Hong Kong injustice continues. Joshua Wong (already in custody for 5 years) sentenced this morning to ten more years - for standing up to freedom. #FreeJoshuaWong #JoshuaWong
Dianne Hayter
@HayteratLords
Former Chair, International Agreements Committee; Former Deputy Leader, Labour Lords & Shadow Brexit minister. Lords since 2010, former Labour Party Chair.
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An actual Fatwa issued against Rushdie. Hardly the same as saying sales of a book should not go to a proscribed organisation. Why not give the funds to one of the many non-proscribed Palestinian support groups? Or is this about deliberately getting noticed?
This comparison with Salman Rushdie is pure luxury dilettantism. You can disagree with the politics that led to Rooney's books being withdrawn, but no one is threatening to kill her. Rushdie OTOH is under constant threat from Islamists, which is the opposite to Rooney's situationView quoted post on X
I am an ‘elderly’, ‘female politician' and proud of it - all three words in fact. Am I to be made invisible by the Greens? I suppose young male politicians are OK!
EXCL: The Green party has produced an Orwellian glossary of ‘unacceptable’ language ahead of its conference this weekend.View quoted post on X
Its new ‘Inclusive Terminology Guidance’ instructs members to stop using words and phrases including ‘elderly’, ‘female politician’ and ‘mothers and fathers’. Also discouraged are ‘able-bodied’, ‘sex-change’, ‘homosexual’, ‘a nutter’, ‘youngster’ and ‘sexual preference’.
The guidance recommends replacing ‘gendered job titles’ with ‘gender-neutral terms wherever possible’. Members should say ‘chair’ instead of ‘chairman’, ‘police officer’ instead of ‘policeman’ and ‘parents and carers’ rather than mothers and fathers.
RAC, College of Optometrists, LightAware - at RING lab to see how Headlights can be tested, to see if we can reduce the dazzle @CollegeOptomUK @Rhodos @RingAutomotive @LightAware1
