Retired academic. Any views expressed are mine alone, and sometimes not even that.
Ayr, Scotland
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Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
Update: antisemite Samantha Jaser is no longer serving as the Vice Chair of DEI at NYU.
Samantha Jaser was caught spreading antisemitic libels of Jews harvesting organs back in January.
What did her employer, @nyuniversity, do with the news?
Promoted her to Vice Chair of DEI.
ACT HERE: tinyurl.com/58hx8tk4
Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
In an announcement on Thursday (October 29), Councillor Christina Coleman, county councillor for Maresfield and Buxted and a former Green Party parliamentary candidate, confirmed her decision to defect to the Liberal Democrats
A press release, issued by the Lib Dems, said Cllr Coleman’s decision had been driven by concerns about “the party’s direction under Zack Polanski’s leadership and the recent conference motion on Zionism.”
theargus.co.uk/news/26681760…
Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
This absolute loonbag has tried to have at least 300 people put in prison for “misgendering”, and now he thinks there’s going to be a revolution on the streets because people won’t call him a lady. This is like a mass shooter’s fucking manifesto.
Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
St Andrews rector who emailed students about Gaza ‘genocide’ suspended over ‘bullying’
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Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
“I can’t believe there are people out there that think Hamas, the Houthis and Hezbollah are terrorists …” - Frontier Airlines employee Kristy Naime.
This warrants an investigation @FlyFrontier
Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
Oh dear. Whatever else it is, it ain't populism.
Zack Polanski slumps to worst poll rating as Green Party leader
Polanski’s overall rating falls to minus 36, the lowest rating of any national party leader, according to Ipsos survey
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Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
I was just in Israel with @Mr_Andrew_Fox - part of a larger group of journalists and think tank people hosted by the Israel Press Club.
We spoke to many high ranking people, some on the record, many off.
Almost all spoke about Britain with warmth as a great country but also spoke as an increasingly hostile state.
They all described how our government is blowing up our relationship with Israel for internal political reasons. And because of a moral blindness.
They recognise that moral blindness. They once tried to appease Islamism, ignore the rhetoric of hatred.
The consensus thought in Israel was one of appeasement - let Hamas have the Qatari millions, trust that when they say they want to destroy Israel they aren’t really mad enough to attempt it.
That blew up in their faces on October 7 and they see our country as foolish for not learning that lesson.
And, as Andrew points out, the violence is already here in the UK too. It’s just over a year since the terrorist attack at Heaton Park killed two people. We’ve had stabbings, ambulances and synagogues set on fire.
We have had multiple cases of people either in prison or going through the court system for attempted terrorist attacks on my tiny community.
The hatred was uncorked on October 7 2023 when people in our country were in the streets celebrating the murder of Jews and the establishment, the DEI departments, the feminist groups, seemed unable to condemn any of it. There has been no let up since.
It unleashed this centuries old hatred and it’s been fed by an obsession which means Israel has been discussed in the Commons more than the NHS while BBC Verify has done more ‘investigations’ into Israel than all the UK stories put together.
The obsession, the skewed narrative in which Hamas is almost always missing is dangerous. And they know it is.
The response has simply been defence. Higher walls around our schools and synagogues. We don’t want higher walls. We want our government to stop appeasing the beast. We want the demonisation of Jews in the guise of Zionists to stop.
And if they aren’t doing it for us, they should do it for everyone else.
Because we are just the first in line.
A week of Jewish hospitality in Israel has left me ashamed of the welcome Britain offers its own Jews. My latest essay is a love letter to people who should never have to wonder whether they belong in the country they call home.
mrandrewfox.substack.com/p/a…
Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
Lynsay Watson is currently having, even for him, the most extraordinary psychotic meltdown over on PaedoSky.
Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
Israel asked the UK to wait for the hostages to be released before announcing recognition of Palestine as it could’ve put the hostages’ lives at risk. Starmer ignored the request; he put his own political survival before Israeli lives.
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Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
If there's one thing nobody could accuse you of, Fred, it's saying what you wish was true in the hope that it will become true.
Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
I’ve now been contacted by numerous people about the ‘Boob Man of Oxford’.
Those who work or study at Oxford have asked for anonymity, so I can’t share identifying details. But some common themes have emerged:
- Unsurprisingly, women describe feeling uncomfortable about a male lecturer wearing what appear to be oversized prosthetic breasts in their place of work or study
- Some question whether there is a sexual element or whether it is a ‘power play’. These are their concerns, rather than established explanations for his behaviour - but are legitimate concerns nonetheless
- They say they’re afraid to raise concerns because he is surrounded by ‘allies’, including staff, who defend his appearance as 'self-expression'
One source has even wondered whether this is an elaborate stunt to embarrass the university - along the lines of Josh Seiter, who pretended to be a trans woman as an 'experiment'. Another source says this has been going on for three years - which does seem a long time to keep up the act.
There is interest in covering this in the mainstream press. What would help now is more documentary evidence: complaint letters, responses or correspondence showing how concerns have been handled.
My inbox is open: [email protected]. Happy to have a confidential chat about any aspect of this. All messages treated in confidence.
Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
The shameful state of antisemitism in the workplace revealed
New research on antisemitism in the workplace has found that more than seven in ten Jewish employees avoided speaking up about antisemitism.
The research, conducted by @PearnKandola, also found that despite the majority of workplaces having anti-discrimination policies in place, only a meagre 16% of the 1,000 Jewish staff members surveyed felt confident in raising their concerns.
