the Medieval Warm Period (900–1300 AD) stand out as eras of booming agriculture and expanding empires. The Little Ice Age was a harsh, multi-century counterpoint that brought widespread famine and societal strain across Europe. Throughout these dramatic ups and downs, ice core data shows atmospheric CO₂ was remarkably flat, hovering steadily between 270 and 285 ppm. These profound climate convulsions happened purely on the back of natural variability - solar output, volcanic aerosols and oceanic-atmospheric circulation flips - all without CO₂ needing to budge. On a broader scale, today's blips are superimposed over a gradual, long-term cooling trend that followed the Holocene Thermal Optimum thousands of years ago, when temperatures were frequently 0.5°C to 1°C warmer than today. Earth’s climate has always been dynamic on multiple timescales, operating independently of any single variable, such as CO₂. Natural precedent proves that warmth isn't inherently destructive. Humans are marvelously adaptive and the biosphere is inherently resilient. The real challenges ahead aren't dictated by a climate driven panic, but by our astonishing capacity for adaptation. Image: A recreation of a Viking-age settlement, showcasing the turf-roof architecture that allowed Norse communities to thrive in northern latitudes.

Wind energy has long faced criticism for its impact on birds, especially large raptors that collide with spinning turbine blades. But a landmark study at Norway’s Smøla Wind Farm has found a remarkably simple and low-cost solution: painting a single rotor blade black. By creating high visual contrast, the black blade disrupts the “motion smear” effect, where rapidly spinning white blades can appear almost invisible or blurred to birds. This simple change made the turbines far more noticeable, reducing overall bird fatalities by more than 70% compared to neighboring unpainted turbines. The benefit was especially pronounced for vulnerable species like the white-tailed eagle. The study, conducted over many years using a rigorous Before-After-Control-Impact design, shows that this low-tech modification offers a practical way to help reconcile renewable energy expansion with wildlife protection. While smart site selection away from migration routes remains the highest priority, painting one blade black is a promising, easily implemented mitigation measure that could be adopted more widely. [May, R., Nygård, T., Falkdalen, U., Åström, J., Hamre, Ø., & Stokke, B. G. (2020). Paint it black: Efficacy of increased wind turbine rotor blade visibility to reduce avian fatalities. Ecology and Evolution, 10(16), 8927–8935. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6592]

🚨HORRIFIC ATTEMPTED BEHEADING ON THE STREETS OF BELFAST 😱 Graphic Warning ⚠️ Just after 10:30pm last night on Kinnaird Avenue, North Belfast, a man was slashed and stabbed in a frenzied attack, with the suspect on top of him on the ground repeatedly hacking at his head and neck in what looked like an attempt to cut his head off. Blood everywhere. Hero bystanders dragged the attacker off. The suspect appears to be a foreign national as he is shouting in a foreign language during the assault. PSNI have one suspect in custody. Victim rushed to hospital with serious head and neck injuries.

@Rainmaker1973 Please do read on... open.substack.com/pub/romanbystr…

@Rainmaker1973 The history of Leicester and smallpox does warrant a brief look into what happened the years previous and how mandatory vaccination was overturned and the city used modern methods of treatment, hygiene, water and nutrition, rather than the cutting of flesh and rubbing on of puss.

In 1901, Dr. Allan Warner of the Isolation Hospital at Leicester, England, took a series of photographs of patients with smallpox. This one is possibly the most famous. The two boys are said to be 13 year-olds and infected with smallpox simultaneously during an epidemic of the disease in the United Kingdom, one of the last big ones there. The boy on the left shows a full-blown presentation of smallpox, with the pus-filled pustules all over his body, concentrated on his face and arms. The boy on the right is at the hospital in the same isolation unit, because he is also showing some pustules (and perhaps a slight fever or malaise), though certainly not as many. The difference is in the fact the boy on the right was vaccinated and didn't develop serious symptoms. The earliest written description of a disease like smallpox appeared in China in the 4th century CE (Common Era). Early written descriptions also appeared in India in the 7th century and in Asia Minor in the 10th century. Ali Maow Maalin was the last person to have naturally acquired smallpox caused by variola minor in October 1977. Almost two centuries after Edward Jenner hoped that vaccination could annihilate smallpox, the 33rd World Health Assembly declared the world free of this disease on May 8, 1980.

