Alan Henness
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Baroness Falkner on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, on the High Court ruling:
"Everybody I speak to, every institution I speak to, says: ‘Can you tell us what we’re supposed to do?’
"That’s wrong… they should have been doing it anyway.”
False assumptions were made.
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"Everybody I speak to, every institution I speak to, says: ‘Can you tell us what we’re supposed to do?’
"That’s wrong… they should have been doing it anyway.”
False assumptions were made.
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Adapting gender ruling into practical steps difficult for firms – watchdog chair
Chairwoman of the EHRC, Baroness Falkner, emphasised firms should take their own advice as well as adhering to the code.
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September 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Baroness Falkner on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, on the High Court ruling:
"Everybody I speak to, every institution I speak to, says: ‘Can you tell us what we’re supposed to do?’
"That’s wrong… they should have been doing it anyway.”
False assumptions were made.
share.google/f9a3U0hfhqBW...
"Everybody I speak to, every institution I speak to, says: ‘Can you tell us what we’re supposed to do?’
"That’s wrong… they should have been doing it anyway.”
False assumptions were made.
share.google/f9a3U0hfhqBW...
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
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September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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'There is no indication that human rights will be a priority for the new IOC President ... who has stated that she wants to reopen ... the issue of access to the women's category.'
So according to these authors
women's rights are not human rights?
So according to these authors
women's rights are not human rights?
Affaire Caster Semenya: le sport international n’échappe pas aux droits humains
➡️ https://l.letemps.ch/7Ks
➡️ https://l.letemps.ch/7Ks
July 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
'There is no indication that human rights will be a priority for the new IOC President ... who has stated that she wants to reopen ... the issue of access to the women's category.'
So according to these authors
women's rights are not human rights?
So according to these authors
women's rights are not human rights?
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In what way is the Supreme Court ruling not clear? Sex means biological sex. Lawful single sex services, provisions & sports must exclude members of the opposite sex. This is primarily to ensure day to day life is not difficult & humiliating for women & girls. We are half the population.
Clarity.
Clarity.
Like every workplace, it seems Parliament is grappling with the negative consequences of the Supreme Court ruling and EHRC advice on sex and gender. Far from creating ‘clarity’, we are now seeing clearly that they are making day-to-day life difficult and humiliating for trans people.
🧵 ... 1/2
🧵 ... 1/2
June 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
In what way is the Supreme Court ruling not clear? Sex means biological sex. Lawful single sex services, provisions & sports must exclude members of the opposite sex. This is primarily to ensure day to day life is not difficult & humiliating for women & girls. We are half the population.
Clarity.
Clarity.
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Tl:dr: "Yes"
Chart-heavy thread incoming. This is an attempt to survey the research to answer the question - were the forecasts predicting a lot of Brexit damage correct? 1/n.
The Constitution Society and Federal Trust asked me to do a survey of the evidence on the economics of Brexit, nine years on from the vote.
Hopefully it's a helpful reference. Short answer: the consensus was right - a large hit to GDP, trade and investment.
consoc.org.uk/publications...
Hopefully it's a helpful reference. Short answer: the consensus was right - a large hit to GDP, trade and investment.
consoc.org.uk/publications...
June 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Tl:dr: "Yes"
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What is it you think isn't a biological binary?
June 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
What is it you think isn't a biological binary?
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The only alternative to the SC ruling is to the detriment of women & their rights. At LD conference you said women needed ‘reassurance’ about allowing males in their spaces. We don’t need reassurance or patronising. We’re not 5. We want dignity, privacy, safety and fairness. We want our rights back
June 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The only alternative to the SC ruling is to the detriment of women & their rights. At LD conference you said women needed ‘reassurance’ about allowing males in their spaces. We don’t need reassurance or patronising. We’re not 5. We want dignity, privacy, safety and fairness. We want our rights back
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🇺🇸 There is always a tweet...or three
June 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🇺🇸 There is always a tweet...or three
Hi @catherinefookesmp.bsky.social
At today's Women and Equalities Committee session, you said that the EHRC's interim update says "it obliges trans people to use the toilets of the gender they were assigned at birth."
It says no such thing, does it?
www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...
