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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in February 2018:

My interview (video, 3:14) on The Mash Report has attracted 700+ views and 60 comments in the space of two days. A feminist using the pseudonym “Lucy Bubbles” (appropriate for an airhead) has kindly shared her thoughts about wisdom, in comments I simply had to pass:

I’m probably gonna get so much hate for this based on the comments but some people don’t know what feminism is, it’s gender equality. We want everyone to be treated the same and just because people want the same amount of respect as others they get criticised. feminism is wanting equal respect. Sure it benefits women but it benefits men to (sic) we want men to be respected enough that they can wear what they want and aren’t judged for being “girly”. We want everyone to have equal pay so that everyone can have equal opportunities. We also want mens (sic) domestic abuse to be heard of and not shunned as well as women we want justice for anyone who has be (sic) assaulted or harassed. It’s just easier to start at women’s domestic abuse because there’s so much more because women aren’t respected as much in society as men which is not okay.

I invite you to respond to her comments.

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in February 2018:

Our thanks to C for this:

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Enjoy. An extract:

The Prime Minister led riotous laughter when Yorkshire Tory MP Philip Davies mocked Osborne’s chief ally, Business Minister Matthew Hancock, saying: ‘Anyone tempted to lick George Osborne’s backside should be careful because if you go too far you will find the soles of Matt Hancock’s shoes in the way.’

Cameron was still chuckling the next day, telling MPs after breakfast: ‘I hope you have all got the unpleasant image of Matt Hancock out of your minds.’

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in February 2018:

Our thanks to Tim for this.

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in February 2018:

Pathetic. I vow to never again buy, or drink, any spirits sold by Diageo. Cue their share price collapse. Extracts:

Johnnie Walker is rolling out a female version of its whisky in the US – Jane Walker.

A limited edition run of its 12-year-old Black Label blended whisky will feature a striding woman on the label rather than the top-hatted man normally associated with the brand.

The brand’s London-based owner, Diageo, the world’s largest spirits company, is hoping the March launch will widen the appeal of the product while celebrating women. [J4MB: For what, precisely?]…

For every bottle of Jane Walker sold, Diageo will donate $1 (72p) to organisations supporting women’s causes. The release, on 1 March, comes a week before International Women’s Day. [J4MB: The company’s donations to organisations supporting men’s causes (homelessness, domestic violence, prostate cancer, false rape allegations…] have been, it’s probably safe to say, £0.00, although the overwhelming majority of the Scotch made by Diageo (as for all Scotch manufacturers) is consumed by men.]

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in January 2018:

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in January 2018:

Our thanks to Martin for this piece in the International Business Times. The journalist is clearly an idiot and mangina (but I repeat myself). Extracts:

Theresa May is reportedly keen on increasing the gender balance within her Cabinet by promoting a number of women ministers.

With women holding only five [J4MB: Why ‘only’?] out of the 21 cabinet posts…

If there is a front bench reshuffle, she will be aware that women may need [J4MB: Why ‘need’?] to be promoted to redress the current imbalance [J4MB: What ‘imbalance’?] on the front bench…

Let’s look at the ‘gender imbalance’, shall we? In June the BBC reported the gender balance among MPs for the last two general elections – here. After the June election, 67 of the 317 Tory MPs were female – 21%. Five of the current 21 cabinet ministers are female – 24%. So women are already over-represented in May’s cabinet, yet reportedly she wants to double their number.

If there were the time and resources we’d estimate the expected impact of age and experience on the gender balance of the cabinet, if ministers were appointed solely on merit. As in all parties, Tory female MPs tend to be younger and less experienced than their male colleagues.

Will even one Tory MP complain publicly about May’s anti-meritocratic plan to increase yet further the over-representation of female MPs in May’s cabinet? We doubt it. Mrs T must be spinning in her grave.

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in January 2018:

Our thanks to Nick and others for this (video, 28:47), broadcast by the BBC last night. You’ll need a BBC licence to watch it, and it will only be available to watch for the next 29 days.

This series of University Challenge is between teams of ‘distinguished alumni’ of various universities. The BBC considers Special Snowflake a distinguished alumna of St John’s College, Cambridge, what must their undistinguished alumini look like? She graduated in English in 2007 and has been a whiny pain in the neck ever since, winning several of our Lying Feminist of the Month and Whiny Feminist of the Month awards.

