In which Edinburgh University leader Peter Mathieson admits his obscene paycheck has continued rising even as he hacks away at his own uni but he is functionally pointless.
Good riddance to him.
H/t @edinburghminute.com
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![2026 ICE detention
Yiannopoulos in 2026
On 27 August 2026, Yiannopoulos was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, Louisiana.[40][41] According to a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, Yiannopoulos had legally entered the United States on 14 May 2019 through New York City but overstayed, and was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge on 22 July 2026 after failing to appear at his immigration hearing.[40][41] He was held at an ICE detention facility in Alexandria, Louisiana.[42][43] Yiannopoulos was in Louisiana ahead of a concert by Kanye West. Far-right activist Laura Loomer, with whom he had publicly fallen out, took credit for first drawing attention to his immigration status, having previously alleged that he had overstayed his visa.[44][45][46]
Yiannopoulos had previously been a vocal supporter of immigration enforcement, calling in 2025 for ICE checkpoints and "on the spot deportation" of anyone unable to prove legal status.[47]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:movr4wsu2du5xbmeragyr5cx/bafkreibmrpxfnmvgsh23gq7ymkvnfiol5xxqqy6sdbyvss6zi72ljb4soe)
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![Most cisgender lesbian, gay and bisexual Britons have a very positive view of transgender people - particularly cisgender bisexual and lesbian women
How positively or negatively would you say [you personally] view transgender people? %
Very positivelyFairly positivelyNeither positively nor negativelyDon't knowFairly negativelyVery negatively
All Britons
22
17
33
4
14
11
Cisgender lesbian, gay
and bisexual Britons
55
20
16
5
Cisgender gay men
43
22
22
9
4
Cisgender bisexual men
44
21
26
5
4
Cisgender bisexual women
66
18
11
Cisgender lesbian women
68
16
10
YouGov 2022
All Britons sample: 2-3 August 2023
Cisgender lesbian, gay and bisexual sample: 30 May - 17 June 2023 Get the data](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:movr4wsu2du5xbmeragyr5cx/bafkreicl4hqzih5fyd3qquh54pjxii7f3g3xyrs5buja6cafwv4a4bvozu)
![She consistently argued against an equal age of consent for same-sex relationships, voting against a 1994 act (which would have reduced the age of consent for some male-male sexual activity from 21 to 18), and in 1998 (arguing against a further reduction from 18 to 16, which later occurred in 2000).[10] On the latter act, she wrote in The Mail on Sunday that "one of the sundry horrors for which this Government is likely to be remembered will be that it gave its imprimatur to sodomy at 16",[52] She later said in 2000: "I do not believe that issues of equality should override the imperatives of protecting the young."[53] In 2003, Widdecombe opposed the repeal of Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988.[54] In 2012, Widdecombe voiced support in the Daily Express for the practise of conversion therapy, which claims to change the orientation of homosexuals.[55]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:movr4wsu2du5xbmeragyr5cx/bafkreiaxkhiqazkzdjuppfdhg6biddkb4u4nap6i42g2ib7qijxvoi6gf4)
![If there’s a daily media pile-on saying that I’m dishonest on this, that or the other, it leaves me in a position of paralysis. So I’ve done this to try and break that.
The extent of the co-ordination of the pile-on had left us slightly in a state of paralysis – that could have gone on for months. What if [the parliamentary commissioner for standards, who is investigating the donation] doesn’t answer until October?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:movr4wsu2du5xbmeragyr5cx/bafkreigyzapchkn47exxfzakunymjqesunb7hwc7hn33teynnwhgsk6jza)
![This success could not have been more evidenced than in the words of the new rulers of
Tunisia. In his inauguration speech the new Tunisian President, Moncef Marzouki paid tribute to
the importance of popular will in the new Tunisian parliament, “this place which embodies the
sovereignty of the people” against the “tyrants who forgot that the will of the people is second to
none but the will of Allah.” With this statement he also paid tribute to the importance of political
Islamism. This sentiment was echoed by his Prime Minister, Hamadi Jebali, who declared that
“despite the challenges, our country has preserved its civil character and attachment to democratic
principles, all based on an Islamic reference.” Unlike their Egyptian counterparts, and with
surprising political wisdom, this all came after both made a decisive statement in support of
republican democracy:
Marzouki: “Our mission is to lay deep and solid foundations [...] to build a civil democratic
republic and a tolerant pluralistic society which will eventually fully embody the principles of
freedom, justice, and equality.” “We must protect the women who don the niqab and the hijab, as
well as the women who wear no veils. We must protect the demonstrators as well as the institutions
against which they demonstrate.”
Jebali emphasised “freedom as a fundamental value and the sanctity of human rights."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:movr4wsu2du5xbmeragyr5cx/bafkreieo4nrph2kxydag7nvpjyhjybgneawhp5uppg2eb26chz3nagid7a)
