Baht Simpson

You seem to misunderstand Pride in the LGBT context. It wasn't that long ago that homosexuality was deemed illegal and was seen as something to hide, suppress and feel ashamed of. In 1967 in the U.K. the law was repealed but gay people suffered continued discrimination and were still vilified for their sexual orientation. In 1972 was the first march under the Gay Liberation banner which then became Gay Pride. It is not the biblical definition of the sin of pride but an affirmation of pride not shame. It's not peoples opinions I find sinister, although some are clearly misguided. It's just that anytime there is any discussion about LGBT+ issues you get a swathe of replies, usually the same names, up in arms about some perceived nonsense which seems to be just baiting and with no intention of intelligent questioning or polite discussion, just disgust. I wonder why? As I've explained before on here I do not use the h word as I find it can be misleading, preferring the term anti-LGBT. So I was not using any euphemisms. I'm sure you realise though that "stones" is a euphemism for balls. They're fine actually but thank you for your concern. I wish you and others would stop using the "many gays agree with me" line. It's irrelevant and we just have your word for it. As for Douglas Murray, I agree with him on some issues but not this. He should know better about Pride, for the reasons I've mentioned above. There are a number of right-leaning or religious gays who are unhappy with their lot but that's their tragedy not ours.

Dumb comparison. You don't see people being beaten up, imprisoned and executed for being bald, ginger, tall etc. Besides that, Pride is about other things too. Some people's obsession with it on here is rather sad, and when you get the same people criticizing every article of LGBT+ news it leaves one to think it's something a bit more sinister. I don't see why Pride should exist, it's all equal now isn't a valid criticism unless backed up with sound reasons.

How can you have 2,000 - 60,300 respondents? Take this with a pinch of salt I think.

It mostly happens when there is a storm with lightning. A few years ago I was at a roadside restaurant when a bolt of lightning struck an electric pole over the road and caught fire. It may be they switch off the electric for repairs further afield.

Any public appearance by Sunak now is a guaranteed win for Labour. I'd have him on more for his transparent insincerity.

We've got one in the village but it's dirty on the outside and wonder how often and how well the pipes are cleaned.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/microplastics-human-testicles-study-sperm-counts "What The Study Found. Human testicles contained nearly three times the plastic concentration found in dog testes: 330 micrograms per gram of tissue versus 123 micrograms. Polyethylene, used in plastic bags and bottles, was the most common microplastic found, followed by PVC." You can't win, whatever you do. Would a water filter filter out microplastics?

And now. See Kenneth Copeland who was told personally by God he needs two tax-free luxury jets.

Shipping a pallet of stuff here and two pallets back makes for an expensive holiday. Kudos for accepting it wasn't for him though.

"People will tell you where they've gone, they'll tell you where to go But till you get there yourself, you never really know. Where some have found their paradise, others just come to harm ......it was just a false alarm." - Joni Mitchell

The real issue here. Same old stuff.

You can't possibly roll for 500 metres, however fast you're going. Once again some strange reporting. Difficult to assess what happened in truth.

I'm quite regular, thank you.

I'm never down in the dumps. I had the dumps as a child.

I was walking along the pavement a while ago and this guy walking towards me almost tripped me up with his stick. I told him to watch where he was going. Wearing dark glasses on a dark day. I mean, really. And that labrador didn't help.

That worked for me. I took it with Omeprazole for 10 days and my ulcer pain went away after the course. Now I just take the Omeprazole now and again.

I always carry a cat under my arm if I'm out. If a dog attacks I release the cat and their point of attack changes. Seriously though, I've found if I stop, turn away and avoid eye contact they seem to get confused and stop. This only seems to work if it's one dog.

You don't lose your same sex attraction if you're not having sex. Do you lose your heterosexuality between girlfriends? 🤔

People come out in different ways, Simon. I imagine like you I sort of drifted out without much fuss. For others it comes as an immense relief to let people know of it. I've never known anyone overdo it really.

Yet you're on every LGBT+ thread giving your opinions.

England, not the rest of the U.K.

Narcissists don't give, they only take but make it look like they're giving. I.e. cutting benefits to help the poor.

Yes. St. George never set foot in England and may never have even known it existed. He's a strange icon for Anglo Saxons.

And don't forget that part of the narrative of the Hathaway character was that he was religious and was confrontational with the new black chief inspector. Art imitating life perhaps? Perhaps the writers realized a thing or two about the not at all racist Laurence Fox. By their deleted tweets let them be known.