James Kirkup
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James Kirkup
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- I❤️JKR. This isn’t about what she says. It’s about how she says it. Society tells women + girls to “be kind” but JK Rowling is sharp and unflinching. Long may that continue. - J.K. Rowling’s glorious refusal to be kind
- The PM said he would not request an extension. He has requested an extension. The rest is spin. blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/10/boris-…
- Ever find yourself thinkIng “Hmm, this trans debate is so complicated - I just don’t know who’s right”? Well here’s a tip: the people sending death threats to a women who survived domestic abuse because she *said something* they didn’t like - those aren’t the good guys.
- The story of Caroline Farrow, accused of "misgendering", comes down to one simple, chilling fact: a British police force is investigating a journalist over words that she published. blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/03/the-jo…
- Scotland's "urgent review" of trans-identifying sex offenders in women's jails is vindication of the many women who warned about male abuse and exploitation of gender laws. That those women were not listened to reveals a great deal. spectator.co.uk/article/nicola… via @spectator
- “Trans women are women” too often means that the interests of male-born people are given priority over the interests of people born female. spectator.co.uk/article/laurel… via @spectator
- It’s depressing that this still needs to be said: Laura Kuenssberg did her job. Leave her alone blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/09/laura-…
- There is nothing 'tough' about surviving coronavirus. The people who die from it don’t die because they’re not ‘strong’. This is about biology, not character. spectator.co.uk/article/there-… via @spectator
- Kim Darroch is a first-class diplomat doing precisely the job asked of him. Any British PM who yields to pressure like this and withdraws him is failing to reflect our national interest and failing to lead.I have been very critical about the way the U.K. and Prime Minister Theresa May handled Brexit. What a mess she and her representatives have created. I told her how it should be done, but she decided to go another way. I do not know the Ambassador, but he is not liked or well....
- Nick Boles, a rare hero in a Parliament full of cowards blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/03/nick-b…
- The tide is turning. The waves are getting bigger. blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/in-jus…
- Journalism is not an attack. Scrutiny is not persecution. Stephen Nolan’s Stonewall investigation is proper journalism that asks the right questions. spectator.co.uk/article/the-bb… via @spectator
- Replying to @jameskirkup++ No, this isn’t a “right-wing” thing. JKR, like many women who question transgenderism, is on the left. What’s more likely? 1) left-wing women made a secret pact with the US Christian Right 2) these women are just genuinely concerned for their rights
