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.

If you want to understand why the BBC's stance on trans rights - only platforming cis people (and only those with a sceptical perspective) - is so outrageous imagine if it only platformed men talking about women's rights (and only those with a sceptical perspective).

I was going to post and ask what services are not simultaneously also workplaces and yet the reality of this is such complete insanity

What transphobic “feminists” never understand is when people trivialise fearing being outed as worrying about “gossip” & depict trans identities as hysterical, they draw on the same misogynistic ways of thinking that see (white, cishet) men as the pinnacle of rationality, and women as irrational (1)

I honestly don’t understand how the various parts of this judgement fit together

"Dangerously misrepresented" Today, the High Court ruled that bathroom bans in the UK are not required following last year's Supreme Court decision However, in a ruling which significantly damages Trans+ rights, this conclusion differs in workplaces, where exclusion will be lawful How and why?🧵

Mr Goodwin also appeared to agree with the host’s claim that universities have become hotbeds of “politically correct authoritarianism” because they are full of “childless women”. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Could Matt Goodwin be any more of a cliche? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

New School Guidance announces: Full bathroom ban. Full PE ban. Full school trip accommodation ban. Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/

Media coverage of the far right in the UK: - (euphemism) party accused of saying something deeply racist/misogynistic/transphobic - unmistakably deeply racist/misogynistic/transphobic quote - asks party whether it is - party says of course not, it's free speech and the left is mean Article ends

Scary stuff, and not the only source of oil money influencing UK universities

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The line our disgraceful press NEVER quotes from the For (Some) Women Scotland decision finally gets its day in the sun.

Staggering to watch pretty much every news outlet in the country report that Sandy Peggie has won her tribunal case despite her losing on almost every count, and despite the ruling stating that the Supreme Court FWS judgement does *not* require trans women to be excluded from women's spaces.

It's actually pretty shocking how, until recently, no one with a platform made the point of how ridiculous it is to think that v wealthy ppl would completely upend their lives just cause they'd be made to pay 2% of their vast wealth,which they can't use anyway (as they have more than they can spend)

This is something we have been telling MPs for a long time. The real impact of this CoP is not trans folk, the real impact will be felt on cisgender women.

Twenty-two years ago today Section 28 was repealed. But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people. 1/8🧵

I'm not sure if others have noticed this, but interesting that one of the Prescott criticisms of the BBC is based on those of the 'History Reclaimed' group, which is also associated with the 'Restore Trust' group's attacks on & so far unsuccessful attempts to take control of the National Trust. 1/3

In part 2 of my @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation, I reveal how the 'BBC bias' memo - written by a Trump-aligned lobbyist whose firm was paid up to a million by pro-Trump donor tech giants - was politically biased and reliant on pro-Trump partisan sources bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p...

The News Agents has always been problematic but this is beyond the pale

This is essential reading shedding light on what is a far-right attack on the BBC as a public broadcaster

So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC. Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points! 🧵

Equality commission’s guidance after sex ruling is fundamentally unworkable

This is really poor by BBC researchers and producers. Goodwin hasn't been an active academic for a number of years, yet is described as one (thus legitimating his relentless Reform activism and constant bad faith misrepresentation of evidence). 1/?

3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇 1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK 2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves 3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...

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My take on this: 1. We have a hearing in the High Court 12/13 November. The EHRC has already substantially rolled back on where it was and, I think, is in some trouble. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/398...

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

Trans people are not a threat to cis women or anyone or taking away anyone’s human rights. Mahmoud’s actions reveal that transphobes would rather take away EVERYONE’S human rights, including those of cis women (whose rights to bodily autonomy will be next) than allow basic rights for trans people.

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Read my two letters to the #UK: 1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly. 2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches 👇#HumanRights www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

Stark warning from the Council of Europe today about how the EHRC’s proposed guidance on the Equality Act will conflict with the UK’s international human rights obligations.

Keir Starmer comments about Reform are no more sincere than Wes Streeting saying trans people should be treated with 'respect and dignity'. They are words meant for Labour supporters who don't really care about either 'issue' but want some nice things to point to. Their actions tell you everything

Exactly. Since the last time Labour tried to introduce ID cards I warmed up to the idea after living in European countries where it is completely normal. But Labour are doing this for authoritarian reasons in the context of a serious assault on migrant and trans rights and it should be opposed

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The same bs they're spewing about autism and tylenol is the same bs they're spewing about trans people's healthcare. It's the exact same playbook and the fact that the media can see through one and not the other is a damning indictment of how complicit they are in the attack on trans lives.

Is that why he’s banned gender-affirming care for young people?

Anyone who can’t see through the “free speech!” “Cancel culture!” Bullshit now - the whole project has been about amplifying bigotry & shutting up criticism, is utterly complicit - Gervais, Carr & all- the reason they have far right fans is not the quality of jokes but the quality of propaganda

My analysis about Elon Musk's "awkward surprise appearance" at a far-right rally in London is out now on @theconversation.com I'm discussing how all this connects to the politics and economics of social media companies. Yes, it's about money and democracy.

Important analysis from @verenakbrandle.bsky.social on how Musk’s interference in democratic politics has economic incentives

think if you're broadly a centrist and were suuuuuper concerned about attacks on free speech from the left and so you decided to give the right a hearing then you need to realise you were taken for QUITE the ride (and don't really have anyone to blame but yourself)

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The only way this can be done is for random people to police who looks “feminine” enough to access women’s spaces, which is already happening and resulting in harassment of trans and cis folk alike. Why more cis women aren’t up in arms about this is beyond me

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The common sense meaning should make this Elon Musk's "rivers of blood" moment Though I think he goes further than Enoch Powell in a couple of important ways

Deeply disturbed to see today's 'Unite the Kingdom' march in London with 100,000+ attendees. This was likely the largest far-right protest in British history and was led by Tommy Robinson and addressed by Elon Musk. The far right are emboldened like never before. But, here's the good news... 🧵