I went up to Makerfield to canvass for @RestoreBritain_ - and explained why Restore is the only party which will save the nation:

Here is what BioNTech said in their 2019 filing to the US Securities and exchange commission. "mRNA therapies have been classified as gene therapy medicinal products." investors.biontech.de/node/7381/html

Vaccines and gene therapies are different things. The MHRA are claiming an exception always existed for infectious diseases in this consultation on gene therapy medical products (GTMP). It never did. How come the pharma companies thought differently? 🧵

@MHRAgovuk Yellow Card scheme is a "fake safety surveillance system...which could be used as a proper surveillance system but it's not". @ukcvfamily Chair of Trustees @CarolinePover in conversation with @ukmfa1 Dr Liz Evans on @covidinquiryuk Module 4 Report. 🔔WATCH full interview here ukmfa1.substack.com/p/caroline-pov… 🔔

Caroline Pover, Chair of Trustees of @ukcvfamily response to the @covidinquiryuk Module 4 Report. "...The things that were missing were the lack of a care pathway [for the vaccine injured ]...[This]was quite shocking...an opportunity missed...incredibly disappointing..." Full interview with @ukmfa1 here ukmfa1.substack.com/p/caroline-pov…

@CarolinePover of @ukcvfamily calls for urgent reform of Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme. Despite @covidinquiryuk Module 4 recommending reform of VDPS "...A month after that report was made there's been absolutely no effort for anyone to contact [vaccine injured and bereaved groups] to talk about what that reform might look like....Our efforts to contact Wes Streeting have not been responded to..." ‼️WATCH full conversation here open.substack.com/pub/ukmfa1/p/c…‼️

Caroline Pover @CarolinePover, Chair of Trustees of @ukcvfamily highlights shocking @covidinquiryuk Module 4 Report statement that they see no basis to make MHRA Yellow Card reporting of adverse reactions mandatory. Full interview with @ukmfa1 here ukmfa1.substack.com/p/caroline-pov…

@covidinquiryuk Module 4 Report claims that “On any objective analysis, the risks of the Covid-19 vaccines were carefully managed and were far outweighed by the benefits" @ukmfa1 Dr Liz Evans responds "...That's nonsense as nobody was told the risks, the MHRA didn't respond to the risks and they didn't warn people..." 🔔WATCH Full interview with @ukcvfamily Chair of Trustees @CarolinePover here ukmfa1.substack.com/p/caroline-pov…🔔

The Concorde faced extreme heat at Mach 2 speeds, with surface temperatures reaching about 127°C (260°F) due to air friction. To manage this, engineers used reflective white paint to reduce heat absorption, since white reflects more sunlight than darker colors. The aircraft was also built with heat-resistant materials like titanium and designed to handle thermal expansion, as the fuselage stretched slightly during flight. Flexible seals and expansion joints helped accommodate these changes. Together, these features protected the aircraft’s structure, maintained performance, and ensured passenger safety during supersonic travel. What do you think about Concorde?

Many of the onshore wind farms along the coasts of the UK and Denmark are falling apart after only 10 years. A study reveals that energy contributions from wind farms begin to fall sharply after only 10 to 15 years, leaving the skeletons of steel and plastic blowing in the wind. The economic analysis reveals the lifespan of an onshore turbine is not 20 to 25 years, as stated by the wind industry itself, supported by the UK Government. This peer reviewed British study reveals that the energy production of onshore wind farms falls substantially as they get older, due to wear and tear. Energy and environmental economist, Professor Gordon Hughes (University of Edinburgh), carried out the statistical analysis of wind farm performance data in the UK and Denmark. He concluded that load factors, like electricity generated as a percentage of capacity, declined a lot faster than expected, suggesting a baseline 10 to 15 year lifespan. This is when the technical life of most turbines crunch to halt, and become unprofitable to continue. Rising maintenance costs makes them uneconomical. The study found the average UK wind farm's ability to meet electricity demand had fallen by a third after around 10 years, leading to a conclusion that many are fully uneconomic to run after only 12 years. While the wind industry generally forecasts a 25-year lifespan, the data reveals a different reality about the viability of keeping them spinning so long. Many companies now 'repower' (replace old turbines with new ones) long before the 25-year target to maximise subsidies and output. This often ends the lifespan of the original hardware much sooner. The wind farm study is published by the 'Renewable Energy Foundation on the Performance of Wind Farms in the United Kingdom and Denmark, 2012'.

The Construction Of The Forth Road Bridge. Scotland, 1961. More amazing historical photos: bit.ly/3vlLOd6