Claire
@b3claire.bsky.social
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Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ahhh, that’ll be this👇Trevor Phillips.
November 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Ahhh, that’ll be this👇Trevor Phillips.
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Great to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social on @skynewsrss.bsky.social this morning standing up for trans people.
It’s clear that Trevor Phillips was trying to trap Zack by not giving him all the facts! Martine Croxall not only eye rolled, she changed a direct quote - unethical for a journalist!
It’s clear that Trevor Phillips was trying to trap Zack by not giving him all the facts! Martine Croxall not only eye rolled, she changed a direct quote - unethical for a journalist!
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Great to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social on @skynewsrss.bsky.social this morning standing up for trans people.
It’s clear that Trevor Phillips was trying to trap Zack by not giving him all the facts! Martine Croxall not only eye rolled, she changed a direct quote - unethical for a journalist!
It’s clear that Trevor Phillips was trying to trap Zack by not giving him all the facts! Martine Croxall not only eye rolled, she changed a direct quote - unethical for a journalist!
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Okay, it looks like the BBC reporting on the BBC Executive Complaints Unit’s finding actually also break the rules...
And we should make a complaint?
And we should make a complaint?
Fun fact: The ECU actually used the phrase “trans identity”, not “trans ideology”, and, in editing that quote, this BBC article about a presenter expressing anti-trans views breaching editorial guidelines has itself breached editorial guidelines. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Okay, it looks like the BBC reporting on the BBC Executive Complaints Unit’s finding actually also break the rules...
And we should make a complaint?
And we should make a complaint?
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Who is in charge?
An aspect of the almighty mess that is the For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers Supreme Court judgment that I have found surprising, perhaps shocking, is the silence from parliamentarians about the Supreme Court’s ignoring the will of Parliament.
An aspect of the almighty mess that is the For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers Supreme Court judgment that I have found surprising, perhaps shocking, is the silence from parliamentarians about the Supreme Court’s ignoring the will of Parliament.
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Who is in charge?
An aspect of the almighty mess that is the For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers Supreme Court judgment that I have found surprising, perhaps shocking, is the silence from parliamentarians about the Supreme Court’s ignoring the will of Parliament.
An aspect of the almighty mess that is the For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers Supreme Court judgment that I have found surprising, perhaps shocking, is the silence from parliamentarians about the Supreme Court’s ignoring the will of Parliament.
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Didn't her favourite PM Boris Johnson skip UK security to go and party with KGB directly after a NATO meeting?
Oh yes, he did.
Then he blocked the Russia Report detailing interference in the Brexit referendum.
Oh yes, he did.
Then he blocked the Russia Report detailing interference in the Brexit referendum.
October 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Didn't her favourite PM Boris Johnson skip UK security to go and party with KGB directly after a NATO meeting?
Oh yes, he did.
Then he blocked the Russia Report detailing interference in the Brexit referendum.
Oh yes, he did.
Then he blocked the Russia Report detailing interference in the Brexit referendum.
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Time to get a new research assistant.
MP shows that she doesn’t realise that CEDAW recognises trans women as women.
MP shows that she doesn’t realise that CEDAW recognises trans women as women.
October 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Time to get a new research assistant.
MP shows that she doesn’t realise that CEDAW recognises trans women as women.
MP shows that she doesn’t realise that CEDAW recognises trans women as women.
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A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – it's time to fight back
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back
goodlawproject.org
October 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – it's time to fight back
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
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Permitting the Conservative Party conference to be used for the demonisation of trans people shows the Conservatives will be unfit for government for a generation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Gender critical activists accused of ‘hateful’ remarks about trans women
Labour MP Richard Quigley said he was ‘appalled by the comments, but not surprised’
www.independent.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Permitting the Conservative Party conference to be used for the demonisation of trans people shows the Conservatives will be unfit for government for a generation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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We must all keep speaking out.
Thanks for all the kind words for this pretty combatative interview.
The truth is simple. Let's just all keep telling the truth.
youtu.be/goTgeKyJNaQ?...
Thanks for all the kind words for this pretty combatative interview.
The truth is simple. Let's just all keep telling the truth.
youtu.be/goTgeKyJNaQ?...
'A classroom of kids is massacred everyday': Zack Polanski on Gaza
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We must all keep speaking out.
Thanks for all the kind words for this pretty combatative interview.
The truth is simple. Let's just all keep telling the truth.
youtu.be/goTgeKyJNaQ?...
Thanks for all the kind words for this pretty combatative interview.
The truth is simple. Let's just all keep telling the truth.
youtu.be/goTgeKyJNaQ?...
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New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
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Prof Conor Gearty on the UK Supreme Court’s legal tactics for erasing the Human Rights Act.
“The current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era”.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
“The current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era”.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act
The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Prof Conor Gearty on the UK Supreme Court’s legal tactics for erasing the Human Rights Act.
