Jill Hayward
@frdragonspouse.bsky.social
Still all the things I was over at the Other Place. And still angry.
Preoccupations: politics, education, disability and inclusive feminism. Cishet trans ally. Widow. Socialist. She/her.
Preoccupations: politics, education, disability and inclusive feminism. Cishet trans ally. Widow. Socialist. She/her.
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Jill Hayward
@frdragonspouse.bsky.social
· Apr 16
It's not a good time to be the socialist parent of a disabled trans person,tbh.
The UK is a bit shit right now...
The UK is a bit shit right now...
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One of the Sex Mattress advisory board pretending to be an impartial expert.
Next week they'll have Stephen Yaxley-Lennon telling us why racism is actually really good.
Next week they'll have Stephen Yaxley-Lennon telling us why racism is actually really good.
Michael Foran: Human Rights, Gender Recognition and Single-Sex Spaces ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/02/11/m...
Michael Foran: Human Rights, Gender Recognition and Single-Sex Spaces
In For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, the Supreme Court held that references to ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 pertained to biological sex. In doing so, it affirmed the default common law…
ukconstitutionallaw.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:07 PM
One of the Sex Mattress advisory board pretending to be an impartial expert.
Next week they'll have Stephen Yaxley-Lennon telling us why racism is actually really good.
Next week they'll have Stephen Yaxley-Lennon telling us why racism is actually really good.
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Also the British Labour Party’s
February 11, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Also the British Labour Party’s
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Keir Starmer seems like he is a really easy person to lie to
PM says peer did not give 'full account' over links to sex offender
PM says peer did not give 'full account' over links to sex offender
Sir Keir Starmer was asked at Prime Minister's Questions about his decision to award a peerage to Lord Doyle.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Keir Starmer seems like he is a really easy person to lie to
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Saying Lord Doyle did not give a "full account" over his links with a convicted sex offender is an admission from Keir Starmer that he was indeed told. The fact he didn't press for more information, or even, oh, I don't know, withhold the peerage, just makes it worse.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PM says peer did not give 'full account' over links to sex offender
Sir Keir Starmer was asked at Prime Minister's Questions about his decision to award a peerage to Lord Doyle.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Saying Lord Doyle did not give a "full account" over his links with a convicted sex offender is an admission from Keir Starmer that he was indeed told. The fact he didn't press for more information, or even, oh, I don't know, withhold the peerage, just makes it worse.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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At one point a media hysteria accused Tavistock risking to be sued by thousands.
Reality:
…8 complaints
……in 10 years
………for a clinic handling 12,000 users at any time
Yup.
Reality:
…8 complaints
……in 10 years
………for a clinic handling 12,000 users at any time
Yup.
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised | A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture | Marie Shrewsbury
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised
A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
At one point a media hysteria accused Tavistock risking to be sued by thousands.
Reality:
…8 complaints
……in 10 years
………for a clinic handling 12,000 users at any time
Yup.
Reality:
…8 complaints
……in 10 years
………for a clinic handling 12,000 users at any time
Yup.
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Polling on trans issues is difficult to interpret. It becomes even more difficult when pollsters use politically charged terms like 'transgender ideology.'
Great new analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Great new analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
When Trans Issues Become ‘Ideology’ — Assigned
Two surveys of Americans, published just days apart, reveal the limitations and revelations of polling.
www.assignedmedia.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Polling on trans issues is difficult to interpret. It becomes even more difficult when pollsters use politically charged terms like 'transgender ideology.'
Great new analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Great new analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Remember Simon Danczuk sexting that teenager? So many Labour men responded at the time with "I don't see what the problem is - she's over 16."
Which is exactly what the problem was. The age of consent is not the sole determinant of wrongdoing where imbalances of power exist.
Which is exactly what the problem was. The age of consent is not the sole determinant of wrongdoing where imbalances of power exist.
