Dermot Bolton

Humanist. Programme manager. Bradfordian (adopted). Views my own. #Politics #Humanism #Bradford #Health #DigitalHealth

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

Musk as a trillionaire- anyone as a trillionaire- is a grotesque economic, moral and political problem. We cannot have individuals with that level of power, whatever they might have achieved.

[Ani O'Brien @aniobrien]

At what point are we allowed to stop pretending that "non-binary" is a serious concept? Not that I ever pretended, but I mean "we" as in society.

It's insane how quickly society went from "gender stereotypes are limiting and every should just do their own thing" to "if a man likes knitting and power tools he is actually neither male nor female".

People can dress however they want. Wear suits, dresses, dungarees, clown costumes, or a friggin' traffic cone if they choose. None of that changes the fact that they are either male or female though.

What I object to is the demand that the rest of us participate in the performance.

A few years ago, almost nobody had heard of non-binary identities. Now we're expected to master an ever-expanding vocabulary, remember bespoke pronouns, and indulge the fantasy that someone has transcended the sexes because they shop in both the men's and women's departments.

Apparently if you don't play along, you're hateful. Well, you've probably seen what they say about me.

I can understand why a 14 year old might go through a phase of believing they are uniquely fascinating and that the world should reorganise itself around their identity epiphanies. What I find harder to tolerate is the insufferable adults.

Being gender non-conforming is not new. Get over yourself. The only genuinely new thing is the expectation that everyone else must engage in grammatical gymnastics to validate someone else's ego.

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

Meta builds AI replica of Zuckerberg so employees can have a normal conversation with their CEO. No word yet on which one will pass as human first.
#Meta #Zuckerberg #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #TuringTest
https://t.co/1JFFP3lDAz

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

@ActualLion @zeno001 @durham_uni Sadly, I doubt that any uni would actually have single sex accommodation. It might be different for 26/27 though now that the guidance has been issued.

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

New paper from @PembrokeOxford recommends systematically removing 'women' from obs and gynae. N = 27 staff and students. Patients consulted: 0. Women who want to be treated as female don't appear in the data.
Advocacy dressed as research.
@SexMattersOrg
https://t.co/HLCNck4Zgk

[Danny Boy @Care2much18]

Almost 10,000 likes for straight-up lies by Annunziata Rees-Mogg, quote:

"Asylum seekers make up 0.08% of Dorset's population and 44% of alleged sex offences. So unbelievable I had to check. It's true."

It's not true, it's utter garbage.

I'll go through facts and figures. /1

[Angela Rayner @AngelaRayner]

I welcome HMRC’s conclusion, which has cleared me of any wrongdoing.

I have been exonerated by HMRC of the accusation that I deliberately sought to avoid tax.

When purchasing a home of my own with a mortgage, I did not own any other property and had no personal financial interest in the court-instructed trust set up to manage my son’s financial award. I was advised by experts that I should pay stamp duty at the standard rate.

I set out to pay the correct amount of tax. I took reasonable care and acted in good faith, based on the expert advice I received, and HMRC has accepted this.

I have always sought to act with integrity, and I believe politicians should be held to high standards - that is why I resigned from government and cooperated fully with HMRC. 

I wanted to ensure that I paid every penny that I owed, and have done so. I am relieved that my family can now move on - and that I can get on with my job.

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

Does Nigel Farage have to pay tax on his 'no strings', £5m 'personal gift' from 2024? If not why not? If this isn't a capital gain there's something wrong with our tax system.

[Will Hutton @williamnhutton]

This is a brilliant investigative piece on Farage, the dark millions behind him and the double standards of so much British journalism. Read and retweet! Nigel Farage pocketing £5m from a donor shows he’s unfit for power https://t.co/zHuVfDV8dh

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

@LupineLives @Ed_Miliband Net migration is down from 906k in June 2023, to 204k in June 2025. Will be even less this year.
#reality

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

@DomWortho @Ed_Miliband @Keir_Starmer @reformparty_uk @restorebritain Net migration is down from 906k in June 2023, to 204k in June 2025. Will be even less this year.
#reality

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

@nickreeves9876 @BladeoftheS @173Dandan He can be wrong about one thing (Ukraine) and be right about another (Israeli genocidal actions). People are complex like that.

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

A perfect liberal and rational summation of the issue. No bigotry, just decency, balance and common sense. 👌

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Yes, the people who call themselves 'trans' exist and they deserve exactly the same rights as everyone else, which, fortunately, they already have in the UK. It would rightly be considered discrimination if a person was refused employment, housing or the vote because they identified as trans.

'Trans women are women' is a thought-terminating cliché. Men are not women. That doesn't mean they're not allowed to present themselves however they like, call themselves whatever they like and believe whatever they like about themselves. It means they haven't changed sex.

If we replace the objective, observable characteristic of sex with the unfalsifiable concept of gender identify, women and girls lose, among other things, their right to fair and safe sport and women-only spaces, including changing rooms, prison cells and rape crisis services.

Women and girls are provably more vulnerable to forms of abuse including sexual assault, harassment and voyeurism in mixed-sex spaces. There is no evidence that trans-identified men don't have exactly the same rates of criminal offending as all other men.

Trans people exist. I have no desire for them not to exist; indeed, I wish them safety, happiness and health. However, 'existence' does not, and should not, mean the violation of other people's right to privacy, dignity and freedom of speech, or the reconfiguration of society to indulge a fallacy.

[Kurt Mahlburg @k_mahlburg]

Finland tracked every gender-referred adolescent in the country for up to 25 years.

Their psychiatric needs didn't improve after 'gender reassignment'. They surged.

A landmark peer-reviewed study just dropped. Here's what it found. 🧵

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

Also these accounts also seem to be impersonating @RoyalMail support. Be careful out there folks!
#ScammerAlert

@ResponseDe72477
@Special1Royal
@RoyalMailH30083
@royalXhelp_dms
@services16141

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

Hi @RoyalMail, are these people your official support desk? They're certainly posing as such, contacting people who are complaining about your (terrible) delivery times.

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

@ResponseDe72477 Get lost scammer.

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

@services16141 I don't seem able to send you a DM. Other than our address what other details do you need beyond what you can see in the photo?

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

This arrived today, 17th March. Seriously, what is the point of sending a letter with an expensive 1st class stamp when it's takes 8 days to arrive?

I'm talking to you @RoyalMail

[Dermot Bolton @CheeseSlices]

@Femi_sorry @Jimbo79a You can pick and choose. E.g. I'm definitely not keen on his Bengal famine choices, but I am keen on his championing and pride of the European Convention on Human Rights. #ECHR