Emma Watson

Our thanks to Stu for this gem (video, 34 seconds) on the BBC. Maybe Ms Watson will engage her brain at some point, and start to understand what feminism is really about. Hope springs eternal…

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A tip of the hat to Philip Davies MP for this, presumably intended to point to the absurdity of pointing out gender pay gaps, but regrettably an inevitable consequence will be future positive discrimination for BME candidates in recruitment and promotion, and in consequence negative discrimination against white candidates (generally men). An extract:

Conservative MP Philip Davies asked the Foreign & Commonwealth Office for a breakdown of salaries for its staff, and requested specific attention to be paid to gender, the status of disability and ethnicity.

Results found that Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff are paid almost £10,000 less annually than their white counterparts for both full-time and part-time employment.

Responding to the question, foreign office Minister Sir Alan Duncan went on to state that staff in the FCO are paid “according to standard salary scales” but went on to admit that there isn’t enough BME representation in senior positions. [my emphasis]

As soon as people with influence accept the false premise that there’s a ‘problem’ to be fixed – in this case, ‘there isn’t enough BME representation in senior positions’ – it becomes impossible for them to resist imposing the ‘solution’, which is invariably positive discrimination for those with ‘protected characteristics’, as per the Equality Act. The Act cynically terms positive discrimination ‘positive action’, but it amounts to exactly the same thing in practice.

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Our thanks to Mike P for this piece on the police’s treatment of alleged victims of sexual abuse.

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An interesting piece on AVfM.

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I’ve lived in the throbbing metropolis of Bedford – so good, they named it once – for over 20 years. In my early years I helped with the soup run for the homeless. My winter vegetable soup was the stuff of legend. Today there are many more homeless people getting their sustenance this way, the overwhelming majority of them men, of course. My thanks to Stu for this (video, 1:02).

At my retrial in Isleworth Crown Court yesterday, the judge declined to reverse the verdict at Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court last year. We have strong grounds for an appeal to the Criminal Division of the High Court of Justice in London, and we shall continue the fight for as long as we can. My thanks to Ian, a retired solicitor, for his invaluable advice and support from the outset. He has kindly offered to pay for a transcript of the 20-minute-long judgment, and we’ll post it on this blog as soon as it’s made available.

The higher up the court system we go, the higher the chances of a favourable verdict. At my next retrial there will be three judges, not the sole judges we experienced at Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court and Isleworth Crown Court.

My legal defence rests on citizens’ rights to protest, outlined in the European Convention on Human Rights, enshrined in our Human Rights Act. My protest last June related to the failure of the CPS/police to prosecute those carrying out MGM, a clear violation of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.

In our written legal submission we covered at length the issue of the illegality of MGM. In their response the CPS didn’t refer to that issue, nor did the CPS-appointed barrister do so yesterday, and the judge declined to give a view on the issue in his judgement. We have ordered a transcript of his judgment, and will post it on this blog once available.

There was a little light relief yesterday, in the unlikely form of a signpost in a garden of a house near the court, which might have been placed there by the CPS:

I am representing myself at these trials, J4MB funds are not being used to cover fines, CPS costs etc. I am thankful to supporters who gave me donations towards costs and fines in relation to the Hammersmith trial. Yesterday I was ordered to pay £500 towards the CPS costs in relation to the retrial. I should be grateful for any donations towards that sum, as my disposable income is very limited, and I draw no income from donations. You can send money through the link below, please also email me (mike@j4mb.org.uk) so I know your donation is to be used for this purpose. Thank you.

Finally, in addition to thanking Ian, I must thank the stalwart supporters who joined me yesterday in Isleworth. Some came from a considerable distance, and their presence was greatly appreciated. A few of them are in the photo at the top of this piece.

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Yesterday we posted a piece linking to a short BBC article on a BBC Radio 5 Live Domestic Abuse Special, which included a clip of under two minutes. Our thanks to a supporter for sending us this, a link to the full 46-minute programme on iPlayer. It will be accessible for the coming 29 days, and at some point during that period we’ll post it on our YouTube channel.

Our supporter wrote of the programme:

I’ve listened to the full programme on the iPlayer facility. Actually quite good in talking through the issues for men including the double standards in response from the police.
Matthew Scott, the Police and Crime Commissioner of Kent, in the final 5 minutes of the programme. He clearly set out the “gap” between the numbers and men reporting their abuse and made the link between this and the high suicide rate for men. Sarah and Nihal raise cases of victims being arrested as perpetrators etc.

Police and Crime Commissioners are a relatively recent creation, elected to oversee the Police in each County. After the odious Vera Baird QC [Note: a Toxic Feminist of the Month] in the North East PCC fully subscribing to the “all men are rapists” mantra it is so hopeful to hear this PCC in Kent show a grasp of the issues.

I shall write an encouraging e-mail to him and could I encourage any readers especially from Kent to do the same. [Note: You can contact him through this contact form. I’ll be tweeting him – @MatthewScottPCC – and urge you to do likewise.] He will face opposition and obfuscation from his local DV industry and some supportive comments will I’m sure be of some little help.

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A final reminder that my retrial on the charge of obstructing the highway in Parliament Square last June, in the course of a large anti-MGM protest, will take place at Isleworth Crown Court tomorrow. I hope you’ll be able to attend in support – a limited number of members of the public are permitted to witness the trial, there will be no jury – details here.

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Our thanks to Nigel for this. At last, recognition by the BBC that female domestic abusers exist. In a short piece there’s a link to a clip (audio, 1:57) from a BBC5 Live programme, in which a female domestic abuser calls into the programme. The woman virtue signals and clearly feels more sorry for herself than for her partner.

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Paul Elam and Robert Brockway (AVfM Australia) talk (video, 33:41) about the forthcoming third International Conference on Men’s Issues, ICMI17, in June, in Gold Coast, Australia – just three months away now. You can order your ticket(s) on the associated website.

Paul announces in the video that the date on which the price of tickets will rise from USD250.00 to USD300.00 has been put back from 1 March to 1 April. ICMI17 promises to be another great event, we hope to see many of you there.

You can access all 18 talks at ICMI14 (Detroit) here, and 18 of the talks at ICMI16 (London) here.

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