RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: J.K. Rowling fiasco ¾ÚÌÀ¤¹¤ës Britain is now one big April Fool's joke

Days like this it¡Çs difficult to know where to start. What¡Çs an April Fool¡Çs joke and what isn¡Çt? Search me.

Is J.K. Rowling going to be ÂáÊá¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd and ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶âd with ¡Æhate ºá¡¤ÈȺá¡Ç for ¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëing that women don¡Çt have willies?

This time last year, that would have been a nailed-on April Fool. But as of yesterday, ¡Æmisgendering¡Ç someone in Scotland is now a ÈȺá¤Î offence, carrying a ·ºÌ³½ê¡¤¹´ÃÖ½ê Àë¹ð¡¤È½·è.

In Jolly Jocko Land, you can get banged up for failing to use the ¸¢Íø pronouns to ½Ò¤Ù¤ë a man who identifies as a woman, even though they/he/she¡Çs wearing Lycra leggings so tight that you can¡Çt only notice their/his/her À¸Êª³Ø¤Î sex, you can tell their/his/her ½¡¶µ.

Rowling has already gone into ¡ÆYou¡Çll never take me alive, ½äºº¡Ç Êý¼°, publishing a °ìÏ¢¤Î ¡ÆÉÔ²÷¤Ê¡¿¹¶·â¡Ç tweets and È¿¹³¤¹¤ëing the police to feel her collar.

Is J.K. Rowling going to be arrested and charged with ?hate crime ? for insisting that women don?t have willies?

Is J.K. Rowling going to be ÂáÊá¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd and ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶âd with ¡Æhate ºá¡¤ÈÈºá ¡Ç for ¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëing that women don¡Çt have willies?

How long before Jack Docherty¡Çs Ĺ¡¤»ØÆ³¼Ô Commissioner Cameron Miekelson from the BBC¡Çs Scot Squad ³«»Ï¤¹¤ës a ÌëÌÀ¤± ¡Ê·Ù»¡¤Î¡Ë¼êÆþ¤ì¡¤µÞ½± on Hogwarts and drags Harry Potter¡Çs creator off to Barlinnie ·ºÌ³½ê¡¤¹´ÃÖ½ê? J.K. would have been safer marching through central London, waving a swastika and ±Ó¾§¤¹¤ëing ¡ÆDeath to the Jews¡Ç.

¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð the Met Police, that¡Çs perfectly µöÍÆ¤Ç¤­¤ë behaviour.

An ¶Ã¤¯¤Ù¤­¡¿ÆÃÌ¿¤Î¡¿Î×»þ¤Î ¥Ó¥Ç¥ª ¸½¤ì¤ëd on Sunday of a conversation between a policeman and a ¥æ¥À¥ä¿Í¤Î woman È¿ÂФ¹¤ëing to a ¥×¥í¤Î¡¿»¿À®¤Î-¥Ñ¥ì¥¹¥Á¥Ê/Hamas ¹Ô¿Ê¼Ô brandishing a ·Ç¼¨ featuring a swastika.

The woman ¼êÇÛÃæ¤Î¡¤¤ª¿Ò¤Í¼Ô to know why the ¹³µÄ¤¹¤ë¿Í waving the swastika had not been ÂáÊá¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd for committing an anti-Semitic public order offence. She complains that the police have told her that a swastika is not, in itself, anti-Semitic.

PC Plod tells her ¡Æeverything needs to be taken in ¾õ¶·¡Ç and said the person ȼ¤¦¡¿´Ø¤ï¤ëd had already been ÂáÊá¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd for a public order offence in relation to a ·Ç¼¨.

The woman replies: ¡ÆWhy does a swastika need ¾õ¶·? In what cont ext is a swastika not anti-Semitic and Ç˲õŪ¤Ê to public order?¡Ç The ½äºº explains: ¡ÆI don¡Çt have an in-depth knowledge of Ä´°õ¤¹¤ës and symbols. I know the swastika was used by the Nazi party during their inception and the period of them ¸ºß in ÎÏ¡¿¶¯ÎϤˤ¹¤ë in Germany in 1934. I¡Çm aware of that.¡Ç

She says: ¡ÆI can¡Çt believe this conversation is ¸½¼Â¤Ë happening.¡Ç

¸½¼Â¤Ë, I can, absurd as it may seem. From the moment the anti-¥¤¥¹¥é¥¨¥ë marches kicked off in the wake of the savage October 7 ÂçµÔ»¦, the Met has been bending over backwards, º£¸ås and sideways to appease the ¥×¥í¤Î¡¿»¿À®¤Î-¥Ñ¥ì¥¹¥Á¥Ê/Hamas ˽ÅÌ. Two weeks after Hamas had »¦¿Íd 1,400 Jews and taken 200 ¿Í¼Ás, »Ù»ý¼Ôs paraded through London ±Ó¾§¤¹¤ëing ¡Æfrom the river to the sea¡Ç, and calling for ¡Æjihad¡Ç and the eradication of ¥¤¥¹¥é¥¨¥ë ¡½ sorry, the ¡ÆZionist ¡ÊÆÈΩ¤Î¡Ë¸ºß¡Ç.

