u/Forsaken-Language-26

Already have Notting Hill but I got it for the case. Not seen a (DVD) jewel case in the flesh before.

Archive link:

https://archive.ph/2026.05.09-074032/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/08/essex-voters-embracing-reform-liked-nigel/

Just spotted on r/CasualUK but I suspect it’ll be deleted from there.

The article goes on to quote him as saying "There has been a troubling pattern of police forces around the country to ‘believe’ trans rights activists, time and time again, even when there has been overwhelming evidence that complaints have been made against gender critical campaigners, in bad faith."

And follows with: "“We are sick of two-tier policing and I hope with today’s verdict it will end.”

Linehan added: “I have suffered greatly in my fight to protect women and children from what I believe to be a dangerous ideology."

I noted his usage of the Reform voter phrasing "two tier policing"

Add that in with fearmongering/lying about transgender folks as a whole, and framing attacking trans rights as "protecting women and children" is extremely manipulative.

I think when the press covers hateful people they should have to add disclaimers based on the unbiased scientific consensus to add context. (Such as trans folks being disproportionately more likely to experience crime than perpetuate it. The lack of danger we pose. The data on police response to transgender vs terf cases)

I know nothing like that will ever happen. It would be nice though. Youd think in 2026 they wouldnt be such overt propaganda tools still 🤨 Our public in majority (this is just my personal opinion here) lack critical thinking skills when it comes to minorities.

Not directly related to Reform/Farage but still part of the far right playbook.

I used to own the entire classic series and all of the revived series, up to that point, on DVD/blu-ray years ago. However, I sold my collection when I went travelling (no regrets). Now I’m in the process of collecting them all again. I’ve got most of the revived series now, just need to get the Ncuti Gatwa era (but it’s a bit expensive right now). Then I will buy the classic series boxsets on blu-ray starting with Hartnell (they will take up a lot less space than my DVD collection did).