This is Northumberland Calling 23.12.22

Twas the night before the night before Christmas edition

The Scottish parliament voted for self id after someone declares that they have lived as the opposite sex for 3 months. They voted down an amendment which would have paused the declaration if someone had been accused of sex crime (50% of trans prisoners declared after they are arrested apparently). One of the MSPs asked – if a fox says they are chicken, do you put them in the hen house?  The UK government are looking at Section 35 in order to block the legislation as it will affect the entire United Kingdom. It is thought that Nicola Sturgeon has cynically used this in order to further her case for independence as no one really cares that much about women’s rights and it is only a tiny number of people who will actually transition. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/12/22/scotland-passes-gender-reform-bill-snp-nicola-sturgeon/

A multiple child murderer was left free to kill after blunders by the probation service as he was wrongly classified as being a medium risk rather than a high risk as he should have been after the man was convicted of arson. The probation officer who mainly worked from home has now been sacked for gross incompetence in preparing the pre-sentence report. Another probation officer who assigned the case to a trainee has also been sacked. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/22/murderer-damien-bendall-left-free-kill-probation-blunders

Several Oxbridge professors are trying to spearhead a movement which says that anyone who attends a uni should be aware that they are at risk of being offended and having their ideas challenged. If they don’t want to take the risk, they can withdraw from the university in question. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11563945/Universities-risk-woke-academics-students-consent-risk-offendes.html

And the Campaign for Real Ale has declared the words ‘pub crawl’ and ‘happy hour’ are not inclusive and should not be used. Various members were not impressed including one who remarked that he had never considered that a pub crawl meant getting so drunk that you could not literally progress to the next one. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/22/dont-say-pub-crawl-happy-hour-christmas-not-inclusive/

The Church of England decided to rewrite the words of God Rest Merry Gentlemen for a service. They were rather  woke and erased the concept of Christmas. Updated lyrics  removed references to Christ as saviour and to Satan, instead referring to “queer and questioning” and “women, who by men have been erased”. Somehow I think the original will stand the test of time. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/20/christmas-carol-rewritten-inclusive-pushes-woke-unbiblical-agenda/

The last person able to be buried in the village church of the village which was deserted during WW2 has been buried. The village is on military land and used for exercises. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/21/ghost-village-deserted-since-world-war-ii-host-funeral-one-last/

The Glaswegian who has the best claim to inventing ‘chicken tikka masala’ Ali Ahmed Aslam, has died. He ran one of the first Indian restaurants in Glasgow and created the dish in the early 1970s by adding tomato soup (presumably Heinz) and cream to chicken tikka  pan to create a quick sauce as a customer claimed his chicken tikka was too dry. The man brought his friends by and they all requested the dish. . It has since become one of the more popular ‘curries’. Although born in what would become Pakistan, he emigrated to Scotland as a boy and proudly Glaswegian and very  very Scottish. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2022/12/22/ahmed-aslam-ali-inventor-chicken-tikka-masala-britains-favourite/

A Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night.