Giving Thomas the Tank Engine some female friends and links to other news and views

Thomas the Tank Engine gets two female trains as show is overhauled for a new generation - London Daily Telegraph

Bannon: 'It's A Season Of War Against The GOP Establishment' - NPR

Harvey Weinstein was protected for decades by the cowardice of the press - The Guardian

‘Mind-boggling’: Daniel Barenboim on Jacqueline du Pré – and speaking out - Financial Times
Christopher Nupen’s short film The Trout endures as an important, and charming, group portrait of talented young musicians on the cusp of greatness. It follows Barenboim and du Pré, together with Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta and Pinchas Zukerman, during their rehearsals and live performance of Schubert’s Trout Quintet as part of the festival of South Bank Summer Music (of which Barenboim was artistic director) in 1969.

Balance of power: Shift toward renewable energy appears to be picking up steam - The Japan Times

Global policymakers grapple with half-baked recovery short of wage growth - Reuters


In both football and politics, Corbyn has a surprising weakness – loyalty - New Statesman
He might have been a rebel in parliament but he is a loyalist when it comes to his team.
Corbyn’s support for Wenger has an emotional element, too: the two men have known each other for a long time, and they discuss not only football but politics and philosophy. It might seem counter-intuitive, given his long record of voting against official Labour policy, but Corbyn puts a great premium on personal loyalty. That’s why he will not use his enhanced internal clout to conduct a wide-ranging reshuffle, even if Theresa May refreshes her team, as seems likely. Corbyn feels a sense of obligation to those MPs who stuck with him even during his most difficult period as leader. 
 Coerced sterilization lawsuit filed - Canadian National Post 
In July, the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority released an external review conducted after several women came forward saying they had been pressured into having tubal ligations in the hours before or after giving birth. The reviewers were contacted by 16 Indigenous women with experiences of coerced sterilization, who said they felt “powerless, ignored and coerced into obscurely explained tubal ligation procedures,” the statement of claim says, referring to the report entitled “Tubal Ligation in the Saskatoon Health Region: The Lived Experience of Aboriginal Women.”

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