A piece in today’s Times. You can subscribe to the paper here. As always in such articles, it's not explained that the protesters want the women concerned to learn the full range of their options, few will be aware of the support available if they decide not to progress with the … [Read more...]

Our thanks to Douglas for this. He writes: Given the relatively low proportion of women MPs (as we are often told), it seems notable that the UK could be heading towards kicking out two female MPs for one male MP. Claudia Webbe MP was convicted of a campaign of harassment … [Read more...]

Our thanks to Nigel for this. He writes: Interesting window on a little known fact, the majority of abuse of babies and infants is committed by mothers. In this case mum and female lover. There are many theories about why it is mothers commit infanticide (it has a different … [Read more...]

Our thanks to Gerry for this piece from 2017, and this from 2018. He writes: Hi Mike, Two articles here about paternity issues. It is interesting to compare how each news outlet covered the story. The Manchester News wrote a pretty factual piece. The Guardian on the other hand … [Read more...]

A piece in today’s Times. You can subscribe to the paper here. A chilling phone call in which a retired accountant admits stabbing her fourth husband to death has been released to the public as she begins her defence against a murder charge. David Jackson, 78, a retired … [Read more...]

Our thanks to William Collins for this (video, 3:48). We can be sure Justice for Women and other feminist groups will automatically believe her likely claims of coercive control and seek to ensure she isn't punished for the murder. Our last general election manifesto is … [Read more...]

A piece by James Le Fanu in today’s Telegraph. Once again, the photo library shot of a GP is of a grey-haired man, although most GPs are women. Once again, no mention of female GPs' responsibility for the dire state of the GP service. You can subscribe to the paper here. The … [Read more...]

A hilarious piece in today’s Times. You can subscribe to the paper here. Spain’s richest literary prize has gone to a novel thought to have been written by a woman touted as the country’s answer to Elena Ferrante. She was then revealed to be three male television … [Read more...]

A piece in today’s Times. You can subscribe to the paper here. The prime minister of Spain plans to ban prostitution, 26 years after the country decriminalised it. Pedro Sánchez, 49, denounced the practice for “enslaving” women and vowed to initiate a significant change in the … [Read more...]

A piece in today’s Times. You can subscribe to the paper here. Three rejected Miss France contestants have joined forces with a feminist group to take the beauty contest to court for alleged discrimination based on appearance and breach of labour laws. Osez-le-Féminisme (Dare … [Read more...]

I am pleased to announce that we'll be manning (should that be "personning"?) a stand at the Buxton Battle of Ideas Festival on 30 October. Event website here, you can order your tickets (£0 - £25) here. I'm looking forward to meeting up again with the lovely Elizabeth Hobson, … [Read more...]

Interesting... Our last general election manifesto is here. Our YouTube channel is here, our Facebook channel here, our Twitter channel here. If everyone who read this gave us £5.00 – or even better, £5.00 or more, monthly – we could change the world. £5.00 monthly would … [Read more...]

Our thanks to Stu for this by a feminist writing for Huffpo. He writes: Hi Mike, Did you come across this subject? I heard about it on Talk Radio earlier, Christo suggesting there was a lot of debate around the issue concerning declining birth rates, women putting off having … [Read more...]

A decision has been taken to move the conference back four weeks. The revised dates are 10:00 GMT, Monday, 13 December, to 12:00 GMT, Sunday, 19 December. We were originally planning up to 72 speakers or interviewees in two parallel streams, most of the videos being followed by … [Read more...]

Dear Mike Buchanan, Welcome to the Free Speech Union’s weekly newsletter, our round-up of the free speech news of the week. The last week has seen a concerted attack on the academic freedom of a professor of philosophy, with the University and College Union joining in on the … [Read more...]

OK, this blog post will be a little different from our normal fare. Between the ages of 7-16 I attended two all-boy Roman Catholic boarding schools, because my parents were abroad - my late father worked for the Foreign Office and moved from one country to another every two or … [Read more...]

Our thanks to Gerry for this. He writes: Here is one you might have missed. The point being that women who trick men into unprotected sex - a VASTLY more common thing, usually the result of alleging to have taken oral contraceptives, when they haven't - face no consequences even … [Read more...]

Bettina writes: Campus lies, damned lies and statistics New efforts to manufacture a campus rape crisis What does it say about our country that a student writing to me doesn’t dare give his name for fear his letter could be traced back to him? Concerned Student wrote to me … [Read more...]

We're planning to focus more of our campaigning efforts on issues that harm children, including unborn children. Our thanks to Stu for this link to abortion statistics for 2020, updated by the DHSC two weeks ago. Our last general election manifesto is here. Our YouTube … [Read more...]

A text message from Elizabeth Hobson, with a selfie she's just taken: A man just stopped me in the street to ask whether I’m one of the three Mormon girls that he’s marrying tomorrow. I said “No, I’m not a churchgoer.” Then he gave me some flowers, I popped into a shop to buy … [Read more...]