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‘We Need To Move The Conversation On From Bathrooms,’ Trans Advocacy Group Says

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This April, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman within the Equality Act of 2010 is a person who was born biologically female.

At the time, The Good Law Project said the move “sets a dangerous precedent and erases trans women from protections” and “puts trans rights back 20 years.”

Though Baroness Kishwer Falkner, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said that trans “rights must be respected” after the ruling, some see the actions that have taken place since as going against that message.

Falkener has also suggested that trans rights groups should push for a separate “third space” when seeking a bathroom or changing room.

As a result, trans advocacy organisation TransActual UK has revealed an installation outside the UK Supreme Court called a “Third Toilet,” created by BBH London.

The Third Toilet

Rhiannon Adam / TransActual / BBH

The Third Toilet

The government promised “clarity,” but TransActual feels it hasn’t delivered

In a press release, Hafsa Qureshi, a director of TransActual UK, said: “The Supreme Court claimed it brought clarity to an area of difficulty” with its April ruling.

“However, it did the exact opposite while also diminishing the rights or status of trans people in the UK.”

They continue, “This campaign is a powerful statement about being forced to exist without safety, privacy, and rights, in full view of a society that refuses to see us; a demand for legal clarity, human dignity, and real, lived safety for all trans people; and an attempt to put pressure on public policy makers to ensure they are answering questions and, ultimately, are held to account.”

Meanwhile, Olivia Campbell Cavendish, a founder and executive director of the Trans Legal Clinic, says that we “need to move the conversation on from ridiculous things like bathrooms and onto the things that matter.”

Our focus, the founder said, should be on “the safety of trans people everywhere.”

The aim of the installation is to reclaim the conversation and inspire solidarity

Camila Gurgel and Ieva Paulina, associate creative directors at agency BBH, which made the “third toilet” installation, say that the aim was to gain back control of the conversation.

“The trans community was left out of a decision that directly impacted their lives,” they said (The Good Law Project, among others, says that the Supreme Court did not listen to trans voices in the lead-up to their ruling).

“So we set out to create something that will help their voices be heard and their demands recognised.”

Their hope, they say, is that the third Toilet installation “sparks awareness, conversation, solidarity and inspires more people to stand with the trans community.”

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Kemi Badenoch’s Popularity Hits New Low As Tory Crisis Deepens

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Kemi Badenoch’s popularity has hit a new low as she struggles to turn around the Tories’ fortunes, according to a new poll.

The Ipsos survey shows that just 17% of the public have a favourable view towards her.

That is the lowest ever recorded for her by the pollster, and a worse rating than both Boris Johnson (26%) and Rishi Sunak (21%).

Meanwhile, 49% of voters have an unfavourable view of her, giving her a net score of minus 32.

The most popular politician in the country, according to the poll, is Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, who has a favourability rating of 31%.

Boris Johnson is second, followed by Lib Dem leader Ed Davey on 25% and Keir Starmer on 23%.

Robert Jenrick, who Badenoch beat to the Tory leadership last year, has a favourability rating of just 16%, the same as chancellor Rachel Reeves.

In a further blow for Badenoch, just 20% of the public have a favourable view of the Conservative Party, putting them behind Reform, the Greens, the Lib Dems and Labour.

The Tories’ unfavourability rating of 56% is also far worse than any of their rival’s.

The findings come after a YouGov poll earlier this week put the Tories in fourth place behind Reform, Labour and the Lib Dems.

Gideon Skinner, senior director of UK Politics at Ipsos, said: “While Labour has seen a slight bump in favourability, most people still think the country is heading in the wrong direction and are critical of the prime minister and chancellor.

“In contrast, Nigel Farage and his party continue to be buoyed by very high approval ratings among their own base, even though they are more divisive among Labour, Lib Dem and Green supporters.

“The Conservatives, though, face perhaps the toughest picture, with Kemi Badenoch’s rating dipping to its lowest level as Conservative leader and the party’s overall favourability continuing to be the lowest of any party polled.

“The Conservatives are finding it particularly difficult to rebuild after their losses in the 2024 election, but both the main two parties are struggling with public disillusionment with the established political order, and a potential appetite for alternative voices in British politics from both sides of the spectrum.”

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Doctors Threaten Fresh Strike Action Over ‘Woefully Inadequate’ Government Pay Offer

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Doctors have warned they are prepared to strike again after accusing the government of making a “woefully inadequate” pay offer.

The British Medical Association (BMA), which represents junior doctors, hit out after ministers said their salaries will increase by 4% this year.

