Today’s video is here (3:04).

Over a period of more than two years we’re posting links to one video daily from the J4MB YouTube channel. The channel includes our media appearances since 2012, 300+ videos of talks and other materials from the International Conferences on Men’s Issues (2014 – ) and other men’s issues conferences we’ve been involved with, and so much more. The individual conference playlists are here.

Our website Campaign for Merit in Business was created in the light of the considerable evidence of a causal link between increasing gender diversity on boards and corporate financial decline. Mike Buchanan, Steve Moxon and Dr Catherine Hakim (the originator of Preference Theory) presented evidence to House of Commons and House of Lords inquiries in 2012, the video of their House of Commons evidence session is here (56:50).

Finally, we run the award-winning website Laughing at Feminists. The related comedy channel (170+ videos) is here. Remember, it’s more than important to laugh at feminists, it’s a civic duty.  

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Our thanks to Ian for this.

Rupert Lowe is a British politician who has served as MP for Great Yarmouth since 2024. Elected for Reform UK, he now sits as an independent MP following the suspension of the party whip n March 2025. He was a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands from 2019 to 2020. He founded the political organisation Restore Britain in June 2025 and serves as its leader.

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Interesting. This decision will come back to haunt Two-Tier Keir. He’ll be gone after the May local elections, if not before. The start of the BBC piece:

Andy Burnham has been blocked from standing as a candidate for an upcoming parliamentary by-election in Gorton and Denton by Labour’s ruling body.

As a directly elected mayor, Burnham had to get approval from Labour’s national executive committee (NEC), after he applied to be a candidate on Saturday.

But Labour said the party had decided to deny Burnham permission to stand to “avoid an unnecessary mayoral election, which would use substantial amounts of taxpayers’ money and resources that are better spent tackling the cost-of-living crisis”.

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Today’s file is here (27:20).

Over a period of more than two years we’re posting links to one video daily from the J4MB YouTube channel. The channel includes our media appearances since 2012, 300+ videos of talks and other materials from the International Conferences on Men’s Issues (2014 – ) and other men’s issues conferences we’ve been involved with, and so much more. The individual conference playlists are here.

Our website Campaign for Merit in Business was created in the light of the considerable evidence of a causal link between increasing gender diversity on boards and corporate financial decline. Mike Buchanan, Steve Moxon and Dr Catherine Hakim (the originator of Preference Theory) presented evidence to House of Commons and House of Lords inquiries in 2012, the video of their House of Commons evidence session is here (56:50).

Finally, we run the award-winning website Laughing at Feminists. The related comedy channel (170+ videos) is here. Remember, it’s more than important to laugh at feminists, it’s a civic duty.  

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Our thanks to Nigel for this (video, 17:46).

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Our thanks to Nigel for this. An extract:

She [J4MB: Bateman] also coined the phrase “cognitive cis-connance” – a play on cognitive dissonance – and mocked the idea “that every time someone says men are not women, a person with fairy pronouns literally dies.”

The disciplinary committee wasn’t impressed, noting she’d read out party policy on trans identities “in a clearly overtly sarcastic fashion” that drew boos from the crowd. [J4MB: At Speakers’ Corner in 2022.]

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Our thanks to Graham for this. He writes:

“As a taxpayer I have growing concerns about how council tax money is being used, particularly in large local authorities, and how little scrutiny there seems to be around senior public-sector pay and accountability.

Birmingham City Council is a case that continues to trouble me. This is the same council that declared itself bankrupt following very large equal-pay settlements, funded by the taxpayer. 

Press reports have stated that a highly paid executive director (with a salary reported at up to £233,915) was “away from work for a period of time,” while the role itself continued to be carried out by another individual. 

The council declined to comment further, citing personal circumstances. While personal privacy matters, this raises reasonable questions about governance, value for money, and whether taxpayers are receiving appropriate accountability for senior salaries funded by compulsory taxation.

What frustrates me most is that these issues rarely seem to result in consequences for those at the top, while ordinary residents face ever-rising council tax bills and reduced services. There appears to be an entrenched culture in local government where financial mismanagement is absorbed by the taxpayer rather than corrected at source.

I believe these examples reflect a broader issue: a lack of accountability in public bodies, where ideology, bureaucracy, and weak oversight combine to produce outcomes that are unfair to the people footing the bill.”

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Our thanks to Warren for this. The start of the piece:

“Every police officer in England and Wales will be required to hold a licence to be able to continue working, the Home Office has said.

They will have to prove they have the right skills in issues such as tackling violence against women and girls [J4MB emphasis: Hmm, who will train them in ‘the right skills’?] or face being removed from their job, under the terms of a phased scheme similar to ones for lawyers or doctors.”

Warren writes:

“Had to get in touch with you about this one. According to the BBC article, Shabana Mahmood’s concerns about police mishandling of Tel Aviv football fans appears to have rapidly morphed into police being required to hold ‘licences’ in having the ‘right skills’ to tackle violence against women and girls (and the lies therein every CPS report on VAWG). That should tie in nicely with the upcoming ‘no jury’ kangaroo courts.”

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