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EHRC Takes Charge 🪶 Enforcing Women’s Rights After Landmark Court Decision

Labour Heartlands ☭ In a rare moment of clarity amid years of ideological confusion, the UK Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that under the Equality Act, the terms “woman” and “sex” refer to biological reality – a decision that prioritises material facts over subjective identity claims. This landmark judgment represents a vital reassertion of women’s sex-based rights and protections that

Race The Undead

Christopher Owens 🔖 I’m always amazed at how horror can often be a subtle (or less than subtle) commentary on the fears of society.The reappearance of the zombie in popular fiction of the last 20 odd years (from 28 Days Later through to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and The Walking Dead) not only hints at the concerns over depersonalisation of society through technology but also

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Fifty One

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousDrogheda defeat Cork City with stoppage-time penaltyShamrock Rovers  V Drogheda United - PreviewUnderdogs Drogheda United

A Morning Thought @ 2608

A Morning Thought @ 2607

A Lying Week

Anthony McIntyre ☠ For the past week a former IRA leader has been in the witness box in Dublin's High Court, denying that he was a former IRA leader.In this surreal Trumpesque setting, the person who served both as IRA chief of staff and army council member, Gerry Adams, is denying under oath that he was any such thing. He was only ever in Sinn Fein, presumably working under such deep

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Fifty

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousOn the Ongoing India-Pakistan Conflict and the Crisis in Jammu & KashmirGerry Adams feels the heat as BBC barrister quizzes

The Good Friday Agreement 27 Years On 🪶 Still Flawed

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) was signed on 10th April 1998 between the British and Irish Governments and the interested political parties in the Six Counties.The GFA was in fact two agreements, the ‘British Irish Agreement’ (BIA), being an agreement between the governments of two international nation states, Britain and Ireland, giving the entire document recognition

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