JonnyF

Very intolerant/authoritarian leadership. Almost as bad as Scotland.

A wise move, but possibly too late. Another one bites the dust. Just like the UK, too much immigration (especially low quality immigrants) causes multiple problems for the indigenous population. Great for providing cheap labour to multinationals though. Oh, and lots of self congratulatory back slapping material for "Liberal" dinner parties.

Actually men are better at darts (and many other non physical sports) due to concentration levels (single tasking), spatial awareness, judgement of distance etc. https://www.mdx.ac.uk/news/2023/02/linda-duffy-darts-psychology#:~:text=ex-darts pro-,Men are 'better at throwing sports due to concentration skills,academic and ex-darts pro&text=Men are often better than,one darts player turned psychologist. Men and Women are just different. Physically, Psychologically etc. That's why sports have been separated since the beginning of sports. Progressives always want to change things, even if it's for the worse. They seem to be taking race relations back about 5 decades at the moment with Critical Race Theory and Identity Politics. Back to sports that could be mixed sex, perhaps they could introduce a sport which involves multi tasking mundane jobs? Or possibly some kind of 48 hour endurance arguing contest? Women could probably dominate that 😃.

There would be enough athletes willing to participate. I'm sure of that given the drama/attention it would bring to the participants. But the standard would be so low as to be laughable. It would make a mockery of the competition. Any Thomasina, Dickette or Harriana would be able to get their 5 minutes of fame by running the 100 metres in a wig in 15 seconds.

My point is that leaving the EU clearly is not the reason for this since it was even lower when we were still in it. Before we even voted to leave. You have cherry picked one negative from the article, and even that statistic was worse in 2013 when we were still a member of the EU. 😄

It's not as easy as that. Can you imagine if the Olympics had 3 categories instead of 2 for every event? It would drag on for an extra 8 days. If they wanted separate categories for trans men as well as trans women that's an extra 16 days. For what? To appease a tiny minority who are already able to compete against people the same sex as them.

"In nearly 11 years". 2013. Way before we left the EU.

It's one level above a charity fun run. In elite, monitored, regulated cycling men are around 12% faster then women cyclists. Yet miraculously in this unregulated event a woman won by a huge margin. 😄 I'm surprised she didn't quote the local egg and spoon race on the village green. https://www.cyclingweekly.com/fitness/cycling-and-gender-how-and-why-male-and-female-cyclists-need-to-train-differently-344365

Yes, competing against people the same sex as them as to be fair and competitive.

Why should I have to switch channels to pander to such a small, vocal minority?

Tough, but "bikepacking" is hardly a serious competition. They probably don't even check up on the competitors. Could have been using a car/van like this woman. https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/ultra-marathon-runner-disqualified-after-allegedly-cheating-car/story?id=98688689 Besides, if we have a category for trans people then soon enough we'd have to have trans commentators, trans referees, trans pundits even. Ain't nobody wanna hear dat. It's bad enough having women commentating on football without having trans women.

Because no doubt the open categories would demand the same amount of prize money, media coverage etc. when in reality it would be a handful of transwomen that aren't good enough to compete in the men's category. Events like Wimbledon have enough trouble getting through all the matches already, without pandering to the wishes of a tiny minority by introducing a third category. Plus then you'd have the likes of BBC Sport pushing trans sport like they do now with the WSL etc. Nothing worse than clicking on "Chelsea beat Man Utd" to find out they're actually talking about the women's game and the score was 12-0 including 3 own goals. 😃

Thanks, I appreciate it. For his past offenses, I think a non crime hate incident is more likely. However, I suspect this will not be the last time Yousaf exposes himself as a racist bigot, so I will be sure to report him the next time he goes on one of his rants.

Yes I reported Yousaf's racism. I considered it my duty. However, I am not involved in the white nationalist movement. In fact the only nationalist I know on here is RuamRudy himself, a proud Scottish Nationalist.😄 Once again, the left are what they accuse you of being. I am aware of that. The Scottish Police requested we report incidents of hate crime. I did so. If they don't want people to report it, why ask them to? They can still put a non crime hate incident on his record, and I suggested this when I reported his vile, racist rant. Opposing racism is not showing solidarity with "unsavoury types" although given your stereotyping of Jews today on another thread I can see why you might consider that to be the case. I abhor all forms of racism (including anti-semitism) and I consider Yousaf's anti-white rant to be racist so I did not consider it a waste of my time, in fact I was happy to take a stand against his bigotry. Now if I was to show solidarity with a leftist anti-semite, I would agree that would be unsavoury.

Another Europhile living in the past, given a voice by The Guardian, a leftist Europhile rag that can't get over losing the referendum 8 years ago. Meanwhile, the UK is doing just fine. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-13281605/Business-output-soars-highest-level-nearly-two-years-marking-turning-point-UK-economy.html

All Arsenal need to do is take their chances, unlike Liverpool who dominated the game against United and still almost lost. I'd imagine a few United fans wouldn't be too upset to lose to Arsenal. It could stop Liverpool winning the title and also increase pressure on Ten Hag who many of them want removed. It's not like they can get top 5 anyway.

Commonly referred to as "The EU". This whole diatribe by Stoltenberg is simply grandstanding following Trump's truth bombs. Stoking fear to justify NATO's desire for increased power and funding.

Her constant law breaking should really lead to prosecution now. When people keep deliberately re-offending, action needs to be taken. I wonder why it isn't?

Dave Chappelle's skits on trans issues are hilarious. Lucky he's not Scottish or he'd probably be doing a 7 stretch. Although on the plus side, at least he'd be able to wear a dress to court, call himself Davina and qualify to serve it in a women's prison.

Which members of England's white nationalist movement on here have done such a thing? Personally I am not surprised that so many are people are reporting Yousaf for his hateful, racist, bigoted speech. After all, it is such vile behaviour that this misguided bill is pretending to target. If you are going to be a racist bigot like Yousaf, it probably isn't a great idea pass a bill encouraging people to report racist bigots. 😄 Let's hope the police investigate him and if he wriggles out of prosecution due to the date of his racist speech, at least he can have his record marked with a non crime hate incident.

Cisgender women? What a revolting term. Why not just call them real women, since that is what they are. The only trans people that should be able to play women's sport are trans men. Since they are biologically female. Strangely, you don't seem to get many trans men wanting to play in men's sport. Tends to be trans women wanting to play in women's sport. Funny that... It's almost like they want an unfair advantage.

I think the Triumph Speed 400 would be a better choice for that style of bike. It's had better reviews.

Oh look, another stereotype about Jews being dishonest and untrustworthy .

I didnt mention Labour. Yes the population is increasing as low numbers of middle class high earners are replaced by high numbers of low earning illegal/legal immigrants. The place is a toilet. Actually a toilet is probably better as there is a lower chance of being stabbed (unless you're in a public toilet in London). What a dump. When I was a student in London my housemates/friends all aspired to working and living there after graduation. They achieved that but within the last 10 years nearly all of them returned to their homes towns or moved to the home counties. Most of them are lefties as well, but at a certain point the safety of your kids is more important than virtue signalling. These are high earning, educated, law abiding people. They are being replaced. And the people replacing them are not improving London.

I dont believe so. Who claimed that? Please post links if you have evidence to support such a claim.