New figures reveal thousands of police officers on mental health leave as federation warns number of officers off work could be ‘far bigger’

Interesting. We can reliably assume, I think, that women constitute a disproportionate number of the police officers on “mental health leave”, possibly a clear majority, depending on the gender balance of the force today.

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Southampton memorial for parents stopped from seeing kids

Interesting. An extract:

“Simon Cobb of PAPA, which stands for People Against Parental Alienation, invited families to lay flowers to honour lost loved ones who have committed suicide while going through the family court process.

Simon, who was carrying a sign that said “say no to the death penalty”, said that PAPA aims to stop “loving parents” from being “unjustly stopped” from seeing their children while going through family court.

He said: “Because this process is often slow and inconsistent, you get a situation where parents have to go through months and years without seeing their children, which is pretty much grieving somebody that’s still alive.

“I’ve been made aware of hundreds of people who have committed suicide. There isn’t statistics kept on this, but I would say the national statistic would be in the thousands for a year.” “

By “parents” and “people”, of course, he means overwhelmingly “fathers”.

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BBC radio: Ray Barry talks about linking child support payments to seeing children (2014). File #66 of 800+ files on the J4MB YouTube channel.

Today’s file is here (7:51).

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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 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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BBC Radio Scotland: Mike Buchanan interviewed about gender balanced cabinets, boards etc. (2014). Video #65 of 800+ videos on the J4MB YouTube channel.

Today’s video is here (46:33).

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 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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Sir John Curtice: “MRP shows Labour may be swept away in tsunami of unpopularity.”

An interesting piece (£) by Sir John Curtice in today’s edition of The Times. He starts by pointing to the iniquity of the first-past-the-post viting system at the 2024 general election. Labour won 412 seats with 35 per cent of the vote. Reform, in stark contrast, secured only five seats with 15 per cent of the vote.

But with Reform in a strong end enduring poll lead over the main parties, the tables would turn. If a general election were held tomorrow – a big “if”, of course – Labour would have just 144 seats. The Conservatives would have 45 seats, fewer than the Lib Dems (78), despite still being ahead of them in votes.

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Nigel Farage delivers ANOTHER crushing blow to Labour after Tory defector hands Reform huge election win (by-election for Thetford Castle council, Norfolk).

The good news keeps on coming.

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Maurice Hastings, 72, California man, gets $25 million for wrongful conviction after 38 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit.

Our thanks to Ian for this. An extract:

“At the time of the victim’s autopsy, [J4MB: In 1983] the coroner conducted a sexual assault examination and collected bodily fluids of the perpetrator, according to the district attorney’s office.

Hastings sought DNA testing of that evidence in 2000, but at that time, the DA’s office denied the request. [J4MB emphasis.] Hastings submitted a claim of innocence to the DA’s Conviction Integrity Unit in 2021, and DNA testing found that the semen was not his. In 2022, when he was 69, Hastings conviction was vacated at the request of prosecutors and his lawyers.

The DNA profile was put into a state database and matched to a person who was convicted of a separate armed kidnapping and forced copulation of a female victim who was placed in a vehicle’s trunk — harrowing details that closely resembled Wydermyer’s killing.

Law enforcement apprehended the suspect, Kenneth Packnett, less than three weeks after the 1983 murder in connection with an unrelated car theft, Hastings lawyers said. When Packnett was arrested, police found jewelry and a coin purse that matched the items Wydermyer had when she was murdered. Packnett wasn’t investigated for Wydermyer’s murder at the time.”

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