At today's Women and Equalities Committee session, you said that the EHRC's interim update says "it obliges trans people to use the toilets of the gender they were assigned at birth."
It says no such thing, does it?
www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...
An interim update on the practical implications of the UK Supreme Court judgment | EHRC
www.equalityhumanrights.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hi @catherinefookesmp.bsky.social
At today's Women and Equalities Committee session, you said that the EHRC's interim update says "it obliges trans people to use the toilets of the gender they were assigned at birth."
It says no such thing, does it?
www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...
At today's Women and Equalities Committee session, you said that the EHRC's interim update says "it obliges trans people to use the toilets of the gender they were assigned at birth."
It says no such thing, does it?
www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...
Hi @alexkbrewer.bsky.social
Are you unaware that having an intersex condition has nothing to do with identifying as trans?
Are you unaware that having an intersex condition has nothing to do with identifying as trans?
June 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Hi @alexkbrewer.bsky.social
Are you unaware that having an intersex condition has nothing to do with identifying as trans?
Are you unaware that having an intersex condition has nothing to do with identifying as trans?
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Final Score: 1 - 0 (own goal)
May 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Final Score: 1 - 0 (own goal)
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Hello!!
It’s the law now and has been the law since 2010.
The SC *clarify* the law.
No wonder so many came unstuck following your advice!!
It’s the law now and has been the law since 2010.
The SC *clarify* the law.
No wonder so many came unstuck following your advice!!
May 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hello!!
It’s the law now and has been the law since 2010.
The SC *clarify* the law.
No wonder so many came unstuck following your advice!!
It’s the law now and has been the law since 2010.
The SC *clarify* the law.
No wonder so many came unstuck following your advice!!
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This is legally illiterate. It’s not a law going through parliament. It has been the law since 2010.
May 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is legally illiterate. It’s not a law going through parliament. It has been the law since 2010.
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Very interesting. but a compete misunderstanding of what sexual dimorphism is.
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristic. In short, males and females within a species look different. This can be pronounced or subtle.
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristic. In short, males and females within a species look different. This can be pronounced or subtle.
April 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Very interesting. but a compete misunderstanding of what sexual dimorphism is.
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristic. In short, males and females within a species look different. This can be pronounced or subtle.
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristic. In short, males and females within a species look different. This can be pronounced or subtle.
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Looks like my explanation of what sexual dimorphism means was not welcome. Apparently it was invented by white colonialist or something.
Very interesting. but a compete misunderstanding of what sexual dimorphism is.
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristic. In short, males and females within a species look different. This can be pronounced or subtle.
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristic. In short, males and females within a species look different. This can be pronounced or subtle.
April 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Looks like my explanation of what sexual dimorphism means was not welcome. Apparently it was invented by white colonialist or something.
Hey! @fawcettsociety.bsky.social
Did you hear that the statue of Millicent Fawcett was vandalised yesterday?
Statue of suffragette Millicent Fawcett defaced as trans rights protesters march | The Independent
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Did you hear that the statue of Millicent Fawcett was vandalised yesterday?
Statue of suffragette Millicent Fawcett defaced as trans rights protesters march | The Independent
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Suffragette statue defaced as trans rights protesters march on London
The Met Police has launched an investigation over the ‘very disappointing’ damage to the statues
www.independent.co.uk
April 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Hey! @fawcettsociety.bsky.social
Did you hear that the statue of Millicent Fawcett was vandalised yesterday?
Statue of suffragette Millicent Fawcett defaced as trans rights protesters march | The Independent
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Did you hear that the statue of Millicent Fawcett was vandalised yesterday?
Statue of suffragette Millicent Fawcett defaced as trans rights protesters march | The Independent
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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And of course transwomen already had the vote before Emmeline Pankhurst and the suffragette campaigns... it all feels a bit off.
April 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
And of course transwomen already had the vote before Emmeline Pankhurst and the suffragette campaigns... it all feels a bit off.
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Saying this is about 'safety' is blatant emotional blackmail and manipulation. This is about men demanding affirmation and dominance.
April 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Saying this is about 'safety' is blatant emotional blackmail and manipulation. This is about men demanding affirmation and dominance.