I just got a note from a Jewish mother in Leeds who took her kids to the Vue cinema at The Light for a birthday on Remembrance Sunday.
The staff member checking tickets was wearing a Palestinian badge, and she told him she didn't think staff should wear political badges that can make customers feel uncomfortable.
She says two managers were called, her family was refused entry, and one manager told her she wouldn't get a refund if she kept complaining.
@vuecinemas, can you confirm your version? Are your staff allowed to wear political badges on shift, and what happens to a customer who comes in with her children and says a badge makes her feel intimidated?
@HonRevFrancis@SexMattersOrg Do you consider these women to be sexualising their appearance and behaviour? I believe that is the concern about (predominantly) men in places that children are encouraged to be.
@BreannaMorello There was clearly sufficient evidence to convince the jury - contemporaneous witness accounts including medical staff. If you think there should be a limitation date on rape, lobby your MP. But be careful what you wish for.
@BBCScotlandNews 19, applying for jobs since 16. Would be interesting to know what jobs she is applying for, and what her expectations are. Suspect there may be a mismatch with her qualifications and experience.
@grannies4equal But women who would use the women's pond were not doing so, because of the men who want to be women using it. How are their voices heard? And since when is it ok for individual women to give away the rights of all women?
If any UK case demonstrates male entitlement wrapped up as 'trans rights' then the Hampstead Pond Case is definitely one to follow.
Basically there are three ponds at Hampstead - Men, Women and Mixed.
Currently men have access to all three ponds whilst women have no rights to bathe and change only with other women! That this situation exists in 2026 shows how fierce a grip gender ideology has within institutions and corporations. As always, in the name of 'inclusion' women have totally lost out.
Us women want our stuff back!
@MsKristinCasey That's not the reason he is being prosecuted. He's being prosecuted because several women allege he raped them, and their is sufficient evidence to support a prosecution. The jury will determine whether there is evidence beyond reasonable doubt that he did so.
@JohnWight1 He's being prosecuted because a number of women say that he raped them, and there is sufficient evidence to support prosecution. The judge will have made clear in his summing up what does/does not amount to rape.
Your stream of consciousness is not required.
I do strangulation exams as part of my job. I have taken extensive training in strangulation and am qualified to testify as an expert in strangulation cases. The general public has no idea how bad this epidemic has become, how many women and girls this is happening to, or how dangerous this is.
I share facts about it sometimes like men who strangle women are twice as likely to be involved in a mass shooting or to kill a cop. Women who are strangled by their partners are 750% more likely to be killed by that partner.
I tell people that death by strangulation can occur in just minutes, under a minute if you hit the right nerve bundles that lead to certain arrhythmias. I also tell them that a woman can die from a strangulation event up to one year after the event and that a pregnant woman who has been strangled is at high risk of pregnancy loss for weeks after the strangulation event. Strangulation can lead to brain damage, physical disability, stroke, pregnancy loss, and death.
I tell people that there is no safe way to strangle and that nobody has the ability to consent to being murdered, and consent is not an excuse for murder, if someone were to consent to this it is incumbent on the would be murderer to use self discipline and restraint, because a person’s “consent” to being murdered is not going to be recognized by any court as a legitimate excuse. Nobody can consent to being killed.
When I tell people these things, a very few are appreciative, mostly women, some are interested, men and women, and some attack me for being stupid and not knowing what I am talking about, apparently days of professional training and hundreds of exams performed mean nothing to the “experts” of X. Those that attack are mostly men. Some argue with me about dumb things, like my insistence to call strangulation what it is. Strangulation is not choking, choking is not strangulation, these are two different types of ways to block an airway but they are not the same. That is what people argue with me about the most. They insist on using incorrect language and then provide me with a weak google link picture of a choke hold to try to prove it’s the same.
So then it becomes me explaining that a choke hold is called a chokehold but it is not choking it is strangulation and that blows their minds and I am met with silence or swears.
This is an incredibly important issue that needs to be discussed but it is very contentious and the defenders of strangulation can turn into rabid dogs very quickly.
Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that I really appreciate the effort you are taking here, that you are raising awareness and that you are using accurate language and data. It’s really important that we change the narrative around this subject.
I would like to share this resource with you, I’m not sure if you are aware of them or not, but this was the group that did my training on strangulation. They go all over the US teaching medical professionals and law enforcement about strangulation and they have a ton of information and resources on their website. You might find them useful.
Thank you for talking about this.
https://t.co/mOYpSn5IaX