The summer the "Gender Critical" movement revealed its true colours.

Short 🧵on my article for @politics.co.uk

In the words of @UN_Women: It’s an “anti-rights movement” which “puts the rights and lives of LGBTQI+ people at risk..."

politics.co.uk/comment/2024/0… @politics @UN_Women Does the movement support women?

In my view, harassment of Imane Khelif and Anna Harrold for the crime of winning at sports while not seeming girly enough shows the GC movement is not about women's rights but about enforcing an archaic stereotype of femininity.

Who is really to blame of the UK Race Riots?

ST: Far-right trolls and gullible thugs.

LT: An entire ecosystem of politicians (left and right), media, and "public intellectuals" who gain from far-right tropes.

🧵on my feature for @prospect_uk

prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/far-r… @prospect_uk 1. Economics:

Poverty and economic alienation doesn't necessarily radicalise but it creates favourable conditions for radicalisation.

UK politicians have, since the 1980s, systematically disempowered the working class - deliberately imposing poverty and insecurity.

How significant is the Prince Harry judgment? It’s about more than Piers Morgan and the Mirror. It exposes a fundamental breakdown at the heart of British society and politics.

Here’s my 4 key takeaways: 🧵

#phonehacking #PiersMorgan #PrinceHarry #Mirror 1. It’s a big win.

Coverage will say he didn’t win every allegation but he was never going to. Given evidence was allegedly concealed, the claim was always going to require a degree of speculation.

It’s not just a win for Harry, there were 100+ claimants - it’s big money /2

Four problems with the #RwandaBill

Yesterday I spoke to MPs about the fundamental issues with the Rwanda Bill and why it can’t be “saved” by amendment.

Here’s my 4 key problems with the Rwanda Bill 🧵
#RwandaTreaty #HumanRights #Immigration 1. The Constitutional Problem:

The Bill uses legislation to change facts. The very definition of “power is truth”. While parliament has previously asked courts to assume facts unless proven otherwise, it has never legislated to reverse a finding of fact. /2

The parts of the #CouttsFiles they don’t want you to see 🧵: They show Farage was let go for commercial reasons.

1. In November 2022 Coutts was concerned about the “reputational risk” of Farage (ie others wouldn’t want to bank with them) but recommended keeping him on anyway: https://t.co/aJwdsufUR6twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2. The Risk committee was also concerned about “reputational risk” (this is an important business criteria in a service industry. Rich people who don’t like your reputation will go to your competitors). But they agreed to keep him on *while he met the commercial criteria*: