Mattel has released a Barbie doll with Down’s Syndrome to make its range more diverse. According to The BBC: The US toy giant had faced previous criticism that the traditional Barbie did not represent real women. In recent years it has created dolls with a hearing aid, a prosthetic limb and a wheelchair. Mattel’s goal … Read more
A Bank of England economist has claimed that people would be better off if they accepted that they are poorer and that people’s unwillingness to accept the nation’s downward mobility was fuelling inflation. According to The Telegraph: Huw Pill, Threadneedle Street’s chief economist, said: “[People] need to accept that they’re worse off and stop trying … Read more
MPs have called on the government to launch a public inquiry into the economic impact of Brexit in a parliamentary debate triggered by a petition. A three-hour debate was held yesterday after 183,000 people signed a petition calling for a public inquiry into the impact of leaving the EU. In response, a government spokesperson said … Read more
The European Union and Norway signed a “Green Alliance” yesterday, committing to work together on climate change and developing technologies needed to transition away from fossil fuels. According to EURACTIV news website: The alliance, which has been in the works since February 2022, will cover different areas, including nature protection, reversing biodiversity loss, climate change … Read more
Government Ministers and other key figures who were involved in the covid-19 response will be required to hand over their WhatsApp messages to the public inquiry. According to Isobel Oakeshott, writing in today’s Telegraph: Baroness Hallett has announced that all government ministers and advisers with a significant role in the crisis will be asked to … Read more
The Welsh government will formally apologise to mothers who were forced to give away their children. Thousands of unmarried women were forced to give up their children in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. According to The BBC: Speaking in the Senedd, Deputy Social Services Minister Julie Morgan will say sorry for the failures in society … Read more
Oxford University students have called for the gender-critical feminist Kathleen Stock to be no-platformed in “solidarity with the trans community”. According to The Telegraph: The university’s LGBTQ+ society has urged the Oxford Union to rescind its “misguided” invitation to the academic, who is scheduled to speak about her views on gender identity theory at the … Read more
Former US President Donald Trump is facing a civil trial over an allegation that he raped an advice columnist nearly three decades ago. Jury selection is due to begin today in a New York federal court. According to The BBC: Mr Trump has denied E Jean Carroll’s accusation that he attacked her in a Manhattan … Read more
Boys will be taught to respect women and girls as part of the national educational curriculum if Labour forms the next government. The party plans to prevent laddish banter leading to misogyny and violence. According to The Times: Sir Keir Starmer said that carving out time at school to discuss the treatment of women and … Read more
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