The fact that elements of the ¡Ê¿Í¤¬¡Ë·²¤¬¤ë were agitating for ¥¤¥¹¥é¥¨¥ë to be wiped off the ľÌ̤¹¤ë of the Earth didn¡Çt appear to unduly bother the Boys In Blue.

The Met explained that while ¡Æjihad¡Ç is usually taken to mean ¡Æ½¡¶µ¾å¤Î war¡Ç, it could also be ²ò¼á¤¹¤ë¡¿ÄÌÌõ¤¹¤ëd in several different ways ¡½ for instance, ¡Æa personal struggle to be a good ¥¤¥¹¥é¥à¶µÅÌ¡Ç. So that¡Çs all ¸¢Íø, then.

J.K. would have been safer marching through central London , waving a swastika and chanting ?Death to the Jews?. According to the Met Police, that?s perfectly acceptable behaviour

J.K. would have been safer marching through central London , waving a swastika and ±Ó¾§¤¹¤ëing ¡ÆDeath to the Jews¡Ç. ¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð the Met Police, that¡ Çs perfectly µöÍÆ¤Ç¤­¤ë behaviour

An extraordinary video emerged on Sunday of a conversation between a policeman and a Jewish woman objecting to a pro-Palestine/Hamas marcher brandishing a placard featuring a swastika

An ¶Ã¤¯¤Ù¤­¡¿ÆÃÌ¿¤Î¡¿Î×»þ¤Î ¥Ó¥Ç¥ª ¸½¤ì¤ëd on Sunday of a conversation between a policeman and a ¥æ¥À¥ä¿Í¤Î woman È¿ÂФ¹¤ëing to a ¥×¥í¤Î¡¿»¿À®¤Î-¥Ñ¥ì¥¹¥Á¥Ê/Hamas ¹Ô¿Ê¼Ô brandishing a ·Ç¼¨ featuring a swastika

And specialist officers had ¿Ç»¡¤¹¤ëd photographs of what appeared to be an Islamic ÌÀ¸À¤¹¤ë¡¿¸øÉ½¤¹¤ë ´ú and ·ëÏÀ¤¹¤ëd that the white squiggles on a ¹õ¿Í¡¿¥Ü¥¤¥³¥Ã¥È background weren¡Çt an exact match for the ISIS ¸«²ò¡¿ËÝÌõ¡¿ÈÇ. Therefore, no »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô to answer.

All a »öÊÁ of ¡Æ¾õ¶·¡Ç, you understand.

So you can now go to ·ºÌ³½ê¡¤¹´ÃÖ½ê in Scotland for getting someone¡Çs genitalia in a ¿·¤¿¤ÊŸ³«. But call for ½¸ÃÄ»¦Ù¤ on the streets of London and you¡Çll get a ²òÊü¤¹¤ë¡¿¼«Í³¤Ê pass and a police ¸î±Ò¤¹¤ë.

I don¡Çt know whether to ¤È¤¸¹þ¤ß¡¿Äó½Ð¤¹¤ë all this under You Couldn¡Çt Make It Up, or Mind How You Go.

¤É¤³¤«¤è¤½¤Ç yesterday, it was Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬d that the Lord¡Çs µ§¤ê had been read in Urdu and Swahili during the Éü³èº× Service at Canterbury Cathedral to ¡Æcelebrate ¿ÍÍÀ©¡Ç.

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The Dean, The Very Rev Dr David Monteith, ¾·ÂÔ¤¹¤ëd a congregant from Pakistan to make the first reading, with English subtitles »ö¶È¡¿·×²è¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd on to a big ¿³ºº¤¹¤ë.

This had to be an April Fool¡Çs gag, surely. ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë not. The reading was shown live on the BBC, which admittedly is no ÊÝ¾Ú¡Ê¿Í¡Ë it was ËÜʪ¤Î. It might just have been a joke which backfired. In Liverpool, ¡ÆUrdu¡Ç is Scouse for a shampoo and »Ï¤á¤ë¡¤·è¤á¤ë.

Then you ²òǤ¤¹¤ë last month, the Pakistani ´ú was flown from the roof of Westminster Abbey and London¡Çs Regent Street was decked out in ¡ÆHappy Ramadan¡Ç bunting, with no room for Éü³èº×, and it all starts to make sense.

