A “Reform vs Not Reform” strategy is only going to work for Labour if they are seen as credibly “not Reform” by LD/Green curious voters. Every hardline intervention on immigration weakens that credibility but without persuading Reform curious voters.

A result which both illustrates the magnitude of the Reform threat and the problems with Labour’s “Farage is right, don’t vote for him” response. 37 point Lab to Reform swing. Labour go from first to 4th as anti-Reform vote splits 3 ways. Combined Lab/LD/Grn vote larger than Reform vote.

We’re supposed to believe that Wes Streeting is up to the job of being PM when he didn’t even have the smarts to work out that Cass was never about the evidence and was always a pretext to be horrible to trans kids…?

Days ago, all the Scottish papers hailed a massive victory for Peggie when it was partial. Today they're pretending she lost and must appeal. When the Supreme Court decision was questioned, it was a threat to the judiciary. Now it's apparently a moral obligation. Same voices, same loud megaphones.

Starmer’s error is thinking there’s space in British politics for a third social conservative political party which has at the same time managed to persuade actual social conservatives that they’re sinister Marxists…

Inclusion is lawful. Exclusion is not mandatory. Kelly v Leonardo is one of the first post-FWS workplace-facility cases - and Tribunal held that allowing toilet access based on asserted gender identity can be a proportionate, lawful policy. #equalityact #transrights #workplacerights

4/ It was also ruled that aggressively challenging trans women using female facilities is harassment. Anti-trans campaigners' baseless claims that trans women pose a greater risk to women in changing areas or toilets than that posed by cis women were also rejected.

And so now the UK is going after trans people, immigrants and freemasons! But will they make the trains run on time?

(Though given we’re talking about Falkner it is possible she just didn’t know what the word meant…)

Labour’s shift away from “immigration is good but it needs to be managed” to “it is bad” is a gift to essentially everyone they compete with, because it means that they don’t have the right position to be able to attack *anyone*.

I need to get on the font choice committee. I have strong views and a lot to add…

TEN sends open letter to Women's Institute over its new Gender Critical Ideology. It mentions Peggie v Fife (eg the findings that Dr Upton was the one harassed, it was correct not to exclude her, that a trans woman poses no more threat to a cis woman than a cis woman does). Attached.

Ignore the media framing, I think this is a glimmer of good news. “The tribunal was clear that the law does not now require banning trans people from single-sex spaces” - @goodlawproject.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I spoke in Parliament today to challenge the misinformation from those claiming this tribunal as a 'win' for the anti-trans agenda. In fact it found Ms Peggie harassed a colleague for being trans, and it dismissed almost all her claims. It also found that trans segregation is not supported in law.

According to the Guardian, a hotbed of absolute English brainworms on trans people, women now come, like washing powder, in biological and non-biological flavour.

Me, in The Guardian today: "This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."

Does Starmer actually want anyone to vote for him?

Once more for the haters...

IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked. thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...

"And what did you do in the gender wars Granny?" "I shouted at some biscuits"

One other thing: the tribunal says that the EHRC code of practice on services is irrelevant to claims under Part 5 (workplace) claims.

Just strikes me that the reason that Falkner was so desperate for the government to approve her guidance is because she wanted it in place before any first instance decisions to establish facts on the ground?

So how do we operationalise Peggie? Or more strictly speaking Bank Mellat? As a compliance professional, can I just say how much I love the fact that trans rights has intersected with the UK sanctions regime?

Peggie then: turns out that businesses have to carry out a balancing exercise when deciding whether to exclude trans people from spaces. Who’d have thunk it?

Today’s judgment in the Sandie Peggie case says exactly what we have been saying – For Women Scotland does not require a trans bathroom ban:

The judgement on the Peggie v Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton tribunal case has been announced. Here's what has actually been said... Full Judgement: www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u... 🧵 See thread for summary....

This is a real disaster for those - pretty much the entirety of the British media - advancing a maximalist reading of the For (Some) Women Scotland decision.

Decision in the Sandie Peggie case. She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...

Especially given that one of the strongest "vote Labour" arguments at GE29 will be "stop Farage" and the quickest way to undermine that is to have immigration policy that people who are sympathetic towards immigrants think is basically the same as Farage.

"Organisations including Samaritans, Mind, Centre for Mental Health and the Royal College of Psychiatrists have written to the equalities minister, Bridget Phillipson, to express their “deep concern” about guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Today’s shocking news: people want politicians who will make their lives better, not politicians who insist ‘better things aren’t possible’.

Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.

Fascinating actually to compare Truss’s speech in 2020 to Falkner’s interview now. They are very much of one mind.

These large national organisations with regional branches will be a nightmare to enforce… because it only requires a single non-bigoted membership officer in a local branch to bring the whole trans exclusion policy crashing down.

I dare say the Greens have policies that I, as a boring centrist, have problems with. But they offer hope and the promise of restoring decency to British politics - which Labour very ostentatiously haven’t.

Keir - bud - in your short tenure, stated that violent racists had legitimate concerns, taken us to the right of *Donald Trump* on LGBTQ issues, gotten Labour banned from Pride and limited migration, causing economic devastation. You are in no position to call the Greens nuts.

Modest proposal: as a superior alternative to biological sex I propose Relativistic Sex which depends on your frame of reference and accepts independent observers may not agree.

Dwelling on how there’s just no market for Starmerism. His combination of economics and social conservatism places him… kinda where the Tories were after 1997? And so he’s competing for a vote split three ways between him, the Tories and Reform

I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too: "There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done." All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.

Transphobia has to be the most destructive and divisive policy ever. It pits women against women and destroys every organisation it touches. It's no different from racism in that regard. Every woman and minority in parliament should be screaming for Starmer's head on a plate.

And the wild part is Starmer acts like this is what he wants!

📊 POLL | Labour drop to just **14%** ➡️ REF: 31% (-) 🔵 CON: 20% (+2) 🟢 GRN: 18% (+1) 🔴 LAB: 14% (-1) 🟠 LD: 11% (-1) Via @FindoutnowUK, 3 Dec (+/- vs 26 Nov)

falkner argues the bathroom ban will be self-enforcing just like *checks notes* . . . traffic laws

Angela Rayner and the soft left do not like the idea of a Wes Streeting coronation Rayner has told friends she would stand in a leadership contest to stop him This week's New Statesman column 👇🏻 www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...

“You see the transgenders were simply fooled into thinking they had a place in our society they should simply have realised they are an unwanted underclass and stayed in the closet those poor fools”

This has become a common refrain from the EHRC recently: "Stop complaining about your rights. You don't have any". It is hardly a winning argument to tell trans and non-binary individuals that we should just accept having fewer rights.

I think it means they contain enzymes to aid stain removal.

"Biological women." Is that a bit like "racially British?"

If VR really were that revolutionary you’d expect, I dunno, the military to have adopted it. Apparently even Meta’s sales teams don’t like using it… yet expect big business to adopt it enthusiastically?

"Girlguiding faces a volunteer exodus as members resign over the ban on trans girls and young women. Members say the exclusion betrays the charity’s core ethos of inclusivity" www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...