Labour have a paedophile problem, and Starmer's double standard for those on the left of the party vs the right are stark
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Ash Sarkar lays bare Starmer's double standard
Labour have a paedophile problem, and Starmer's double standard for those on the left of the party vs the right are stark
www.thecanary.co
February 11, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Remember Simon Danczuk sexting that teenager? So many Labour men responded at the time with "I don't see what the problem is - she's over 16."
Which is exactly what the problem was. The age of consent is not the sole determinant of wrongdoing where imbalances of power exist.
Which is exactly what the problem was. The age of consent is not the sole determinant of wrongdoing where imbalances of power exist.
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Starmer: "My legacy is changing my party".
Sure, from a party of morally sound, honest and well-informed democratic socialists, to a party of ignorant, deceitful, genocide apologists and paedophila facilitators.
#PMQs
Sure, from a party of morally sound, honest and well-informed democratic socialists, to a party of ignorant, deceitful, genocide apologists and paedophila facilitators.
#PMQs
February 11, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Starmer: "My legacy is changing my party".
Sure, from a party of morally sound, honest and well-informed democratic socialists, to a party of ignorant, deceitful, genocide apologists and paedophila facilitators.
#PMQs
Sure, from a party of morally sound, honest and well-informed democratic socialists, to a party of ignorant, deceitful, genocide apologists and paedophila facilitators.
#PMQs
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It's exactly a week since we discovered the world's richest were conspiring to manipulate politics and finance to keep us poor and distanced from democracy while they consolidated their wealth and power but OMFG CHICKEN WHILE IN DEBT.
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
It's exactly a week since we discovered the world's richest were conspiring to manipulate politics and finance to keep us poor and distanced from democracy while they consolidated their wealth and power but OMFG CHICKEN WHILE IN DEBT.
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Starmer then: I've made the disciplinary procedure completely independent from me as leader
Starmer now: I kicked Jeremy Corbyn out of the party
Starmer now: I kicked Jeremy Corbyn out of the party
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Starmer then: I've made the disciplinary procedure completely independent from me as leader
Starmer now: I kicked Jeremy Corbyn out of the party
Starmer now: I kicked Jeremy Corbyn out of the party
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 643: It may be tempting to include song lyrics in your work. (And why not? Stephen King does it all the time.) But beware; the rights to even a line of a song can run into the thousands of pounds- and the publisher will expect YOU to pay for them…
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 643: It may be tempting to include song lyrics in your work. (And why not? Stephen King does it all the time.) But beware; the rights to even a line of a song can run into the thousands of pounds- and the publisher will expect YOU to pay for them…
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Incredible that it took Lindsay Hoyle to remind a former head of the DPP that commenting on live court cases is not the done thing.
#pmqs
#pmqs
February 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Incredible that it took Lindsay Hoyle to remind a former head of the DPP that commenting on live court cases is not the done thing.
#pmqs
#pmqs
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The number of people who think this is "sensible" politics and don't understand why it's a massive uncrossable red line for millions of Labour's supposed core constituency continues to blow my mind. All the minor percentage shifts in NHS waiting lists will never make up for this nativist cruelty.
Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
What these “but why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 PM
The number of people who think this is "sensible" politics and don't understand why it's a massive uncrossable red line for millions of Labour's supposed core constituency continues to blow my mind. All the minor percentage shifts in NHS waiting lists will never make up for this nativist cruelty.
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Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
What these “but why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
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I have an intense hatred of the infuriating Americanism 'side hustle'. You have a second job, or a hobby that pays - you are not some hipster in New York in the 1970s, selling quaaludes on a Friday night at CBGBs. Now fuck off, please.
February 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I have an intense hatred of the infuriating Americanism 'side hustle'. You have a second job, or a hobby that pays - you are not some hipster in New York in the 1970s, selling quaaludes on a Friday night at CBGBs. Now fuck off, please.
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The entire Tavistock scandal was over 8 complaints. They've fucked the entirety of trans and non binary peoples, because of 8 complaints, all of which have not materialised into anything as far as I can tell.
