Last year, we drew a red line There was no way we would stand by while an anti-human-rights group tried to spread its harmful and abusive rhetoric at the @greenparty.org.uk annual conference Now, that hate group is using the law to attack our decision If you can, please help us take them on 🙏🏼✊🏼

Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org · 2d ago

The Green Party are standing up for their right to make trans people feel safe and welcome, so we're defending them in court Get involved 👇 https://goodlaw.social/yndo

Ah yes, advancing all those LGBT+ rights that this government is already globally known for: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

UK: Revised Code of Practice risks institutionalising discrimination against transgender and gender-diverse persons, warn UN experts

GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today warned that the UK’s revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations, in force as of 5 August, may place transgender and gender-divers...

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QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 4d ago

Government said it "recognises the harm done by Section 28" but will not deliver a public inquiry because it is instead focused on "advancing LGBT+ rights" instead of "focusing on an inquiry into the past" More 👇

With each passing day, there's more and more fighting and bad blood among the parties of the Right. They are starting to hate each other more than they hate the Left.

I'd say "Something for nothing" culture is getting paid £100,000 a year of public money, plus expenses, for a job that you then fail to turn up to for months on end

It seems to me that "dropping a bombshell" by suddenly supporting new oil and gas is what counts for Dale Vince. By no means the first time he's taken a poorly-evidenced position that generates a lot of publicity. I see him as multi-millionaire self-publicist first, environmentalist a distant second

Appalling headline from BBC .. not “ they claim it would “ just a statement accepted and repeated as fact ! Bias, what bias ??? @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social please challenge this !

We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇

Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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this year, Dr Beth Upton was hounded out not only of her job - after vindication at tribunal - but the country, by the press & Gender Critical eradicationists as a single body. they kept publishing, implying she had ripped off the taxpayer when the NHS trust backed her. this is their murderous MO.

alyson “end journalism” greaves@badambulist.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Always remembering Lucy Meadows. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_o...

Sending love to Jason Arday's family and friends. He was subject of sustained and malicious media attacks which were no doubt more vicious because he was Black. We must now reflect on the impact of a trial by some of the media and online on someone under extreme pressure.

I don’t think there’s ever been a clearer example of the British media bullying someone, who was so clearly vulnerable, to death so shamelessly in my lifetime for engagement and clicks And now we’ll have to watch the people that did it claim they’re shocked, and horrified Revolting

Burnham held a COBRA meeting and decided to consider thinking about asking people who sell single-use barbecues to maybe not sell them for a little while. Meanwhile he wants to make global heating worse by drilling for yet more oil.

So Burnham’s solution to global warming is to *think* about *maybe* banning throwaway barbecues.

Would you follow a news account run by a Reform councillor? This might shock you….

How can we afford public ownership of water? It's simple Andy Burnham must say NO to these bill rises (they are still provisional) Force the privatised companies to invest *their own money* See how quickly they go bust or back out THEN TAKE THEM BACK www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Millions face higher water bills as suppliers allowed £3.4bn extra spending

Firms in England and Wales seek to fund measures including supporting new homes and datacentres

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An American interviewer asked me about my political beliefs. #VoteBinface

Downing Street's press release for Burnham's "emergency" Cobra meeting on the drought didn't even mention climate, with the Prime Minister blaming the growing numbers of wildfires on disposable barbecues. He's since appeared on GB News this afternoon to talk about migrant camps

I'm seeing a lot of people invoke the figure of the intersex person in current discourse on sex and gender, especially in relation to the UK government's anti-trans segregation regime. But the actual voices of actual people are getting lost. This buried report offers vital evidence to counter that.

Mitch Travis@profmitchtravis.bsky.social · 3w ago

A few weeks ago, after a 7 year delay, the UK government quietly dropped the results of their 2019 Call for Evidence on variations in sex characteristics The results are striking but will of course seem deeply familiar to anyone working in this field. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Busy weekend so only just filled this in myself. Concerned about the likely pinkwashing of this transphobic government by holding World Pride in London? Then please, politely & respectfully (organising events like this takes hard work & commitment) tell @interpride.bsky.social using this form.

