# Sonia Sodha My personal Substack Page: Feed: --- ## [Are the police more bothered about offensive comments by female officers than actual abuse by male officers?](https://soniasodha.substack.com/p/are-the-police-more-bothered-about) _2026-08-13 · Sonia Sodha_ Police failures helped Simon Levy murder two women. They show there remains significant institutional misogyny in the police. ## [(Yet another) police failure on free speech](https://soniasodha.substack.com/p/yet-another-police-failure-on-free) _2026-08-05 · Sonia Sodha_ The Arday affair shows it's time for an independent review of police incursions into our democratic rights ## [Is Andy Burnham undoing the worst bits of Starmerism?](https://soniasodha.substack.com/p/is-andy-burnham-undoing-the-worst) _2026-08-04 · Sonia Sodha_ Thoughts on the Prime Minister's first two weeks in office ## [The conversion practices bill: vibes-based legislating](https://soniasodha.substack.com/p/the-conversion-practices-bill-vibes) _2026-07-06 · Sonia Sodha_ Labour MPs are rallying in support of a dangerous bill that risks criminalising parents who don't agree to their child's social transition ## [A social media announcement for a social media age](https://soniasodha.substack.com/p/a-social-media-announcement-for-a) _2026-06-15 · Sonia Sodha_ The government's social media ban for under 16s is a huge policy intervention lacking any detail as to how it will be implemented. It doesn't inspire confidence. ## [The MPs who think they can overturn law by blocking statutory guidance](https://soniasodha.substack.com/p/the-mps-who-think-they-can-overturn) _2026-06-03 · Sonia Sodha_ MPs who oppose single-sex facilities and services need to be honest enough to campaign for a change in the law ## [I don't care about your male howls of anger. The answer is no.](https://soniasodha.substack.com/p/i-dont-care-about-your-male-howls) _2026-05-24 · Sonia Sodha_ The reaction to guidance explaining that men can't lawfully identify into female-only spaces was inevitable, but depressing. ## [Where does Labour go from here?](https://soniasodha.substack.com/p/where-does-labour-go-from-here) _2026-05-18 · Sonia Sodha_ A tough by-election, a phoney-war leadership contest - the next few weeks will be brutal ## [Should it be over for Starmer?](https://soniasodha.substack.com/p/should-it-be-over-for-starmer) _2026-05-02 · Sonia Sodha_ Grandees from all sides of politics have warned against changing PM. Are they right? ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/H9a3llqstLvZ) _2026-05-02 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [Why the Mandelson scandal matters](https://soniasodha.substack.com/p/why-the-mandelson-scandal-matters) _2026-04-22 · Sonia Sodha_ The detail may be technical, but the last week tells us something important about Starmer