Our thanks to Francis for this. From the article:

Timney claimed she was drunk and hadn’t intended to seriously hurt Miss Hale. [A cast-iron defence for men who injure people.] She was handed an 18-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.

Then the inevitable nonsense from the judge:

Sentencing Timney, Judge Stephen Earl said: ‘This is a case where, for no good reason at all save for drunkenness on your part to the point you can’t recall, you acted so far out of character. This short moment of madness in behaviour nevertheless has consequences, not only for her but also for you.

‘The facial scar is very important, especially in the context of this particular victim, not just in the short-term but the effects it has on her in the medium and long-term on her confidence.’

Judge Earl added: ‘There is a need to send out a very clear message to others that such behaviour will not be tolerated by the courts.’

There is a need to do that. So why didn’t Judge Earl do it?

Our thanks to Tim Alford, a noted anti-MGM campaigner, for his comments on our link to an interview of Iben Thranholm, a female Danish journalist, in relation to recent sexual offences committed against women in European cities. He wrote:

She’s right of course. After decades of mockery, contempt and proclamations of ‘toxic masculinity’ men have realised that a bicycle does not need a fish either. It’s a bit rich for women to demand that their menfolk step in and take a bullet for them now.

Our thanks to Sean for this (video, 8:38). You’ll need to wade through some embarrassing footage of men wearing skirts in an utterly futile act of solidarity with women who’ve been sexually assaulted on the streets of European cities, but that footage is an appropriate backdrop to comments about the assaults by Iben Thranholm, an insightful female Danish journalist with comments on the real crisis of masculinity in Europe – not the whackadoodle version invented by feminists.

Vera Baird QC, Police & Crime Commissioner for Northumbria, won our last Toxic Feminist of the Month award. What are the chances that the Chief Executive of her office would be another particularly odious feminist bigot? Quite high, I’d say, and Elaine Snaith certainly fits that description. Her award certificate is here:

I shall shortly tweet a link to the certificate to @elainesnaith, @northumbriapol, and @northumpbriapcc.

At 10pm tonight, BBC4 will show A Death Row Tale: The Fear of 13, a 90-minute long documentary. The description in my TV guide:

After more than two decades on Death Row, Nick Yarris asked for all appeals to stop, and for his death sentence to be carried out. Then, the DNA testing that he had been requesting for years exonerated him. In a simple new film – composed largely of Yarris talking to the camera – he tells his terrible, but ultimately uplifting story.

‘Ultimately uplifting story’? The man spent over two decades on Death Row because the state wouldn’t fund a $100 DNA test. How many more such miscarriages of justice exist around the world? It must surely be a huge number, and the overwhelming majority of victims are men.

Barely a day goes by in which I’m not reminded of Dr Catherine Hakim’ Preference Theory (2000), in which she outlined the evidence that far fewer women than men are work-centred. In layman’s terms, most women (six out of seven in Britain) don’t have a strong work ethic. My thanks to Martin for pointing me to a piece with a hilarious illustration of the phenomenon, in a women’s under-23 cycling race.

Not only do individual women scheme to advantage themselves over men – all-women shortlists, more women on corporate boards etc. – they also scheme to advantage themselves over other women.

My thanks to a number of people for pointing me to this. The first video, a cartoon by Sye Ten Atheist, is a gem, starring a piano-playing Big Red, the Canadian legend who apparently attributes a number of phenomena to patriarchy. The two audio files which follow are by Sargon of Akkad.

Given that MGM is our #1 campaigning issue, we thought it would be worthwhile having a dedicated ‘album’ for our MGM-related video and audio pieces. It’s here. Comments will not be moderated.

Richard Duncker heads an anti-MGM organization we strongly support, Men Do Complain. He recently gave a presentation to The Charles Bradlaugh Society in Northampton, and a transcript is here.

On Friday I debated MGM with Dr Simon Hochhauser, a Co-Chairman of Milah UK, on BBC 3 Counties Radio. The presenter was Jonathan Vernon-Smith, and the discussion lasted 20 minutes, followed by 20 minutes of people calling into the show. The file has been loaded onto Vimeo – here – and I recommend you read the background under the file, before listening to the exchange.

For the first time, as an experiment, I won’t be moderating comments. Let’s see how that goes.