I think they just want to be paid properly so they can work in the NHS. because, unlike Wes, they don't receive enormous bungs from private healthcare interests.

They're looking really hard to find the people responsible for this shocking state of affairs.

"The reverse burden of proof [in defamation cases brought against victims of sexual cases] inverts the perpetrator-victim narrative to the benefit of male claimants." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I recently worked with @goodlawproject.bsky.social on this article to bring some attention to what's been happening in Kent, why women in Kent should be worried and what we can do to push back ✊🏼

this is that thing i was saying last week about the loss of a moral element in politics - vavuely centrist people scared to ever say "I don't care how popular it is, it's still wrong"

"Most violence happens in the home, not on the streets. [We had] a strategy to address it around four pillars: prevention, engagement, the victim’s journey, and rehabilitation. That serious, practical work has now been pushed aside in favour of fearmongering and scapegoating." goodlaw.social/hudg

We are hiring! We are looking for a Campaign Technology Officer to drive effective adoption and utilisation of digital platforms across @goodlawproject.bsky.social. goodlawproject.org/vacancy/camp...

“A martini cannot be microdosed.” open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

A therapist who doesn't respect your pronouns has someone else as a client; they are serving an interest that is not yours and you shouldn't participate.

Pleased to have this (definitely aimed at non-lawyers) piece published in @labourlist.bsky.social. labourlist.org/2025/09/quit...

Nathan Gill is no fringe politician. He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales. A Brexit Party MEP. A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him: "terrific," and "as honest as the day is long." This is a MASSIVE story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The combination of arrogance and sheer laziness on display here from @ianleslie.bsky.social is genuinely impressive. ONS stopped using the International Passenger Survey (in any case not an "opinion poll") for most migration stats over 5 years ago.

UK passport holders can live and work in Ireland with no minimum £savings requirement or funding. Note: Healthcare is still free. If you can show proof of living in Ireland for 5 years you can then apply for naturalisation and get an Irish (EU) passport. 👉 www.irishimmigration.ie/how-to-becom...

Latest on Labour's 'relentless chase for growth'. share.google/ix4F48b5RkeM...

Labour's cruelty is driving trans people to leave the country. Mission accomplished? goodlaw.social/niy4

The Times 12 September: the Supreme Court case "had nothing to do with how or where single-sex spaces should be created." The Times 26 September: "Trans women are still being held in women's prisons despite the Supreme Court ruling that access to single-sex spaces should be based on biology." 🤔

Labour's cruelty is driving trans people to leave the country. Mission accomplished? goodlaw.social/niy4

Since 7.20 am, when I posted this 👇🏻, the signature count has risen by 500k. Starmer has gone large on a policy that has united privacy NGOs, civil liberty orgs, minority groups and Nigel Farage in opposition. Approaching lettuce levels of political ineptitude.

"When Tony Blair tried to launch ID cards in the early 2000s, it cost £4.6bn at 2010 prices, and never even got off the ground." goodlaw.social/j17w

I am very sorry to hear of the death of Ming Campbell. He was a formidable, and courteous political leader who served the people of NE Fife with devotion, and was a strong voice for establishing the Scottish Parliament. My sympathy to the LibDems and to his family.

Ok. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

Here's another policy, see also public ownership of water, where Labour is worse than Reform.

Pleased to see Morgan McSweeney continuing to demonstrate his political genius.

The key procurement criteria will be: have you made a large donation to the Tony Blair Institute.

Plus you know they’ll hand the contract to some Trump fanboy techbro company. Palantir’s next juicy bit of the public data pie after it gobbles up NHS patient records.

One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Pleased to say that Morrison Foerster, the firm we sued for discriminating against a young trans man, has agreed to pay all the damages we sought and all our costs. The damages will be donated to four organizations supporting parts of the trans community. goodlawproject.org/law-firm-tha...

Even back in the 70s and 80s when I could be hassled by the police for walking while trans, no one ever tried to stop me pissing in the Ladies or tried to make me change into my swimsuit among men. There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years

You begin to understand why the Tories were happy to set up the VIP Lane in plain sight - and were surprised at public outrage.

"Oracle has earned £1.1bn in public-sector revenue since the start of 2022, according to data collected by the procurement analysts Tussell... Ellison has long appeared to understand the importance of political connections." www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

'Any other leader would be miles ahead' latest.

"Since winning the election in July 2024, Starmer has tacked sharply to the right on a range of issues." on.ft.com/42OJw3T

As Andy Burnham kicks off his campaign to replace Keir Starmer I look at what the Labour Rulebook says about how someone who is not an MP becomes party leader, and PM. open.substack.com/pub/jolyonma...

Contemptible from the Spectator - and to be remembered for when it next pretends to care about women. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."

Latest on Keir Starmer's "progressive fightback" 👇

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

Pathetic from the House of Commons authorities - Trumpian and disgraceful. www.declassifieduk.org/parliament-b...

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Streeting continued "He's completely right about the need to exterminate trans people to preserve the purity of the race, though. Can't fault him on that."

"It is not that Trans people lost rights but that their rights need ‘correcting’... This is starkly reminiscent of the argument that rights did not stretch to gay people in the first Trump administration": dflw.ie/power-gender...

Is his team stupid or dishonest? Does he really not understand that The Times and Sun are a river of poison into our national life, by far the most dangerous papers in the country, and his determination to court them is understood by every progressive in Britain to be a conspicuous 'eff you'?

An interesting read for those people pinning their hopes on an Andy Burnham challenge

In these awful times for trans people I've found great comfort in the observation of a friend in her 40s who recently transitioned that 'my female friends immediately embraced me as one of their own and my male friends just became a little more gentle with me.'

I took a look at Labour's Rulebook to see whether there was a viable pathway for Burnham to displace Starmer. open.substack.com/pub/jolyonma...

"Sources said Starmer’s speech would build on an argument he made in an opinion piece for the Sun newspaper" (just in case you were wondering how "progressive" it was going to be.) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I took paracetamol in both my pregnancies for minor joint troubles. I had a better pregnancy experience because I wasn't in pain. Neither of my kids is autistic. The high-quality studies and reviews confirm there is NO evidence that paracetamol taken by the mother causes autism in the child. 🧪

There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here? For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)

This is an extraordinary piece of telly. Utterly damming of the corruption of the last Conservative Government - and of our political and legal systems which have failed even to aspire to holding those chancers to account. Available to watch on ITVX. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...