April

NHS maternity units often cover up harmful errors in childbirth, report finds Damning inquiry into services in England reveals falsification of medical records after ‘negligent’ care

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

NHS maternity services ‘lack compassion’ as report lays bare racism and staffing issues www.itv.com/news/2026-02...

Reform UK councillor shared Facebook post saying Labour MP ‘should be shot’ Natalie Fleet MP says politicians should not expect ‘death threats as standard’, as Lancashire councillor apologises

So Reform publicly condones violence now. Even after Farage was so angry at Jo Brand's 'throw acid not milkshake' joke. Is it okay for Reform because it's threatening violence against a Labour MP or is it because it's aimed at a woman? Both probably.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Women (& girls) across Brighton tell us again & again that single-sex spaces are life saving & necessary to heal after sexual trauma.

This is not a myth & the basis by which we lawfully run a popular women-only organisation.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New laws to protect victims of ‘honour’-based abuse Government takes decisive action by rapidly introducing a new legal definition for ‘honour’-based abuse.

UK govt proposes new law re 'honour' based abuse - www.gov.uk/government/n...

“The fact that women are not just smaller men but our own type of human entirely is precisely what makes it so great to have women’s events to watch. They aren’t just downgraded men’s events; they are unique events in their own right, with women’s unique skills and strengths on display.”

The UK government should push for a follow-up study of the 9,000 children already seen by the Tavistock gender clinic.

There is no rationale for launching a new clinical trial of puberty blockers.

Why are NHS clinics withholding the data?

Longterm outcomes are the only effective measure.

John Davidson Gives First Interview and Explains Tourette’s Tics After Shouting N-Word and Other Slurs at BAFTAs: ‘I Felt a Wave of Shame’ (EXCLUSIVE) John Davidson's explains Tourette's tics and the BAFTA N-word incident in his first exclusive interview with Variety.

Fantastic interview. Everyone should read it:

Why will Trump & Republicans get their asses handed to them in November? This. This right here is why Trump & Republicans will get their asses handed to them in November.👇

l've just been attacked by a gang of Muslims outside of East London Mosque in Whitechapel. During the time of Ramadan, and after a Christian preacher was antagonised by Muslims, I decided to do some interviews and debate outside of East London Mosque. Immediately afterwards, a gang of men surrounded me and threatened to mug me

There's a whole thing going down on the right wing X-sphere where vloggers go and stand outside mosques... try to provoke worshippers... and then claim they have been "assaulted" - despite the people on the footage appearing to be entirely reasonable and just asking them to go home.

Kemi Badenoch claimed at #pmqs that Rachel Reeves worked “in customer services” at the Bank of England when she was in fact an economist there

The New York Times is now accurately reporting on the gender medical scandal.

Its been a long time coming.

Those of us who have been vilified for sounding the alarm on this may feel angry.

How do we find for healing and unity?

How do we find kinder ground?

Row breaks out over event's single-sex policy in Brighton One woman claims

'Hayes, who is a co-founder of Sisters Heal, told the BBC she restricted attendance to the class because "a lot of women cannot heal in a mixed-sex space".
"Female survivors [of sexual abuse and domestic violence] have been harmed by male bodies, male voices ...'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson visits US state department Trump administration is cultivating links with conservative groups across Europe

British far-right activist Tommy Robinson was hosted at the US state department on Wednesday, as the Trump administration seeks to cultivate closer ties with conservative and far-right groups across Europe

www.ft.com/content/032d...

🚨VERY IMPORTANT! Please tag your MP and ask them to attend the important secondary breast cancer debate in parliament THIS THURSDAY and speak up for people affected by the disease🙏

Newsrooms across the world should be treating the Epstein files as a top-tier story.
If coverage is being sidelined, that editorial choice is worth paying attention to.

Trump wants elections “nationalized,” meaning more federal control over how voting runs.
That’s a centralization move, not a fraud fix.
When control moves up, oversight usually gets harder, not easier.

Every DEMOCRAT should be screaming their lungs out about trump takeover of voting

But, they will send strongly worded letters as we lose our democracy

Donald Trump is incredibly litigious. He sues and threatens to sue people for anything and everything. He has sued no one for calling him a paedophile... Because the legal scrutiny would not go well for him

Amidst all the devastating Trump chaos going on in our country and around the world we learn that Trump, his sons, and company are suing the government for $10.5 billion. This is the 3rd lawsuit he’s brought against his own government in which he sits on both sides of the legal table. Astonishing!

Read more: bit.ly/46ukDMK

You are a brave man doing a vital job
Stay safe

Steve Rosenberg on the tightrope of reporting from Russia on Ukraine war The BBC's Russia editor reflects on the difficulties of working as a British journalist in Moscow.

Double-headed eagles, white parrots and “defecating squirrels”: my experiences reporting from Russia. Our film ‘Our Man In Moscow’ for BBC Panorama is available on the iPlayer
and will be shown on BBC One at 8pm tonight (Mon Feb 2).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This was just excellent from @bbcstever.bsky.social - well worth your time

I have been warning for months that he is going to try to steal the election. That is why my law firm is litigating 80 voting cases with more on the way.

It is also why I tell people to sign up for Democracy Docket to stay imformed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

The President of The United States said _today_ that his political party should take over national elections and it's getting very little coverage.

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I know it doesn’t matter to most people anymore, and I know that he lies as he breathes, but Trump today said once again that he won 3 elections in a row - 2016, 2020, & 2024 - and no one batted an eye, no one called him out on his lie, and no one asked him how that was constitutionally possible.

AOC: Why haven’t so many people been prosecuted? Why are Pam Bondi and the DOJ continuing to hide the majority of the Epstein files, which they admit contain even more direct evidence of genuinely shocking crimes and abuse of women, minors, and increasingly men…

Today the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill will be debated in the Scottish parliament. We ask Scottish MSPs to attend & engage in the debate and ensure they take this opportunity to stand with survivors and hear their calls for protection.

🔗 www.parliament.scot/bills-and-la...

A Psychopath Talking About Seizing Elections—and a Party Too Cowardly to Stop Him “This isn’t a policy disagreement. It’s authoritarianism, said out loud.”

Trump just said Republicans should “take over the voting and nationalize it.” That’s authoritarianism, full stop. The silence from elected Republicans is cowardice—and it’s dangerous heading into November.
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