Trans. Black. Tall. Short. These are all just adjectives to the word woman. They describe her, they do not decide whether she counts as one. A tall woman is a woman. A black woman is a woman. A trans woman is a woman. The noun does not change.
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RIP David Hockney. A giant. An artistic whirlwind. A roaring artistic revolution. Born in Bradford, made in LA. A study in excellence. Enjoy the great studio in the sky, David!
The world doesn’t revolve around GMT.
We stayed up for South Korea/Japan 2002.
We stay up for NFL games.
We stayed up for Lennox Lewis in Vegas.
We stayed up for McGregor cards.
Yet suddenly a North American World Cup is a problem? 😂
Just watched the national lottery advert ahead of football kicking off. Looked familiar. Realised it was filmed in my kitchen! 😭😭😢🤣
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I showed John these new AI helmets. I told him they would be available to all our troops my year-end. He said it wasn’t enough. He suggested the cornflakes were expendable. We agreed to differ.
Faced with a choice between a Defence Secretary who wanted to spend more on our armed forces, a Chancellor who wouldn’t, and an Attorney General who enjoys suing them, the Prime Minister decided he could do without … the Defence Secretary.
I’m sure Ceaușescu said things like this as his regime came under pressure and he ordered the state security apparatus to step up attacks on ordinary people.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the disorder in Belfast was “shocking and completely unacceptable”, adding: “It is clear that people were targeted last night because of their background and I will not tolerate it.”
Politicians who fanned these flames should hang their heads in shame.
Time and again we've seen this story play out. Single incidents used to fuel a far right narrative - and communities across the nation paying the price.