Teachers’ leaders also reacted angrily after schools were told they would have to find savings to help fund their own 4% pay award.

Junior doctors staged a series of walkouts over pay under the last Tory government, but called them off after Labour awarded them pay rises following last year’s general election.

Professor Philip Banfield, chair of the BMA council, warned health secretary Wes Streeting that his members were willing to strike again unless he came up with more money.

He said: “The health secretary can avert strike action by negotiating with us and agreeing a route to full pay restoration.

“As it stands, resident doctors are vindicated for their decision to announce a ballot for industrial action opening later this month, because Mr Streeting is not, so far, committing to meaningfully restoring their pay.

“The BMA’s resident doctors committee’s response to this is clear: the only path that will avoid strike action is the one that leads doctors to full pay restoration.”

Other NHS workers in England, including nurses, midwives and physiotherapists, will receive a 3.6% pay uplift, effective from April 1, Streeting said.

Those who are represented by the GMB union and the Royal College of Nursing are to vote on whether to accept the award.

Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, warned the government there would be “cuts in service provision to children and young people, job losses, and additional workloads for an already overstretched profession”.

He added: “Unless the government commit to fully funding the pay rise then it is likely that the NEU will register a dispute with the government on the issue of funding, and campaign to ensure every parent understands the impact of a cut in the money available to schools, and that every politician understands this too.”

Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, said: “Unions want to work with the government to address the recruitment and retention crisis gripping our public services – a crisis caused by 14 years of Conservative mismanagement and deliberate underinvestment.

“That means getting around the table to develop workforce plans for every area of the public sector.

“Ministers need to talk directly to unions to address the root causes behind dedicated and experienced public servants quitting their professions.

“And we need a clear, jointly agreed long-term strategy to improve public sector pay, alongside other crucial issues such as better working hours, more manageable workloads, and enhanced flexible working options.”

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Ambika Mod Highlights Double Standard When Comparing Her Career To One Day Co-Star Leo Woodall’s

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Ambika Mod is reflecting on how she and her One Day co-star Leo Woodall have been treated differently within the acting industry since the show’s debut.

The two stars played Emma and Dexter in Netflix’s TV adaptation of the classic David Nicholls novel One Day last year.

Since then, Leo, who had already played a supporting role in the second season of The White Lotus when One Day premiered, has starred opposite Renée Zellweger in the fourth Bridget Jones movie, took the lead in Apple TV+’s action series Citadel and currently has three film roles in the works.

Speaking to GQ, Ambika said she feels she’s had less opportunities come her way despite them having equal billing in the hit Netflix series, pointing out that she and Leo “just don’t get treated the same at all”.

“It’s mad because we wouldn’t be going for the same roles at all, and we’re very different people,” she said. “I think we’re going to have very different careers.”

Ambika Mod at the Newport Beach Film Festival earlier this year
Ambika Mod at the Newport Beach Film Festival earlier this year

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Ambika continued: “If I compare myself to someone like Leo, I’m always going to come up short, because there’s a privilege there that I don’t have access to.”

She lamented: “Being brown is not particularly easy in this industry. You don’t get the same opportunities. You don’t get the same ascension.

“I’ve been the lead of two very successful, critically-acclaimed TV shows [One Day and the medical drama This Is Going To Hurt, which aired two years earlier] and I still feel like I have to keep on proving myself. A lot of my white peers don’t really have to tackle that.”

Ambika also acknowledged that “at the same time, I’m so lucky to be here”, describing her situation as a “double-edged sword”, and expressing her hopes that “my being here makes it easier for a girl 10 or 20 years younger than me”.

In January, Ambika made her big-screen debut in Steven Soderbergh’s Black Bag.

She’ll next be seen in Sacrifice, a new action adventure featuring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Evans, Salma Hayek and Charli XCX.

Ambika also appeared in the miniseries The Stolen Girl, which premiered last month and included stars like Holliday Grainger and Jim Burgess, who played Dexter in the original film adaptation of One Day.

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Elon Musk Loses It With Mishal Husain Over DOGE Question: ‘Like Talking To A Computer’

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Elon Musk flipped out at a journalist who dared to question the billionaire’s success as President Donald Trump’s federal spending hatchet man.

The tech billionaire told Bloomberg’s Mishal Husain, a respected former BBC broadcaster, that “it’s like talking to a computer” when she suggested his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) risked falling short of its $2 trillion savings target.

On Tuesday, Musk was interviewed by Husain via video at an economic forum in Qatar, and was asked about DOGE not meeting the goal.

She reminded Musk of his pledge — at a high-profile rally for Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York on October — that he’d cut “at least $2 trillion” from the federal government budget.

