For some time the prime mover behind European Union efforts to bully major European companies into appointing more women to their boards has been an odious militant feminist, Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission. We’ve covered her nefarious activities at some … [Read more...]
Domestic abuse / violence: statistics, laws, and information
One of the areas which is attracting the most attention in our public consultation document (link below, pp 7 - 9) is domestic abuse / violence ('DA/DV'): 130320 J4MB consultation document, Some of the stories which have been sent to me by men who've been victims of DA/DV … [Read more...]
Julia Hartley-Brewer interviews Mike Buchanan
[Note added 12.5.15: This post was originally published in the spring of 2013.] The day after my recent interview with Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2, I was interviewed by the respected journalist and broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer for her show on the leading London commercial … [Read more...]
Is there a psychological driver behind feminism?
I recently wrote an article for the highly influential MHRM website, 'A Voice for Men': http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/feminist-lies-feminism/is-there-a-psychological-driver-behind-feminism/ As is often the case with AVfM, the comments which follow the article are at … [Read more...]
A challenging interview on BBC Radio Ulster
I had an interesting interview on BBC Radio Ulster this morning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M8cUeLKwn4 I was debating the reasoning behind establishing our political party, with a hyperactive young Irish lady, Niamh Horan https://en-gb.facebook.com/niamhhoran. She made … [Read more...]
Mike Buchanan’s interview on the BBC Radio Scotland show, ‘Call Kaye’
I was interviewed this morning on BBC Radio Scotland: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv9YPKuEduk I was called by the station after my recent BBC Radio 2 interview, asking me to appear on Call Kaye. The show's presented by a well-known Scottish broadcaster, Kaye Adams, and I … [Read more...]
A moving email from a mother
I was called after my recent BBC Radio 2 interview, by BBC Radio Scotland, asking me to appear on Call Kaye this morning. The show is run by the well-known Scottish broadcaster Kaye Adams, and I was informed I’d be debating with a feminist, and told her identity in advance. The … [Read more...]
Man walks up to the main door of a courthouse. Douses himself with petrol. Lights a match. Dies. Tom Ball RIP
My thanks to a supporter for bringing this tragic story to my attention. Across the developed world the suicide rate among men is several times higher than among women (in the UK, about three and a half times higher - it's especially high among disadvantaged men in mid-life). One … [Read more...]
Kat Banyard, Laura Bates, Finn Mackay: the noisy handful
Earlier this evening, the most influential MHRA website in the world - 'A Voice for Men' - published my article about three prominent British militant feminists: http://www.avoiceformen.com/feminism/kat-banyard-laura-bates-finn-mackay-the-noisy-handful/ … [Read more...]
A comment on a feminist’s blog
My thanks to Petronella for keeping me updated with comments made by feminist bloggers and their followers, in response to my appearance on Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show recently. Most of the comments are predictable and tedious, but every now and them a gem emerges. One such … [Read more...]
A discussion with a feminist blogger on ‘Radio 5 Live’
Last night I had the pleasure of engaging in a discussion on Radio 5 Live with the feminist blogger Holly Combe (link below). Within an hour of my appearance yesterday on Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show (6 - 7 million listeners) I was called by people working for three other radio … [Read more...]
Mike Buchanan’s appearance on ‘The Jeremy Vine Show’
Mike Buchanan appeared on Jeremy Vine’s show on BBC Radio 2 this lunchtime, debating with Laura Bates of The Everyday Sexism Project. The programme regularly attracts 6 – 7 million listeners. The discussion (and ensuing comments from listeners etc.) lasts from 34:45 – … [Read more...]
Laura Bates’s appearance on the International Women’s Day edition of ‘Daily Politics’
I'm looking forward to a discussion tomorrow with Laura Bates on the Jeremy Vine show, on BBC Radio 2. On International Women's Day, on 8 March, there was a discussion about feminism in the modern era on the BBC television programme Daily Politics, hosted by regular anchor Andrew … [Read more...]
Mike Buchanan’s forthcoming appearance on the Jeremy Vine Show
Tomorrow (Thursday) Mike Buchanan will be appearing on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2, which regularly attracts more than six million listeners. The show runs from 12:00 to 14:00, and we'll later put up a link to the iPlayer audio file. He'll be given the opportunity, we … [Read more...]
‘He who pays the piper, calls the tune.’ Or does he?
Given that the British government - in common with governments across the developed world - discriminates against men and for women in so many ways, to what extent are men bankrolling the state through their taxes, more specifically their income taxes i.e. the taxes on their … [Read more...]
Dr Janice Fiamengo’s presentation at the University of Toronto
Dr Janice Fiamengo, formerly a radical feminist activist, and for some years a professor of English at the University of Ottawa, recently gave a presentation at the University of Toronto, which has attracted deserved attention. The presentation is essentially a powerful critique … [Read more...]
JudgyBitch’s first video – ‘rape culture’
For some time I've subscribed to the excellent blog of an American anti-feminist, JudgyBitch http://judgybitch.com. She recently announced plans to start posting videos on YouTube. The first has just been released (link below) and it covers 'rape culture'. It's a great video, I … [Read more...]
David Cameron publicly criticises a woman! Hold the front page!!!
The day we never thought would arrive... has arrived. David Cameron has publicly criticised a woman. Only to defend another woman, it's true, but it's progress. Now there are so many obvious candidates, so who might she have been? Harriet Harman MP, for doing all in her power to … [Read more...]
Rehabilitating the ‘disposable sex’
I've just been directed to an interesting piece concerning one of the leading academics in the small (but growing) band of academics prepared to speak with honesty about gender matters - Miles Groth, a psychology professor based at Wagner College, Staten Island. … [Read more...]
IEA reports on state funding of social engineering programmes, charities etc.
In the light of our growing interest in the public funding - across the EU generally, and in the UK specifically - of social engineering programmes, and our plans to challenge the charitable status of politically-motivated militant feminist organisations including the Fawcett … [Read more...]