We cover the issue of the killing of unborn children in our manifesto, pp. 23-7.

Our thanks to Mary for this. Extracts:

The National Secular Society has urged ministers to review the charitable status of ‘crisis pregnancy centres’ giving unethical advice to pregnant woman…

In letters to UK charity ministers last week, the NSS said it was “reasonable to conclude these organisations are seeking to dissuade women from having abortions due to religious beliefs”. It added that “it is difficult to see how they are acting in the public benefit”.

The NSS called on ministers to review the charitable status of the organisations in question and to take steps to prevent similar organisations from obtaining charitable status in the future. The letter also urged a broader review of “advancement of religion” as a grounds for charitable status.

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An excellent piece by Robert James for TCW.

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Speaking this morning Sir Mark described the findings as ‘deeply worrying’, adding that you cannot read the report and not be ‘upset, embarrassed and humbled’. But he has provoked a row by rejecting the label that the Met was guilty of ‘institutional’ racism, misogyny and homophobia, saying it was ‘politicised and ambiguous’.

He told Sky News: ‘I absolutely accept the diagnosis that Louise Casey comes up with. We have racists, misogynists and homophobes in the organisation. And it’s not just about individuals. We have systemic failings, management failings and cultural failings.’

He said the reason he does not use the term ‘institutional’ is because he thinks it is ‘a very ambiguous’ term. ‘Everyone uses different definitions,’ he said, adding there are ‘toxic individuals’ in the Met who are in the process of being removed.

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Reported in a number of papers, this is another important case. Not because the internal wranglings of TERFs and Trans, both feminist, should disturb anyone else. But because before too long “misogyny” will start to attract the attention of Police forces, and just like its previous incarnation “sexist”, “misogynist” will mean anyone with even the mildest critique of feminism or even a woman. Indeed this is already written into the Istanbul Convention.

Thus it’s important that the Police are prevented from this unlawful habit of using Non Crime Hate Incidents to punish people. As this article points out these are recorded on the “Police Checks” issued for many jobs. In many ways they are worse than an actual conviction, because many “expire” from the record after set times, unlike the NCHI.

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Our thanks to Jim for this. What is it about billionaire Rupert Murdoch that Ann Lesley Smith, 66, finds so attractive?

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