Experts had dismissed the $2 trillion aim as extremely unrealistic since it would equate to almost all discretionary funding, including programs for transportation, education and housing, so well beyond the fraud and waste Musk has said repeatedly would make up the bulk of the cuts.

DOGE has itself said it has only slashed $160 billion to date.

“You’ve talked about $4 billion a day being saved,” Husain said. “And I think everyone can agree that combating waste and inefficiency in government is a very good thing, but if you add that up, it’s not gonna get to $2 trillion over the lifetime of DOGE.”

Musk appeared not to understand or hear the question, so Husain repeated herself.

“I mean, I feel you’re somewhat trapped in the NPC dialogue tree of a traditional journalist,” Musk snapped. The term NPC derives from video games and refers to a “non-playable character.”

“So it’s difficult when I’m conversing with someone who’s trapped in the dialogue tree of a conventional journalist because it’s like talking to a computer.”

In a defense of DOGE’s work, Musk went on to stress the organisation “is an advisory group” and “we’re doing the best we can.”

He conceded the three branches of government “are to some degree opposed to that level of cost savings.”

The defensive response is the latest sign that the world’s richest man’s dream of transforming Washington, DC, has turned into a nightmare.

Almost ever-present at the president’s side in the early days of the second Trump administration, the Tesla CEO has since scaled back his day-to-day involvement with DOGE following political and consumer backlash that was threatening his business interests.

Trump signalled their relationship was changing when he effectively said farewell to the tech billionaire at a Cabinet meeting last month.

“He wants to get back home to his cars,” the president said.

In the same interview with Husain, Musk revealed he plans to significantly cut his political spending, saying he has “done enough.”

The GOP donor spent at least $250 million to get Trump elected last year.

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‘Tradwife’ Lifestyles Are A Fantasy – I Know. I Cleaned Their Houses

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When it comes to work, mums are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

Those who work in the home (and yes, childcare and housework are very much “real” labour) often feel judged for being “spoiled,” while mums who work for a company can face professional prejudice alongside exhausting hours.

Whether they work in the home or outside of it, mothers are far more likely than fathers to shoulder the bulk of the emotional and cognitive load.

But the term “tradwife” is often used to refer to a woman who “embraces traditional gender roles” as a part of an online, “ultraconservative” performance, Merriam-Webster explains; not a regular stay-at-home mother.

A “tradwife” will often create content or speak about her role as a homemaker online, sharing the joys of not working while pocketing thousands in brand deals.

An example is Ballerina Farm, the full-scale production team behind which is overseen by Hannah Neeleman, wife of a billionaire’s son.

The cosy, “cottagecore” aesthetic of her supposedly “rustic” life is more reminiscent of Marie Antoinette’s pirouetting around her toy hamlet than it is of real-life stay-at-home-mother chaos – I know. I have cleaned for women playing into a similar fantasy.

The brand of “not working” is simply too much work for many “tradwives” to sustain

Speaking on BBC Woman’s Hour, “traditional housewife” and influencer Charlie Gray admits that she relied on au pairs – “we had three children under the age of two, and it was crazy,” she says.

I sympathise. My own mother had two sets of twins with 18 months between us – but though she did not have a job, I don’t think she’d quite qualify for “tradwife status” now, not least because paying for an au pair was out of the question.

“Tradwives” don’t just raise kids at home. Theirs is a highly stylised, highly performative (Gray confesses she doesn’t smile as much while cutting onions in real life as she does for the camera) show that relies on a level of labour most women cannot achieve alone.

When I was a cleaner (slash housekeeper, slash au-pair), I worked for women who fed into a proto-tradwife myth. I

They put on a Bree Van De Kamp-level display of homemaking skills, proving to everyone that not only did they not have to go to (paid) work, but that they were the best, the most efficient, the most perfect at not working.

Behind the scenes, I was scrubbing long past my stated hours, polishing doorknobs, cleaning up their botched attempt at focaccia (they would later buy one and fob it off as their own), deep-cleaning grout, and vacuuming sofas.

This was not always enough. Those obsessed with projecting a “picture-perfect” housewife image would encourage a more humiliating routine, using the job I needed to survive to enhance the performance of their optional work.

Once, I was tasked with laying out pre-weighed, pre-chopped ingredients so they could “make” their dinner in front of their friends, hair and clothes still immaculate (which would be fine if it was my job, but it wasn’t).

Dolly Parton says it costs a lot to look cheap. I learned it takes a lot of uncredited labour to look breezily, effortlessly “into” homemaking – work only well-off women could afford.

