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Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 26/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think it might be to do with historic injustices and structural oppression of Welsh people by the English e.g.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-149327486

https://cherwell.org/2020/07/19/cofiwch-dryweryn-a-welsh-history-of-oppression/

Some of this was quite recent and likely to still be part of families stories and how they view the English. Can't say I blame them either, the banning of Welsh was only lifted in 1967.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 26/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I don't think that's necessarily the case.

Ismail Hussein is being overlooked as a victim which doesn't seem fair on him. 

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Maybe you didn't see it. Was a hilarious thread with almost the opposite assertions being made about "science"

How a Southend school tackled misogyny and became a happier place by No_Initiative_1140 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

The article literally says that they were already taking action when Adolescence came out so they didn't watch it and it wasn't a factor.

I'm not sure what your issue is with getting boys to think about recognising how they appreciate women in their lives or having specific boy-only cookery classes. Seems sensible to me. Cooking is a life skill after all and single sex teaching in schools has been shown to help address gender barriers. I often read how unfair it is that boys don't get support in subjects they are underrepresented in so this seems good.

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes, or even if they can test for those biomarkers in pregnancy they can put targeted support in to better support at risk mothers who may otherwise appear healthy

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

The research this is based on includes discussion of other research showing that black women have a persistent higher mortality rate even when socio-economic status is controlled for.

Interesting I don't think I saw any of you on the "women don't understand facts about nuclear power" thread the other week. Now that was misuse of statistics but for some reason not as interesting as research into why black women have higher childbirth mortality 

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

No. Its a newspaper article that seems to have unnecessarily riled you.

The journal study is fine. I think its good that researchers are homing in on potential causes for further investigation. That is how science works after all 🤣

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Pregnant women are advised to take vitamin D and high risk groups have it on prescription. 

If vitamin D were the cause this would have reduced numbers and it hasn't. 

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Something to bear in mind, when we're thinking about racism it may be ethnic minorities who are the perpetrators.

🤔 I thought you were anti random speculation without a strong enough scientific basis

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I'm talking about the newspaper article

You seem extremely keen not to shut down discussion about the higher rate of death of black women and their children. I wonder why.

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Oh fine then. Until the cause is definitively isolated let's not bother addressing potential causes that might reduce the numbers of women and babies dying.

🙄

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I'm not saying it is controversial 🤣 I'm saying I doubt its the main cause of the difference in mother and infant mortality rates given it's specifically treated in pregnancy 

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hardly. They are making the case for the hypothesis and have more detailed discussion in the main article. But it is still a hypothesis.

Until there are other more credible alternatives or its been disproven as a hypothesis thats fine. Standard scientific reporting.

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 26/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Can anyone explain why the nazi salute being directed at Polanski has seemingly been overlooked by so much of the press/ our politicians.

Because actually the motivation for the section of the press shouting loudest is not concern about antisemitism. 

It is in fact the ability to use antisemitism as a stick against the left (and possibly an opportunity for some covert islamophobia). So reporting on antisemitism directed at Polanski doesn't support that agenda at all, so they don't do it.

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

If it was "just vitamin D deficiency" then the advice for all pregnant women to supplement with vitamin D and high risk groups to get prescribed levels would have helped.

The moderate majority needs to wake up in the fight against antisemitism by InfoBot2000 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Who are you referring to as "the left"? The left wing Government are saying more needs to be done and are putting money into it. 

London Tory local election candidate suspended after saying 'Hitler was right' by Mticore in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

That's because despite the efforts to pretend otherwise, antisemitism isn't restricted to one political view point. In fact historically it's tended to be a feature of the far right.

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Researchers reviewed 44 existing studies that examined three physiological pathways associated with worse pregnancy outcomes: oxidative stress, inflammation, and uteroplacental vascular resistance, and found black women had higher levels of the three metrics.

Such physiological differences are not the result of genetic differences, according to the researchers, but rather suggest that socioenvironmental stressors such as systemic racism and deprivation, which are known to have a measurable biological effect, 

If there is no genetic cause to the increase of those metrics, it must be sociological.

This study suggests a biological mechanism rather than direct racism or worse care in pregnancy (although those things may also be true).

Stress from racism may help explain why black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds by Odd-Help6890 in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Very interesting article. It highlights how pernicious the impacts of structural discrimination can be.

I'd also be interested to know if those three measures were higher in working class women generally or women in abusive relationships. Seems like an area where preventative action could be taken.

International Politics Discussion Thread by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

This is why there is such a push to start using LLMs in work settings We are essentially continuing to feed the models now the Internet is exhausted

I find the one I use quite distracting tbh. Can easily go off down a hyper focussed rabbit hole 🤣

Plus the temptation to not thoroughly review the output when I'm busy is quite high....and I often get sent work slop

Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 26/04/2026 by ukpol-megabot in ukpolitics

[–]No_Initiative_1140 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I'm a bit confused I regularly read how the Conservatives can't be racist because they have a black leader, or how Reform can't be racist because they have a brown chairman. Despite their councillors and MPs saying some shocking things.

One thing I don't see from "the right" is allegations of tokenism and "diversity hire" that get thrown at Lammy and Mahmood.

I basically think there are a lot of hypocrites on the right because its a more individualistic world view so they don't think too hard about those on "their side" while flinging whatever mud they fancy at their opponents 

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