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Correcting myself: Labour has committed to immediately end the deportations. They haven’t committed to repealing the act itself (which would be a lengthier process).

Labour have committed to repeal it on day one.

It’s complex, but ultimately the Commons has the upper hand and can essentially force the Lords to stand down … it’s the politics of the situation (or precedence) that will rule. The Lords delaying something indefinitely is just not in their interests, or, they’ll say, the country’s

The periods between the ‘ping pong’ would get shorter and shorter, the gov control the timetable after all. Theoretically the Lords could keep pushing it until the end of the year, but it would become existential eventually, taking up every minute of the day, week after week. It’s HIGHLY...

The Lords cannot stop the bill, it cannot override the Commons. The best it has is to delay. The press conference today is Sunak saying they will not drop it (the only hope to actually kill it). So essentially the Lords can either delay further into the night, angering the elected chamber, or...

BBC More or Less have done an excellent short episode on some of the more egregious misinformation that’s been circulated about the Cass Review. Well worth a listen. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hry4wj

Judging by Hugh Grants legal wrangling with the Sun that’s come out today, there are loopholes in the law which can make financially disastrous to pursue court action, even if you have the money and willing. Pretty stupid country we’ve got.

yep that certainly seems to be true, happy to be educated!

Yes the nazis burned books and literature they deemed degenerate. I’m talking about ‘books on trans healthcare’ specifically.

This was because she hosted a competition where children shared their artwork on her book for young people. Trolls were replying with pornographic content. Seems to me appropriate to shut down any insinuation of anything other than that.

She cast doubt on a claim that that the nazis “burned books on trans healthcare”. As a claim it’s neither here or there as there’s not a lot to back up (obviously the nazis persecuted gender non conforming people). This got extrapolated by certain people as being tantamount to holocaust...

An astute reading. Both sides can claim a ‘win’. It has (hopefully) reminded Netanyahu that he relies on US, UK, France, Jordan and other associated Arab states for defence in the region.

It is. I’m a dull person.

My interpretation is the literal meaning of the recommendation. I’m not saying it’ll work, or be successful, it is just the actual outcome. The only criticism you levy is that it uses the correct technical language to a fault. I accept your point that harmful proposals can be sneaked into...

Also, crucially, the report recommends a better service for all involved. It isn’t a whitewash or towing the government line. In fact it’s notably agnostic about many of the arguments coming from the gender critical crowd. I would read the report and draw your own conclusions. I wouldn’t trust...