None of this is to insult stay-at-home parents or housewives

This is not to say these “tradwife” women didn’t work hard, or that this agonised display was not the result of internalised misogyny or double standards.

But I always think – what about the women who clean their houses? What about when they get home to a less-than-picture-perfect house and an exhausting “second shift”?

My own mum, who was on benefits, did not feel the urge to put on the show of rustic contentment that most “tradwives” do: she complained about her housework a lot, because it was hard and exhausting.

I don’t think her experience would have fit into “tradwife” content, despite technically being a homemaker first of all, because the lives of those without stacks of cash are necessarily filled with compromises, shortcuts, and stress.

Having been a part of creating even quite a low-level, pre-virality “tradwife” fantasy for others, I can assure you most of us simply cannot afford to live the preened, painstakingly “curated” lives shown to us online.

They are either a complete myth or a cleverly-positioned gawk at a very rich woman’s hobby.

The sooner we remember that, the better.

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Nigel Farage Dubbed A ‘Part-Time Leader’ After Missing EU Debate To Go On Holiday

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Nigel Farage has been dubbed a “part-time leader” after he missed a crunch Commons debate because he is on holiday.

The Reform UK leader confirmed he was taking his “first overseas break for three years” while Keir Starmer faced questions on the deal he has struck with the EU.

The leading Brexiteer has been notable by his absence since the PM finalised the agreement with Brussels bosses at a summit on Monday.

And the mystery deepened when he failed to turn up to quiz the PM in parliament today.

In a statement issued afterwards, Farage said: “There seems to be great consternation in the press that they have not seen me for 48 hours. Well, they will have to wait some time.

“After months of touring the UK in the run up to our hugely successful local election campaign I will resume travelling the country next week as Reform moves to the next stage.

“Meanwhile I am having my first overseas break for three years, the jungle excepted. Well I say break.. plenty of articles and fundraising calls!”

Ironically, parliament is in recess next week, meaning Farage would have been free to go on holiday then without missing any Commons debates.

A Conservative Party spokesman said: “The part-time leader of Reform UK is sunning himself in Europe while parliament is sitting. He clearly doesn’t have the stamina to stand up to Starmer.

“Only the Conservatives are providing proper opposition to this disastrous Labour government.”

A Labour spokesperson said: “Nigel Farage clearly cares so passionately about this issue he’s decided he can’t get up from his sunbed to represent his constituents or his party.

“He’s not a leader – he’s an opportunist who just talks Britain down whenever it suits him.”

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Hannah Waddingham Reveals How She’s Really Feeling About Ted Lasso’s Surprise Return

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Hannah Waddingham has opened up about the return of Ted Lasso.

The British actor won an Emmy for her performance as Rebecca Welton in the Apple TV+ sports comedy, and later made no secret of her disappointment when it looked as though it would not be returning for a fourth season.

Eventually, earlier this year, it was confirmed that new episodes of Ted Lasso were in the works after all, two years after it last aired.

Speaking on Tuesday’s edition of Capital Breakfast, the former Game Of Thrones star admitted she had complicated feelings about the prospect of Ted Lasso coming back, as she and her co-stars initially thought they’d “mourned the loss”.

“We were all a bit like, ‘Oh’,” Hannah admitted. “We thought we’d mourned the loss, and now it’s rising from the dead.”

Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca Welton in the most recent season of Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca Welton in the most recent season of Ted Lasso

However, she added that the news was “amazing”, while letting slip that shooting is due to begin in July.

Putting the show’s continued popularity down to the writing, she enthused: “Our writers are literally Jedi Knights. They’re just incredible. And we’ve got, like, a full room of real feminist men. So, we’ve got all the fabulous women in there – but the men that are in there, I think you really see [that they are feminists[ in the scripts.

“You could easily have a show that was so male-dominated, because, you know, myself and Juno Temple are like the two main women in it. So, it could really be out of control – but you’d never feel that. It’s just so beautifully drawn.”

Ted Lasso star and creator Jason Sudeikis revealed in March that season four would centre around the titular character taking over a women’s football team.

Jason explained: “It’s daunting, because we told the story we wanted to tell. But there’s more there. And it is a neat group of people to work with, it’s a wonderful group of people, and characters to write around and for. It’s such a great group.”

Seasons one to three of Ted Lasso are now streaming on Apple TV+.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Sets The Record Straight On Where Her Friendship Stands With Meghan Markle

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Gwyneth Paltrow is setting the record straight on her relationship with Meghan Markle.

