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The Saker
A bird's eye view of the vineyard

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Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

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offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link ?Not Clear if Heat Pumps Will Save Money,? Government Adviser Admits Fri Jul 11, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Heat pumps?are not guaranteed to save households money in the long-term, the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Dame Angela McLean has conceded.
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offsite link How Britain Sold Itself to the World as Paradise Fri Jul 11, 2025 15:14 | Anonymous former BBC staff member
The government and the BBC have cooperated for decades in an epic advertising campaign to sell Britain to the world as the best possible place to be. No wonder they all want to come here, writes a former BBC staff member.
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offsite link Unite Suspends Angela Rayner and Threatens to Abandon Labour Fri Jul 11, 2025 13:03 | Will Jones
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has been suspended by Unite the union over?the Birmingham bin strike, with the union, one of Labour's biggest backers, also announcing it will review its relationship?with the party.
The post Unite Suspends Angela Rayner and Threatens to Abandon Labour appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Why I Changed My Mind About Abortion Fri Jul 11, 2025 11:00 | Oscar Evans
Growing up in 90s Britain, Oscar Evans unthinkingly accepted what he was taught: that abortion is a neutral medical procedure. His views have now changed ? and he's horrified by what Labour has done.
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offsite link UN Human Rights Council Demands Criminalisation of Climate Scepticism Worldwide Fri Jul 11, 2025 09:00 | Ben Pile
The UN Human Rights Council has published a report demanding the criminalisation of climate scepticism worldwide. Ben Pile skewers the absurdity of the 'human rights' authoritarians.
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IACP Condemns Conversion Therapy

category national | gender and sexuality | press release author Wednesday March 06, 2019 11:48author by Hugh O'Donoghue - Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapyauthor email hugh at iacp dot ieauthor phone 012147933 Report this post to the editors

The Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy opposes the barbaric act of ‘conversion therapy’

Ireland's Largest Members' Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists condemns the practice of universally discredited therapy in Ireland.

Conversion or Reparative therapy is a range of dangerous and discredited practices that falsely claim to change a person’s sexual orientation/gender identity/expression. Such practices have been widely rejected by mainstream medical and mental health organisations. Despite such universal discreditation, the continuing discrimination and societal bias against LGBTQI+ people result in practitioners conducting ‘conversion therapy’.
In the aftermath of the recent screening of 'Once Gay - Matthew and Friends' at Townsend Presbyterian Church in west Belfast. The Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP) are keen to emphasise that we reject the use of reparative or conversion therapy methods. Additionally, we these practices as unethical and would like to highlight the significant dangers inherent in the practice of same.
Young people are especially vulnerable to this practice. Many LGBTQI+ are coerced into attending camps and sessions with unqualified and potentially dangerous ‘doctors. These experiences can lead to depression, anxiety, drug use, homelessness, and suicide. A 2007 study by the American Psychological Association concludes that there is no clear evidence that conversion therapy is effective and that there is significant evidence that it is harmful to LGBTQI+ people.
Furthermore, A 2009 APA Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Response to Sexual Orientation determined that mental health professionals should avoid telling clients that they can change their sexual orientation. This is due to a lack of evidence that such change is possible and the potential for such efforts to harm the patient’s mental health.

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