Fifty eight minutes into Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (so people can verify this later), Kuenssberg played a clip of Fresh & Fit, described as a dating and fitness podcast and played this "deeply misogynistic" clip:
"If I arm you guys with the tools that you need to deal with these (bleep) modern day women. I'm happy with that. Because you know what? I'd rather be called a misogynist [BBC edit] I'd rather that, right, be called names than one of you guys killing yourself over some (bleep)".
She puts Lord Michael Grade, the Chairman of Ofcom on the spot to ask him if Ofcom will ban that podcast and relevant content from the Internet (his face was a picture as the clip was played). Grade says yes, criticising women is deemed illegal under the Online Safety Act and platforms should be removing all such content.
They're also pushing for this legislation in every other country through both legislation and demanding corporations withdraw funding from any platform that hosts such content.
EDIT: Clip now available. Nitter and archive links below: https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1723670359650562252
EDIT 2: Myron Gaines noticed: https://twitter.com/unplugfitX/status/1723738679158460861 (Nitter link) (Archive)
As a bonus, they demanded the shut down of GB News as well. Grade isn't saying anything as there are fourteen investigations ongoing at the moment.
Spoken on behalf of the Government on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury wants pornography gone from the UK on the basis of protecting women's and girls safety and fighting misogyny in society.
Bear in mind, this is separate from the Online Safety Act about to be enacted and the age verification plan any website not "suitable for children". Also bear in mind VPN's operating in the UK are also required to comply with the law.
The UK Government is about to go to war on pornography and appease both the feminists who believe it is exploitative and harmful to women while turning men into misogynists and the traditional conservatives who also believe it is harming masculinity, encouraging bachelorhood and contributing to the decline in birth rates.
Video: https://twitter.com/GBNewsSpin/status/1706998621567066463
Non-Twitter link: https://nitter.salastil.com/GBNewsSpin/status/1706998621567066463
Archive: https://archive.ph/5sFGt
I know the link is to a fierce critic of GB News but it's the only account I can see that posted the full context, most only played a clip. Any footage has been memory holed from YouTube.
For context, a journalist for JOE appeared on the BBC to mock and ridicule an MP who asked for a Minister for Men to balance out the existing appointment of a Minister for Women. On Dan Wootton Tonight, Laurence Fox blasted the journalist by decrying her as a modern day feminist that no-one unless they were a "cucked little incel" would sleep with. He states further that no self-respecting man would engage in a date with her and asks "who'd wanna shag that?".
Ofcom are now investigating the channel and the Metropolitan Police have been contacted regarding Fox's comments and whether they would be in breach of section 127 of the Communications Act - speech that causes "gross offence", the same law that got Count Dankula a fine of £800 for his pug prank on his girlfriend at the time. If the Police do investigate and press charges, Ofcom will likely revoke their broadcast licence there and then. They have a zero tolerance attitude to law breaking on the air.
Both Fox and Wootton are now suspended and the channel is in damage limitation mode fearing for its survival. Those going against GB News and have sensed blood will not stop with them if they succeed in their goals, they will go for Talk TV next.
In order to "send a signal to the world". The new law doesn't just include the burning of any holy book, not just the Quran, but will "prohibit the inappropriate treatment of objects of significant religious importance to a religious community". That will also include the ideas, beliefs and critique of the text in said holy books. Such as what happened with Salman Rushdie with The Satanic Verses or Richard Dawkins critiques of creationism and intelligent design. Both of which have caused offence to religious individuals and even resulted in Government condemnation, civil unrest and violence. Violation of the law will result in fines and two years imprisonment.
The only stance not covered by the law will be atheism.
You may remember recently that revelations came out where people who were identified as lockdown and mRNA vaccine skeptics and opponents were being monitored by the Army's 77th Brigade and the intelligence services.
Now with the new CONTEST 2023 Home Office strategy (PDF) that was announced yesterday, single men, under the umbrella term of involuntary celibates, are being monitored by the Government as potential threats to UK security. If you're someone who's on Tinder and getting dates every few minutes, you're probably not in the sights of the Government. But if you're not succeeding on dating apps, claim the single occupancy discount (on Council Tax for lone residents), view content from the likes of Andrew Tate, Pearl Davis, the manosphere including MGTOW, you are now being monitored as part of this new strategy on the grounds of security. The other obvious groups such as Islamic terrorism and the far-right are also being monitored in more limited numbers.
Listening to the debate on TalkTV last night, the host and panellists (one of which was Jess Phillips MP, who you may remember from Carl Benjamin's tweet to her) are very adamant on pushing this narrative.
And with the recent debanking that's happening in the UK, we know that anyone with a heightened risk to their name is going to have their account closed and refused service from everyone else. We know that having favourable views on Brexit, Russia, Novak Djokovic (on his anti-mRNA vaccine stance), women's and men's rights and the right wing plus being perceived as a racist puts you at risk, now your martial status and being perceived as sexist can potentially be added to that list.
...a man who wore a tasteless shirt in poor taste regarding the tragedy at Hillsborough and caused someone offence is arrested for a criminal offence. He could face jail for this and he'll probably have to be kept out of the public eye as he has had his personal identity and details leaked on social media (not by the Police) with people threatening his safety.
https://nitter.unixfox.eu/MetPoliceEvents/status/1665029777676173320
The absolute state of the replies with virtually everyone dogpiling on anyone who dares raise the spectre of his free speech rights, even if it makes him look an absolute fool and moron. Maybe justification for Wembley stadium, a private establishment, to refuse him entry, but not for the reaction that we've seen.
This is the Grenfell Tower bonfire joke all over again. Yes, a tasteless joke and in poor taste but they should be allowed to make that joke in the same way that someone wears a football shirt that shows everyone exactly who he is. It also has connotations with Count Dankula's Pug video.
It seems that the Home Secretary may be in line with what people here desire but not what the public desires. The public wants free speech abolished for absolute safety from being offended.
Original Home Secretary tweet: https://nitter.unixfox.eu/SuellaBraverman/status/1664954152781328385