Conservatives

Violent and sex offenders in England and Wales will no longer be automatically released halfway through their jail sentence under government plans that will increase the prison population by about 3,000. Nearly all offenders – 92% in 2018 – sentenced to immediate custody are released at the midway point on licence in the community under rules introduced in 2005. As part of a tough-on-crime agenda dismissed as populist electioneering by critics, the justice secretary has announced that offenders guilty of violent and sexual crimes that carry a maximum sentence of life – such as manslaughter, rape, grievous bodily harm – and who are sentenced to at least four years in prison will be required to serve two-thirds of the sentence in prison before being released on licence. Since becoming prime minister, Boris Johnson and his government have attempted to make a hardline approach to criminal justice a central plank of their domestic agenda.justice-focused … [Read more...] about Conservatives to scrap automatic early release of some prisoners

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has quietly held small talk meetings and dinners with conservative journalists, commentators, and even met with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, after President Donald Trump threatened to sue the social media platform earlier this year. Zuckerberg, held the off-the-record meetings, as well as dinners at his California homes, following Trump's threat to sue Facebook and Google in June for what he perceived as bias towards conservatives.  The meetings focused on 'free expression, unfair treatment of conservatives, the appeals process for real or perceived unfair treatment, fact checking, partnerships, and privacy,' a source familiar with the meetings told Politico. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (pictured above) has quietly held small talk meetings and dinners with conservative journalists, commentators, and even met with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, after President Donald Trump threatened to sue the social media platform President … [Read more...] about Mark Zuckerberg has been holding secret meetings with conservative pundits after Trump threatened to sue Facebook because he ‘is concerned the Justice Department, under Bill Barr, will bring an enforcement action to break up the company’

A polar bear sparked chaos when it ran onto a baseball field in Canada. The adolescent creature was spotted in Churchill, Manitoba, by shocked resident Danielle Daley, who looked up out the window from her desk on October 9 to see the white bear giving two conservation officers the run around. Nonchalantly, the female bear first trots through a gap in a chain-link fence and onto the field near Churchill plaza, before noticing the two officers in hot-pursuit, wielding a tranquilizer guns. Almost teasing the two men, she playfully runs up and down the field between third and first base, before eventually the officers are able to corner the hypercarnivorous creature in an adjacent parking lot. Nonchalantly, the female bear first trots through a gap in a chain-link fence and onto the field near Churchill plaza, before noticing the two officers in hot-pursuit, wielding a tranquilizer gun  Almost teasing the two men, she playfully runs up and down the field between third and … [Read more...] about You’re outta here! Polar bear gives conservation officers the run around as she bounds between bases on baseball field before being tranquilized in Canadian town

Liz Storer, 36, has been announced as the new national director of ­centre-right lobby group Advance Australia A glamorous woman has stepped up to be the new face of Australia's conservative movement and is vowing to take down climate change activists.  Liz Storer, 36, has been announced as the new national director of ­centre-right lobby group Advance Australia. And the former Liberal councillor has her sights set on Extinction Rebellion after they spent a week disrupting traffic in cities across Australia in an attempt to raise awareness for what they claim is a climate change 'emergency'. 'These people are seriously unhinged. They are a menace to society,' she told The Australian. 'These guys are very strategic but the truth is they are not a climate change action group.  'They may market themselves that way. They are hell bent on deconstructing society as we know it … they operate on a manifesto of delusions based on a rejection of … [Read more...] about ‘They are a menace to society’: Glamorous new face of Australia’s conservative movement vows to bring down ‘unhinged’ climate change activists after week of protests

The Week in Patriarchy is a weekly roundup of what’s happening in the world of feminism and sexism. If you’re not already receiving it by email, make sure to subscribe. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s wardrobe is an affront to feminism and socialism Like many people I was very excited about congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to begin with. She’s a smart, strong, charismatic woman of colour with genuinely progressive values. She’s a big reason that socialism is growing more popular in America. What’s not to like? Well, I’ll tell you what’s not to like: her clothes. Despite being a self-proclaimed woman of the people, Ocasio-Cortez stubbornly persists in wearing very nice clothes. She always looks incredibly professional and well put together. She even – and this will shock you – appears to own a jacket and a coat. I would never have believed Ocasio-Cortez could be so extravagant myself, but I saw the evidence with my own eyes. … [Read more...] about Conservatives are terrified of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. And so they should be