Special Snowflake was the only woman in the Cambridge team in this episode of the programme, the semi-final in the series. A ridiculously large proportion of the questions were about literature and prominent women, presumably in a desperate bid to make her contribution appear significant. She answered none of them.

At 20:47 the question was (for just five points) to identify the chemical symbol of HCl, an acid. If you look carefully at the ensuing footage, you’ll note both Laura Bates and Jamie Barber (who answered many questions correctly over the programme) correctly identified it as hydrocholoric acid, and said so to Giles Foden, who was required to give the answer to Jeremy Paxman. Foden chose Laura Bates to give the answer, maybe in a desperate attempt to pretend she was making a contribution to the team’s performance, maybe also because Barber had confirmed the silly woman had actually got an answer right, against all the odds. Even a broken clock tells the correct time twice a day.

Since Jamie Barber also clearly knew the answer, we’re left with this inevitable conclusion:

Laura Bates was the definition of a ‘token woman’ on this programme. If she had been replaced by a pot plant, her side would not have scored any fewer points.

The three men in the Cambridge team scored no more points after Special Snowflake’s correct answer, presumably being in utter shock.

Nick writes:

The only question which I remembering her answering correctly was essentially what does ‘HCl’ stand for. Even I managed to get that one with my C grade chemistry O level!

The opposing team, from Keble College, Oxford, won by 160 points to 105.

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A piece published on the website of Justice for Men & Boys (and the women who love them), the political party of which I’m the chairman, in January 2018:

I don’t have the time to write it, but I think there’s a bestseller to be written – with little effort – consisting of a compilation of customer reviews and people’s answers to potential buyers’ questions on Amazon and similar websites. Some of the best relate to technological items. So a potential buyer of rechargeable batteries will ask something like, ‘Will this Yamamoto YKT400-L rechargeable battery fit and work with my Canon EOS SLR516X camera?’ There will be some helpful answers, but invariably also some responses from people with too much time on their hands – visitors to Amazon, say, not Amazon staff – along the lines of:

I don’t know, I don’t own a Canon EOS SLR516X camera. In fact I’ve never owned a Canon camera, I’ve been buying Nikon cameras for 30+ years. Sorry I can’t help any further.

I hope so, because that’s what I ordered them for! Haven’t arrived yet.

Hmm. Difficult question. Don’t take the risk, buy the Canon brand batteries at barely five times the price.

No idea. Still, sometimes you have to take chances in life, don’t you? I was saying that to George only the other day! Send the bugger back to Amazon if it’s no good.

I wouldn’t risk it. My late husband owned a Yamaha motorbike in the 1980s. He died after hitting a BMW in the fast lane of the M1. Somewhere near Luton, if memory serves me right.’

… and so on. All this is by way of a backdrop to my planned purchases of a couple of stainless steel saucepans, I’m keen to try some of the recipes in The Patriarch’s Cookbook (there are no vegetarian recipes, obviously). The book recommends that the food be prepared by a female cook who is required to eat a portion of the dishes before serving them to you – in case of a poisoning attempt – but I no longer employ a cook, female or otherwise.

I looked on Amazon and checked out the entry for a Buckingham Stainless Steel Induction deep Saucepan with Glass Lid , Cooking Pot, 20 cm. It’s rated by buyers at an average 4.5 points (out of a maximum 5.0 points) and I decided to check out the eight reviews (you’ll need to scroll down some way to the reviews section). People can leave reviews without having bought the item, but when they’ve actually bought the item, you know that by the words ‘Verified purchase’. The ‘Top Review’ was by a lady who’d kindly taken the time to write this:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good purchase
28 August 2017
Verified Purchase
Not used it yet but will be doing so soon as I’m always cooking. [J4MB: always cooking? No time to test this saucepan before reviewing it, though?] I lost my lid on one I had the same size when I moved [J4MB: fascinating, do go on…] so chose this one as a replacement. [J4MB: why ‘this one’?] It looks perfect. Came in good packaging. [J4MB: always useful when transporting very fragile items, such as stainless steel saucepans.] What more can I say. [J4MB: please don’t ask yourself that question] Would recommend. [J4MB: why?]

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