Over the weekend, People magazine published an interview with Gwyneth about the constant comparisons she and the Duchess of Sussex continue to face since the latter launched both her new lifestyle site and Netflix show.

“I don’t like that, when people try to pit women against each other,” the Oscar-winning actor told the outlet.

She said that the two, who both live in Montecito, California, have what she described as “a text friendship so far”.

Gwyneth seems open to collaborating with Meghan, though, and said she’d be down to make an appearance on the second season of the royal’s show, With Love, Meghan.

“Sure! Why not? You never know,” she said. “I don’t bake that well, but I can always try.”

The Goop founder previously spoke to Vanity Fair about feeling defensive of Meghan, without actually knowing her well.

“I was raised to see other women as friends, not foes,” she said at the time. “I think there’s always more than enough to go around. Everybody deserves an attempt at everything that they want to try.”

She said that when “there’s noise about certain women in the culture, I do have, always, a strong instinct to stand up for them”.

To make sure the masses knew that the Sliding Doors star and duchess were indeed on each other’s side, the two put out a memorable moment on Instagram in March.

In the Q&A video, Gwyneth read out an an enquiry saying: “Are you comprehending the Meghan Markle beef that social media says you two have?”

“I genuinely do not understand this at all, whatsoever,” she responded, at which point camera panned to a surprise cameo from Meghan, who was seen grinning and shrugging her shoulders as she ate a piece of pie.

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JD Vance Uses Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis To Criticize His Job As President

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Vice President JD Vance responded on Monday to Joe Biden’s new cancer diagnosis by criticising the former president’s performance in the White House and furthering claims that those close to the Democrat hid his poor health from the public.

Speaking to reporters on Air Force 2, the vice president first wished for Biden to make “the right recovery,” saying the 82-year-old’s diagnosis “sounds pretty serious.”

Vance essentially ended his empathy there, accusing Biden of doing a bad job leading the country and pinning his capacity to serve as president on his poor health.

“I will say, whether the right time to have this conversation is now or at some point in the future, we really do need to be honest about whether the former president was capable of doing the job,” Vance said.

“You can separate the desire for him to have the right health outcome with a recognition that, whether it was doctors or whether there were staffers around the former president, I don’t think he was able to do a good job for the American people.”

“And that’s not politics. That’s not because I disagreed with him on policy,” he continued. “That’s because I don’t think that he was in good enough health.”

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.@VP JD Vance on former President Biden’s cancer diagnosis: “We really do need to be honest about whether the former president was capable of doing the job…I don’t think that he was in good enough health. In some ways, I blame him less than I blame the people around him.” pic.twitter.com/0DYOd2mu4G

— CSPAN (@cspan) May 19, 2025

Biden was diagnosed on Friday with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, which his office said has metastasised to his bones. Doctors diagnosed him after finding a prostate nodule while looking into the former president’s urinary issues earlier this year.

The Democrat’s age and health came front and centre last year after his concerning presidential debate performance while seeking re-election. Biden eventually stepped down to allow Vice President Kamala Harris to run in his place with just months until the election. Harris lost to Donald Trump, leading many Democrats to blame Biden’s initial persistence for their party’s loss.

Biden recently faced renewed bipartisan concerns regarding his health amid the upcoming release of “Original Sin,” a book by CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson that claims Biden aides intentionally hid the extent of his physical and cognitive decline from the public.

The allegations have led Republicans like Donald Trump Jr. — and apparently Vance — to baselessly accuse Biden and those close to him of hiding his cancer while he was still president. Trump Jr. faced backlash earlier on Monday for spreading, without evidence, a conspiracy that Biden was likely diagnosed while in the White House and that his wife, Jill Biden, helped keep it from the public.

“In some ways I blame him less than I blame the people around him. And why didn’t the American people have a better sense of his health picture? Why didn’t the American people have more accurate information about what he was actually dealing with?” said Vance, who serves as vice president to the man whose cognitive health has repeatedly come into question due to the 78-year-old’s frequent and incoherent ramblings, his memory issues and his impulsivity with respect to major political decisions.

“This is serious stuff. This is the guy who carries around the nuclear football for the world’s largest nuclear arsenal,” Vance continued. “This is not child’s play, and we can pray for good health, but also recognise that if you’re not in good enough health to do the job, you shouldn’t be doing the job.”

Cancers that have spread to other parts of the body are normally difficult to treat — but because Biden’s cancer appears hormone-sensitive, according to his office, he may be able to treat it by depriving the tumors of hormones. Doctors have said that, while metastasised prostate cancer is incurable, men receiving such treatment can expect to live for an average of five more years.

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