Today is the first day of the feminist FiLiA Conference 2025 and trans activists have already smashed up the windows of the venue. Classy…
JK Rowling is known to attend the conference, which this year is being held boldly in Brighton. Masked activists from the “Bash Back” group filmed themselves smashing up the Brighton Centre venue on King’s Road in the early hours of the morning. The group, which calls itself a “trans-led direct action group combatting the rising tide of bigotry in the UK,” declared two days ago:
“WE ARE ENGAGED IN AN INTERSECTIONAL STRUGGLE TRANS AND PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ARE A UNITED FRONT AGAINST COLONIALISM”
Think that tells you all you need to know…
It’s also silence from Green MP Sian Berry, in whose constituency the vandalism occurred. Guido looks forward to seeing her statement of condemnation…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”