They have had self-ID just over the Irish sea for *10 years*

I can tolerate a wide range of views, but "trans rights went too far" in this current political moment is just something I don't have the energy for.

Heads up – if you are someone who thinks trans people's rights have been rolled back because we asked for self ID, you can block me. Thanks.

Let’s be clear about who is responsible for trans girls being excluded from the Guides. Keir Starmer 100% He could have overturned the injustice of the flawed Supreme Court any time, but CHOSE not to. So he is responsible for these girls being harmed. There’s a word for adults who harm children.

My mum's done over 38 years for GirlGuiding. A Queen's Guide, she ran Brownie troupes, was a commissioner, even had her Brownie troupe at her wedding. Tonight, bc of this decision, she has requested immediate removal of her membership because she stands with ALL women and girls, not just cis ones.

Rosie Duffield is thrilled tho, so there’s that. Pure ideology, no thought to the girls that’ll miss out, who won’t be able to join with their friends, who’ll be further isolated. But well done to all involved tho.

Nails for tomorrow's crawl

I find it very strange how a legal decision which relates solely to gender recognition certificates – something under 18s definitively cannot have – is being used to justify changes to longstanding policies on including trans kids.

Sorry, I'm not letting any fantasised notions of Girlguiding UK being destroyed by TERF legal action fly. They are huge with £50+million in assets and £10+million in reserves. They could have fought this and not been destroyed by a loss!

Imagine the headlines if GG had been bankrupted by Rowling. It would have been wonderful for the cause of human rights and they could have opened again under a new name after the libs finally realised what Rowling is.

It is long past time that we got tough with these transphobic scumbags. SEEN are doing admirably but if those transphobic cunts were dealt with earlier then it may have been nipped in the bud long before.

It's about time, David, that some organisations grew a spine. This is children we are talking about here. Girlguiding should have told that "parent" to fuck off and die.

This, but also it's about making the participation of trans people in society in the remaining cases so suspicious and unusual that someone else kills us

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Oh I see the UK is continuing to see how high it can push the trans kid suicide rate. www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/02/g...

Let's see what happens if we bar kids from socialising, remove any hope of treatment in the near future, make it impossible for them to exist in communal places... I'm sure it'll be fine. Fuck the UK Supreme court, fuck the labour party, and in particular fuck JKR.

Painting my nails for tomorrow's Norwich crawl and bopping to the Polecats. (You see why Trans Mission ain't for me musically?!)

People who buy Harry Potter, like bullying little children. Pass it on

I see there was a new chief executive at Girlguiding as of September, Felicity Oswald. CALL ME PARANOID BUT

This is disgusting; GirlGuiding didnt fight but capitulated. Brownies was such a joy for my daughter, who came out aged 6.5. She was welcomed with open arms and gained friendship, teamwork skills, tenacity & a real sense of adventure. Only 10y later, younger trans girls will now be excluded

yeah tbh I'm not moved by the cries of "but they don't want to!" okay but they are. they're not even waiting for an actual complaint before rolling. whatever happened to, do not comply in advance? THIS IS COMPLYING IN ADVANCE. they are not being compelled here, they're choosing this!

Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.

It just makes me feel so empty inside. These are CHILDREN. Girls who just want to have a fun childhood - being denied it by miserable activists and a cowardly organisation that won’t stick up for them. How have we, as a society, allowed this to happen?

Fuck. "We really don't want to do this" - well, don't do it then!

The pussy got me like www.nbcnews.com/news/world/a...

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No just waiting for particularly proactive crows to start robbing full fag packets from smokers.

"You can't just put tinsel on Danny DeVito and call it a Christmas tree" WELL...

Q: should I go to Trans Mission? I'm old and it really isn't my bag musically but there's the solidarity and meeting others aspect too.

I just cycled to the pool. Sign on the door "The main pool is closed until Wed 3rd December due to unforeseen circumstances". Aargh! Ah well, got some half price diced beef shin on the way back so that's some cheap stoofvlees on the way!

Me and a friend are off to Norwich for a pub crawl tomorrow and there seems to be the suggestion here that a certain transphobic sitcom writer is currently there. Fingers tightly crossed we don't come across him!

“An NOI is not a protective measure,” a senior restructuring source told @thegrocer.bsky.social. “You only file an NOI where there is a settled intention to appoint an administrator. “Using it solely for protection from creditor action is an abuse of process.” www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/keyston...

Just love this poster, says it all really, that’s if you speak Yorkshire 🤣🤣🤣, 💛💙💛💙

I see a certain B2B 'magazine' is going for speed over accuracy again. No wish to defend Keystone/Breal but publishing a story stating they have gone into administration when they haven't is poor journalism, potentially libellous and gives the rest of us working hard to establish facts a bad name.

Keystone appoints administrators after swathe of brewery buyouts @teamdb.bsky.social

I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.

Lunch is the second portion from the freezer of a chilli (ghost, habanero, pasilla) that I made almost 2 months ago accompanied by 75cl of De Vlier Scotch 8%.

Just one beer tonight - going Dutch with De Kromme Haring Panharing 12% quadrupel. Very nice.

Owl in a trans jacket?

Lunch of pizza and Kapittel Tripel.

ngl I woke up with a bit of a headache this morning; I reckon having that 13% Thornbridge on top of the two other beers was a tadge too ambitious. Tonight, this excellent 75cl of Cantillon Lou Pepe Kriek 2003 is all I'll have.

Talking to some other volunteers at the food bank, women in their 70s, and the subject of JKR came up and I was heartened by the strength of feeling. "That vile fucking woman" was one description.

Breal bought a slew of unloved brands and then engaged in a damaging race to the bottom. This was the inevitable conclusion and the only surprise is that it has taken this long. My thoughts are with the blameless employees that will be affected by their failure. www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/breal-b...

Imagine being turned away from a bathroom, hospital, or cinema for “not looking female enough”. The leaked EHRC guidance could do just that. Along with my Lib Dem colleagues, I’ve written to the Minister calling for new, inclusive, practical guidance that protects everyone’s rights.

Lunch is fishcakes, chips and veg accompanied by one of the Vocation Hilltop Lagers that were cheap in Tesco yesterday.

Morning all. This afternoon I have my annual prescription review with my GP. Cross your fingers for me!