Over 75% also reportedly said that antisemitism was addressed less effectively than other forms of racism.
Some also came forward with experiences of having their concerns dismissed, or said that if their concerns were acknowledged this still resulted in a failure to act.
These findings show that skyrocketing levels of antisemitism have infiltrated the workplace.
Existing measures to tackle anti-Jewish racism are patently insufficient, and employers must do better.
We offer antisemitism training, free of charge, to business, public sector bodies, non-profits and others. If you would like us to deliver training at your place of employment, please contact us at [email protected].
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Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
Palestinians have less child malnutrition then almost any other land in the Middle East and even parts of Europe - a recently Unicef report found the child malnutrition rate is only a tiny bit worse than the U.K.
Hundreds of trucks of aid go into Gaza every day and Hamas is getting rich by twice skimming off the profits it makes from it (something shopkeepers in Gaza were striking about a few weeks ago).
This idea that aid is being blocked is worse than performative virtue signalling. It’s lies. Dangerous lies.
Proud to be one of the 75 MPs that signed this letter from @amcarmichaelMP calling for further sanctions on Israel for blocking aid to Palestinians in Gaza
Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
It has to be said that losing an application on the basis your submissions "don't add anything" to the insane ravings of the "Translucent" is a special kind of elegant insult only a High Court Judge could deliver.
looooooooool
Today, the High Court has refused Good Law Project permission to intervene in a legal challenge against trans inclusion at Hampstead Ponds.
We are pleased that the trans advocacy group TransLucent has been successful in its application to intervene.
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Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
"Keep out of mischief" Judge Ian Lawrie tells the 14 year old boy who chased down and stabbed a girl 10 times because she didn't want to date him.
Then gives him a curfew (which he broke the first night) instead of jail. That poor girl. UK justice is bonkers.
"Judge lets ‘bright lad’ who stabbed girl 10 times avoid jail
Victim’s mother calls community sentence ‘disgraceful’
A judge told a 14-year-old boy who stabbed a girl 10 times that prison was the “last place” for a “bright lad” like him"
Telegraph
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Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
El judío de Schrödinger, según el antisemita de turno:
1) Somos jázaros convertidos al judaísmo en la Edad Media, pero matamos a Jesús mil años antes. Además de dominar el mundo, dominamos los viajes en el tiempo. Por algo Spilberg dirigió Volver al Futuro.
2) Somos comunistas que quieren abolir la propiedad privada y capitalistas que acaparan toda la riqueza. Financiamos la revolución y la contrarrevolución. Agotador.
3) Somos débiles, cobardes e incapaces de luchar, pero también una potencia militar que amenaza al planeta. Al mismo tiempo cometemos genocidio, el más ineficaz del planeta ya que la población en Gaza aumenta.
4) Controlamos todos los gobiernos, pero nos expulsaron de medio mundo. Para manejarlo todo estuvimos bastante flojos.
5) También controlamos todos los medios, pero ponés cualquier canal o abrís un diario y seguro están hablando pestes de nosotros en general o de Israel en particular. Linda forma de controlar los medios.
6) Nos gritan “vuelvan a su país” Volvemos a Israel: “salgan ahí, ladrones de territorios”. Evidentemente, el destino autorizado para nuestra admisión y permanencia es ninguna parte.
7) Somos un imperio colonizador, pero no pueden identificar de qué metrópoli venimos. Un imperio que habla la lengua ancestral del lugar, encuentra su historia bajo cada excavación y tiene que explicar por qué lleva el mismo nombre que hace tres mil años. Además el imperio mide 20000 km2, aprox lo mismo que Tucumán. Si lo buscás en el mapa vas a ver que el nombre del país no entra en el país. Lindo imperio pegamos.
8) Nos acusan de habernos dejado llevar “como ovejas al matadero”. Nos defendemos y tampoco les gusta, nuestra defensa es “genocidio”. Igual preferimos su repudio que sus condolencias.
8) Somos una raza inferior, pero tenemos una inteligencia superior que controla bancos, universidades, gobiernos y medios. La cosa se pone cada vez más esquizofrénica.
10) Si conservamos nuestras costumbres, no nos integramos. Si nos integramos es que queremos infiltrarnos. Si somos pobres, somos una carga. Si prosperamos, seguro en algo los estamos cagando.
11) Israel es un país insignificante que no debería existir y, simultáneamente, el centro de todos los acontecimientos del planeta. No existe ningún otro conflicto, ninguna guerra ni desplazamientos, ninguna “limpieza étnica” en ningún lado que requiera su amable atención. Hagamos lo que hagamos ahí van a estar puteándonos, por acción u omisión o por lo que sea.
12) Decídanse, muchachos. No pueden atribuirnos todos los males del mundo y encima exigirnos que les ordenemos el delirio. Eso sí, saquen turno con el psiquiatra. Aunque no creo que se sientan cómodos: seguramente también va a ser judío.
Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
Pro Palestinian Gaza activist Rector of St Andrews University has been banned from the place for seven years after reprehensible behaviour in office. @afneil
thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics…
Seumas Ó Scolláin retweeted
BREAKING: Hezbollah has resumed attacks on Israel and launched a hostile projectile at Israel.
Pay attention to the lack of attention this gets, but the overwhelming paid media campaign against Israel once they respond.