After the reading of the Lord¡Çs µ§¤ê, the Âç»Ê¶µ of Canterbury Justin Welby is Êó¹ð¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿²±Â¬d to have used his Éü³èº× Sermon to ÈóÆñ¤¹¤ë ¡Æthe evil of people smugglers¡Ç.

That has to be a joke. This is the same Âç»Ê¶µ of Canterbury who recently led the ÂÐΩ in the Lords to the À¯ÉÜ¡Çs ¡Æstop the boats¡Ç Rwanda ·×²è¡¿±¢ËÅ.

To be honest, I don¡Çt know why anybody bothers with April Fools any more.

The joke¡Çs always on us.

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  • One of my laydees, Kathy, Îá¾õs in ÊÖÅú to last week¡Çs item about ½÷À­¡Ê¤Î¡Ë pheasants turning ¡Æqueer¡Ç and changing sex once they¡Çve stopped producing eggs.??¡ÆAs a no-longer egg-laying ½÷À­¡Ê¤Î¡Ë, ¸ºß past the menopause, I must also be turning queer. I find I am growing a moustache and a bit of a ÂѤ¨¤ëd, have a sagging belly and creeping malepattern baldness. ¡ÆI am a À¸Êª³Ø¤Î ½÷À­¡Ê¤Î¡Ë but nature is ¼¨¤¹ing ¤µ¤â¤Ê¤±¤ì¤Ð. My question is: which box should I tick on À¯ÉÜ forms in ̤Íè?¡Ç How about ¡Æpheasant¡Ç, K athy?
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Rumpole¡Çs golden thread

There are calls for Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who has ¼­¿¦¤¹¤ëd as leader of the DUP, to be stripped of his knighthood after ¸ºß ÂáÊá¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd for ¡ÆÈó¡¤ÉÔ¡¤Ìµ-ºÇ¶á¤Î¡Ç À­¤Î offences. I have no idea whether there is any ¼ÂÂÎ to the ¼çÄ¥s and make no comment.?

But what bothers me is that he appears to have been ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë Í­ºá¤Î in some £´È¾´ü/4ʬ¤Î1s before having his day in Ë¡ÄºÛȽ½ê. Did we learn nothing from the disgraceful Áàºî¡¿¼ê½Ñ Midland ¡ÆNonces In High Places¡Ç Ä´ºº into ¡Æhistoric¡Ç sex ºá¡¤ÈȺás, which dragged the »ØÌ¾¤¹¤ës and ɾȽs of blameless men through the mud in the wake of the Jimmy Savile ¥¹¥­¥ã¥ó¥À¥ë??

As Horace Rumpole always »ý³¤¹¤ëd, the presumption of innocence is the Golden Thread of British »ÊË¡¡Ê´±¡Ë. It ŬÍѤ¹¤ës as much to À¯¼£²È¡¤À¯¼£²°s and celebrities as to ¤¢¤ê¤Õ¤ì¤¿-orgarden ÈȺá¤Îs like Rumpole¡Çs bread-and-butter ¡ÊÊÛ¸î»Î¤Î¡Ë°ÍÍê¿Ís the Timson family. We must never lose sight of that fact.

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  • Í¢Á÷¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë Ĺ´± ¼¨¤¹ Harper has ²ò½ü¤¹¤ëd a ¶Ø»ß¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë on fat fishermen going to sea. Elf¡Çn¡Çsafety »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ës had meant that some ¿åÉ×s over 17st would have to stay on ´¥Á礷¤¿¡¤Æü¾È¤ê¤Î land in ̤Íè. If the ¶Ø»ß¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë hadn¡Çt been ̵¸ú¤Ë¤¹¤ëd there wouldn¡Çt be a fish¡Çn¡ÇȾƳÂÎÁÇ»Ò shop left in Skegness, famous for the Jolly Fisherman poster. It¡Çs so ¤òÄù¤á¤ëing!?
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ÀǶâing questions?

Keir Starmer never ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ës an ŬÀڤʻþ´ü to remind us that he¡Çs a distinguished lawyer. Why, then, hasn¡Çt he bothered to read the ¹çˡŪ¤Ê advice his Éû Ange Rayner ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës to have received regarding her ¼ºÇÔ to »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶⠻ñËÜ¡¿¼óÅÔ ¿­¤Ó¡Ê¤ë¡Ës ÀǶâ on one of her two homes and ¿½¤·Î©¤Æ¤é¤ì¤¿¡¿µ¿¤ï¤·¤¤ °ãÈ¿ of Áªµó¡Ê¿Í¡Ë¤Î »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ës? Isn¡Çt he in the tiniest bit curious??

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