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‘Misogyny ramped up on steroids’: Inside the alarming rise in anti-women content – and what needs to happen NOW before an entire generation of young men is polluted by algorithms of HATE
The head of Ireland’s Women’s Aid, Sarah Benson, has warned that social media algorithms are aggressively pushing anti-women content at boys and young men, embedding misogynistic attitudes about masculinity that risk normalising contempt towards women. Her warning follows the deaths of nine women in violent circumstances in Ireland this year, including the recent killing of…
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Badenoch to vote against assisted dying law when it returns to Commons this week as Tory leader warns MPs to be ‘clear-eyed’ about Bill’s ‘fatal flaws’
Kemi Badenoch has confirmed she will vote against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill when it returns to the House of Commons this week, despite saying she supports the principle of assisted dying. The Conservative leader urged MPs to be “clear-eyed” about what she called the Bill’s “fatal flaws” and criticised suggestions that…
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UK government says Fujitsu won’t use framework places to chase new customers
The UK government has told MPs that Fujitsu has assured officials it will not use its places on lucrative public sector procurement frameworks to win work from new government customers while its voluntary bidding moratorium remains in force. The commitment follows scrutiny after The Register revealed the scandal-hit Japanese IT supplier had secured spots on…
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More voters think Restore Britain’s Rupert Lowe is doing a good job as leader than Greens’ Zack Polanski, new poll shows
A new poll from More in Common has found that more Britons view Restore Britain’s Rupert Lowe as doing a good job leading his party than think the same of Green Party leader Zack Polanski, despite the Greens polling higher overall in voting intention. The finding comes as Polanski faces an internal party challenge over…
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Burnham defends Israel sanctions claiming he is standing up for ‘underdog’ Palestinians as Labour is accused of risking the lives of British Jews
Andy Burnham defended the UK Government’s decision to impose trade sanctions on illegal Israeli West Bank settlements, telling MPs that Britain would always “stand with the underdog” against injustice. The move, announced by Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, has provoked a diplomatic and domestic backlash, with Israel closing a British consulate in East Jerusalem and banning…
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Trump’s pressure campaign has Iran reeling. America can’t hesitate now
This Fox News opinion piece argues that President Donald Trump’s combined military and economic pressure campaign has left Iran’s regime severely weakened, contending that any threatened Iranian escalation would stem from desperation rather than strength. The author credits US Central Command strikes on Iranian tankers, alongside a naval blockade and sanctions, with crippling Tehran’s capacity…
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Hong Kong’s first leader Tung Chee-hwa dies at 89, as LIV Golf files for bankruptcy
Overseas and sport lead the bulletin as Hong Kong’s first post-handover chief executive dies aged 89 and LIV Golf enters Chapter 11 after losing Saudi backing; also covered: One Nation’s press-conference row, a scam using AFL star Tom Lynch’s image, and a nurse’s fatal accident that saved seven lives through organ d…
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Germany’s Merz attacks AfD in stormy debate after far-right election win
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz clashed openly with far-right AfD leader Alice Weidel in the Bundestag, their first confrontation since the AfD’s sweeping victory in Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt state election. Merz branded the AfD a “destructive force” and said its “remigration” policy would amount to “ethnic cleansing” of skilled workers based on origin and skin colour, while…
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Trump caught secretly slipping eye-popping cash to Natalie Harp, 35, and two other young female White House staffers
Financial disclosures revealed that Donald Trump gave three young female White House aides – Natalie Harp, 35, Chamberlain Harris, 26, and Margo Martin, 31 – $45,000 each as a Christmas gift, with Politico also reporting that Oval Office operations director Walt Nauta received a separate $20,000 gift from the president. The White House defended the…
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Burnham desperately backtracks after suggesting Scotland can have another independence referendum if there is ‘majority public support’
Andy Burnham appeared to open the door to a fresh Scottish independence referendum during Prime Minister’s Questions, suggesting one could be held if there were “majority public support,” before Downing Street moved quickly to row back on the remark. The comment, made in response to SNP MP Chris Law, was seized on by First Minister…