An absolute privilege and delight to see my most talented friend @theabigailthorn.bsky.social performing in Blink tonight. A wonderful play which brought me to tears. Buy tickets or you are massively missing out 👇 kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/bli...

An absolute privilege and delight to see my most talented friend @theabigailthorn.bsky.social performing in Blink tonight. A wonderful play which brought me to tears. Buy tickets or you are massively missing out 👇 kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/bli...

You can tell your MP the Code of Practice got the law wrong and needs to be rejected with our tool: action.goodlawproject.org/tell-mps-ehrc

No it didn't, and no-one claims it did. It just said that the law for service providers (for example re. toilets) is completely different to how we understand the draft Code of Practice frames it. So, regardless, the Code needs to be rewritten.

We have five grounds of appeal. Plus our appeal on standing. We have attached our submissions and you can read them in full. But we have summarised a couple of them in this blog. Read to find out more 👇

Mandelson arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office

Surely the correct take is that Keir Starmer is basically intended as a Christmas Tree for Labour at this point, à la Succession.

I think the issue with this theory is how doomed Starmer is already if they lose this seat.

Or they're desperate, and their whole strategy throughout the by-election has been to pretend that they are the only anti-Reform candidate?

Wes Streeting: on cancelling the puberty blockers trial, my decisions are "always being led by the expert clinical evidence." Hilary Cass, his expert clinician of choice*: "It feels to me like they are responding to political pressure rather than to science... completely bizarre." *Until today.

We have five grounds of appeal. Plus our appeal on standing. We have attached our submissions and you can read them in full. But we have summarised a couple of them in this blog. Read to find out more 👇

With that done, maybe I might finally get some sleep?

We've appealed against the High Court's half-rejection of our judicial review of the Interim Guidance. Full details here. 👇

🏳️‍⚧️ NEW 🏳️‍⚧️ The High Court said that services can be trans inclusive, but somehow decided that the EHRC’s interim guidance was lawful – so we’re launching an appeal goodlawproject.org/ehrc-guidanc...

Our legal team worked very hard last week, and we have now submitted our application to appeal the High Court's decision on the EHRC's interim guidance.

We want to support Girlguiding and the Women's Institute to remain inclusive. We think the law is on our side, and we're offering to cover all their costs. But we need you to tell them how important trans inclusion is to you 👇

Phillipson's argument seems to be that a lot of this shouldn't require specialist plans – it should be built into general education. I agree. But whilst you build up that accessibility (which takes time) it's unconscionable to leave disabled kids who need it without individualised support.

I can do confidently to 1400. 1300 and 1200 just about navigable. Past that, hopeless.

This is genuinely desperate stuff, which should be well beneath any party which purports to be on the centre-left.

Record-breaking Ireland humble woeful England in Twickenham demolition job

Beautiful.

Wish I was at Twickenham today, but good enough to watch on the telly 🇮🇪

'The MHRA's rigorous trial of the efficacy of condoms - placed on the member post-coitus - concluded that their benefits were overstated. The Secretary of State for Health, Wesley Streeting, heralded the trial as exactly the sort of evidence-led medicine for which he had always advocated.'

Girlguiding and the Women’s Institute say that they have been left with no choice but to exclude trans people, even though they don’t want to. This is outrageous – and we want to defend them. Help us do that here🛡️👇 https://goodlaw.social/1t1a

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Genius.

We want to support Girlguiding and the Women's Institute to remain inclusive. We think the law is on our side, and we're offering to cover all their costs. But we need you to tell them how important trans inclusion is to you 👇

The plan, quite obviously, is to restrict the age to 14 when it's too late for puberty blockers to do anything and then use that as evidence that they are ineffective. Transphobic policy based evidence making.

Streeting's email to Labour MPs - kicks off with a flat lie. Cass did not recommend a ban. In fact she recommended exactly the opposite to what Labour has done. (webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/202503...)

1) Ban medication being prescribed because you say there is insufficient evidence to support it, even though it's prescribed internationally 2) Say you're going to set up a trial to get evidence that it's safe and effective 3) Pause that trial getting evidence because of "unquantified risk"

Barristers, solicitors, retired judges, and other legal professionals - add your name to our open letter to the Prime Minister to oppose the government's plan to restrict jury trials. Sign your name ➡️ bit.ly/4kMn9DX #JusticeNeedsJuries

Very interesting decision from the SC. Was very obviously unlawful, but rare these days that the Court actually reaches that conclusion.

I actually think this is deeply human.

Bates Wells solicitors have written a blog on the outcome of our EHRC challenge, which (I would say) agrees with our analysis. bateswells.co.uk/updates/case...

No child should be forced to carry the name of a man who raped her mother. We’re asking the European Court of Human Rights to rule on whether this decision was lawful: https://goodlaw.social/fyxv

Interesting is see whether an unpaid trade envoy role will be a 'public office' for the purposes of Misconduct in Public Office. No more comments on this case from me now, and replies off.

They got Al Capone for tax evasion.

Every time I discover a new ELO track my life materially improves

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Written by some of the UK’s most respected Trans+ journalists including @ludovicparsons.bsky.social, @jessothomson.co.uk, @sasha98.bsky.social and Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin, it launches next month in March 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/milestones/

Wembley Arena. Let’s go. 💚 I’m proud to be speaking alongside performances from Adam Lambert, Beverley Knight & so many more! It's a moment to stand in solidarity with our trans siblings. Because when any of us are under attack, we show up. Join us: www.ovoarena.co.uk/events/detai...

Please tick all that apply: - Happy Shriving - Ramadan Mubarak - Happy Lunar New Year - Happy Australia Are Out Of The World Cup

This is an amazing piece from Jess Davies. But we have a plan to fight back - if anonymous accounts have used image based abuse to try and silence you, chasing you across platforms, we'd love to hear from you.

The barrister Setu Kamal sued @danneidle.bsky.social for £8m for defamation. Representing himself in court, Kamal cited three cases that made Neidle’s case “untenable”. But, in a bizarre twist, it turned out that these cases were hallucinated by ChatGPT: https://goodlaw.social/n1cv

Cambridge University paid for my private diagnosis because waiting lists were so long and it was impacting my studies. It was rigorous, I had to bring in my childhood school reports. I had way more symptoms than needed for diagnosis. Now, despite this, I can't get medication because of shared care.

Henry Shelford, chief executive of charity ADHD UK: it is "hateful and cruel how badly the overall NHS treats people with ADHD”.

Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.

So good to see Trans+ Solidarity Alliance continue to be recognised for their amazing work!

"Look, it's okay for moderates to say they won't vote for someone because they're too progressive, but progressives aren't allowed to say they won't vote for someone for being too moderate/conservative"... for reasons. Uh huh. Sure.