Natacha@natacha.bsky.social · 3w ago

Lots of opposition to London hosting World Pride because of the Bully-Burnham government's multiple oppressive anti-trans measures. If you want to tell the global organisers you oppose this pinkwashing bid, please use this contact form. Not just Londoners but anyone. www.interpride.org/contactus/

The British Foreign Office say that Sweden has an inexplicably hardline approach, meanwhile the British Home Office ..... Terrible for individual human beings when states act like this and nobody deserves it to happen to them, whatever their nationality.

British widow, 78, told to leave Sweden under Brexit rules after living there for 21 years

Authorities say application to stay was made too late, as UK officials say Sweden takes ‘stricter approach’ than other EU countries

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I'd like people like her to explain how kicking out 100'000s immigrants (one of my colleagues still risks being forced out of the country due to changes to salary thresholds), and making it harder for people to settle (possibly including my wife), helps anyone in the 'red wall'.

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 3w ago

I genuinely don't understand how @antoniabance.bsky.social gets from "I don't need mad speeches from the PM about strangers" [top] to "I'm broadly fine with [forced remigration of 100,000s of people who came here legally to work]" [bottom] ..which was the "mad speech about strangers" policy..

“Frameworks permitting routine exclusion or discretionary verification of sex based on appearance or stereotypes would raise serious concerns under international human rights law…” UN experts remind the UK that it must avoid gender policing and ensure trans folk can live with safety and dignity. 🏳️‍⚧️

UN experts urge UK to ensure equal protection for all women and girls and all transgender people

GENEVA – The United Kingdom must ensure its ongoing review of statutory guidance under the Equality Act remains compatible with international human rights law and upholds equal protections for all tra...

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Strongly disagree with this, and this isn’t how the vast majority of people would take it. Especially when our Mayor won’t even stand up for our rights. Grassroots led trans rights protests by UK trans people = powerful Having World Pride here would be nothing more than pinkwashing

Marty Davies@smartypantsmarty.com · 3w ago

Pride is a protest. World Pride is a protest and a human rights conference. Holding it in a place where human rights are being eroded is powerful. In London, we can hold a mirror up to the UK while the world watches. World Pride is an opportunity for shame and a road back to progress.

Do this! 1️⃣ Select "WorldPride Committee" in the drop-down. 2️⃣ Bring facts. I quoted the ILGA-Europe ranking, Lemkin Institute red warning & Amnesty International report on the hostile media landscape. 3️⃣ You'll get links to their socials after you submit. Why not use them?

Natacha@natacha.bsky.social · 3w ago

Lots of opposition to London hosting World Pride because of the Bully-Burnham government's multiple oppressive anti-trans measures. If you want to tell the global organisers you oppose this pinkwashing bid, please use this contact form. Not just Londoners but anyone. www.interpride.org/contactus/

A very, very dark day for UK rights, and feminism in the UK. Now ALL women will be scrutinised and policed by their appearance. This does not solve any problem that existed, and makes life much worse for a targeted minority. For shame, IHRC

To be whole is to be part; true voyage is return.

Great to see a letter by our activist Michael Bursill published in the Guardian 👏👏👏 "If Andy Burnham is as good as his word to date, he will set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform." 🤞

Making proportional representation work in Britain | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to Guardian analysis examining what Britain would look like under an electoral system of PR

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Top 20 non-graduate jobs (excluding care which has special rules) for switchers from a student visa to a work visa in 2025. Ones in green remain eligible for a work visa from next year.

Worth repeating, the 'tough new visa rules' were designed specifically for care workers and their family members. If it's not going to work for them, it won't work for anyone else caught by the cruelty of the rules. Bin the whole thing.

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · last mo.

Good news. But Rayner's point that it is un-British and unfair, as well as economically and politically counterproductive, to change the rules retrospectively applies to other workers on medium- skilled work visas (technicians/chefs/etc) www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

Even people doing graduate level jobs like engineers, academics, scientists, architects and vets could be forced out. They’ll be put on the 10 year route which means their ILR application will have to be made after April 2030. Most earn over £41,700 but the issue is the occupational going rates.