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised | A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture | Marie Shrewsbury
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised
A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The entire Tavistock scandal was over 8 complaints. They've fucked the entirety of trans and non binary peoples, because of 8 complaints, all of which have not materialised into anything as far as I can tell.
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it's the anniversary of Brianna's murder, and the UK has learned nothing
the Labour party continue to demonise us, a campaign of hate backed by billionaires is trying to chase us out of day to day life, and her mother is using her death as justification to rob queer kids of a community
the Labour party continue to demonise us, a campaign of hate backed by billionaires is trying to chase us out of day to day life, and her mother is using her death as justification to rob queer kids of a community
February 11, 2026 at 12:22 PM
it's the anniversary of Brianna's murder, and the UK has learned nothing
the Labour party continue to demonise us, a campaign of hate backed by billionaires is trying to chase us out of day to day life, and her mother is using her death as justification to rob queer kids of a community
the Labour party continue to demonise us, a campaign of hate backed by billionaires is trying to chase us out of day to day life, and her mother is using her death as justification to rob queer kids of a community
You remember Matt Goodwin's "serious concerns" about impartiality - his excuse for not attending the hustings last night?
Apparently, people still on X (I'm not) have thrown some light on it (thanks to the mutual who tipped me off):
Apparently, people still on X (I'm not) have thrown some light on it (thanks to the mutual who tipped me off):
February 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
You remember Matt Goodwin's "serious concerns" about impartiality - his excuse for not attending the hustings last night?
Apparently, people still on X (I'm not) have thrown some light on it (thanks to the mutual who tipped me off):
Apparently, people still on X (I'm not) have thrown some light on it (thanks to the mutual who tipped me off):
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Is polling by an organisation with links to Labour reliable…?
Despite everything that's happened over the last week, Labour have actually closed the gap on Reform
February 11, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Is polling by an organisation with links to Labour reliable…?
Our postal vote mailshots from Reform have arrived.
M was hoping for birthday cards...
M was hoping for birthday cards...
February 11, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Our postal vote mailshots from Reform have arrived.
M was hoping for birthday cards...
M was hoping for birthday cards...
Clearly democracy is alive and well. Amazing to see so many middle-aged men from places like Watford, with profile pictures including a football team or their car/motorbike, giving us their views on the Gorton and Denton by-election on Facebook.
February 11, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Clearly democracy is alive and well. Amazing to see so many middle-aged men from places like Watford, with profile pictures including a football team or their car/motorbike, giving us their views on the Gorton and Denton by-election on Facebook.
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Soft, pink branding, hard-right politics
The far-right, anti-migrant Pink Ladies in Kent are attempting to present themselves as a grassroots initiative concerned solely with women’s safety.
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/soft...
The far-right, anti-migrant Pink Ladies in Kent are attempting to present themselves as a grassroots initiative concerned solely with women’s safety.
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/soft...
Soft, pink branding, hard-right politics | Searchlight
Kent 'Pink Ladies' out in Swanley The far-right, anti-migrant Pink Ladies in Kent are attempting to present themselves as a grassroots initiative ...
searchlightmagazine.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Soft, pink branding, hard-right politics
The far-right, anti-migrant Pink Ladies in Kent are attempting to present themselves as a grassroots initiative concerned solely with women’s safety.
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/soft...
The far-right, anti-migrant Pink Ladies in Kent are attempting to present themselves as a grassroots initiative concerned solely with women’s safety.
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/soft...
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Read the full story: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Epstein details removed from Mandelson’s Wikipedia page by paid editor
As the then-ambassador came under fire, an anonymous user tried to downplay his history of support for Jeffrey Epstein
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Read the full story: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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So apparently white Americans in Minneapolis are putting Mexican flags on their cars so ICE agents waste time pulling them over. They call it ICE fishing. 🤣😂
February 7, 2026 at 5:21 PM
So apparently white Americans in Minneapolis are putting Mexican flags on their cars so ICE agents waste time pulling them over. They call it ICE fishing. 🤣😂