“The current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era”.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
“The current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era”.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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🔴How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists
Over 450 members of the aid flotilla to Gaza are now being held by Israel in an “anti-terror” prison in the Negev desert, reports @mathildamall.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/h...
Over 450 members of the aid flotilla to Gaza are now being held by Israel in an “anti-terror” prison in the Negev desert, reports @mathildamall.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/h...
How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists
Over 450 members of the aid flotilla to Gaza are now being held by Israel in an “anti-terror” prison in the Negev desert
bylinetimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🔴How Western Media Whitewashed Israel’s Mass-Abduction of Activists
Over 450 members of the aid flotilla to Gaza are now being held by Israel in an “anti-terror” prison in the Negev desert, reports @mathildamall.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/h...
Over 450 members of the aid flotilla to Gaza are now being held by Israel in an “anti-terror” prison in the Negev desert, reports @mathildamall.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/h...
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I would add one thing: we are bombarded with two claims: 1) the UK can leave the ECHR without lowering human rights protection and 2) the ECHR significantly limits what the government can do and hence the UK has to leave it.
These cannot both be true. /1
These cannot both be true. /1
There are lots of reasons not to leave ECHR. But apart from anything else, it just doesn't solve the problem the Tories/Reform think it does.
E.g. the Supreme Court judgment re Rwanda being unsafe explicitly said it was not based on ECHR.
E.g. the Supreme Court judgment re Rwanda being unsafe explicitly said it was not based on ECHR.
October 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I would add one thing: we are bombarded with two claims: 1) the UK can leave the ECHR without lowering human rights protection and 2) the ECHR significantly limits what the government can do and hence the UK has to leave it.
These cannot both be true. /1
These cannot both be true. /1
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#PécsPride has been banned under Hungary’s Assembly Act. Organisers plan to march tomorrow, 4 Oct despite real legal risks. Freedom of assembly is an EU right and cannot be denied. We stand in solidarity and are monitoring developments closely.
October 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
#PécsPride has been banned under Hungary’s Assembly Act. Organisers plan to march tomorrow, 4 Oct despite real legal risks. Freedom of assembly is an EU right and cannot be denied. We stand in solidarity and are monitoring developments closely.
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🚨already at almost 39,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 40,000 today 🙏
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account.
You can sign here👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account.
You can sign here👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
October 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🚨already at almost 39,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 40,000 today 🙏
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account.
You can sign here👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account.
You can sign here👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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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
There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years
September 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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
There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years
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Owen Jones has been banned from 'Labour' Party conference - but Maya Forstater is welcome.
And they wonder why progressive voters are deserting them in droves.
And they wonder why progressive voters are deserting them in droves.
September 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Owen Jones has been banned from 'Labour' Party conference - but Maya Forstater is welcome.
And they wonder why progressive voters are deserting them in droves.
And they wonder why progressive voters are deserting them in droves.
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Good question!
September 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Good question!
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@equalityhumanright.bsky.social are withholding their consultation report till after the Code is a “done deal”
But we sent copies of the public’s submissions direct to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social & @niagriffith.bsky.social
Any MPs can view this dossier *right now*
Share this post and❗tag your MP❗
But we sent copies of the public’s submissions direct to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social & @niagriffith.bsky.social
Any MPs can view this dossier *right now*
Share this post and❗tag your MP❗
September 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
@equalityhumanright.bsky.social are withholding their consultation report till after the Code is a “done deal”
But we sent copies of the public’s submissions direct to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social & @niagriffith.bsky.social
Any MPs can view this dossier *right now*
Share this post and❗tag your MP❗
But we sent copies of the public’s submissions direct to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social & @niagriffith.bsky.social
Any MPs can view this dossier *right now*
Share this post and❗tag your MP❗
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This is absolutely mad policy-making from the Government. Literally just promoting unhinged myths about the most vulnerable people
£9.95 a week, that’s how much people in hotels are paid in lieu of working rights.
Pathetic posturing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Pathetic posturing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
September 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is absolutely mad policy-making from the Government. Literally just promoting unhinged myths about the most vulnerable people
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"I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am. we are." -JB Pritzker
youtu.be/WN1c6mCitIk?...
youtu.be/WN1c6mCitIk?...
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D-IL) Speaks at the 2025 HRC Los Angeles Dinner
YouTube video by Human Rights Campaign
youtu.be
August 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"I know that there are transgender children right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am. we are." -JB Pritzker
youtu.be/WN1c6mCitIk?...
youtu.be/WN1c6mCitIk?...
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I don't think anyone is happy about this enforced change to our long-established inclusive practice. Happy to discuss further if you ping me at my Cambridge email.
August 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I don't think anyone is happy about this enforced change to our long-established inclusive practice. Happy to discuss further if you ping me at my Cambridge email.
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** The Official crowdfunder link for my case commenced in the European Court of Human Rights **
A legal first: trans and non-binary lawyers leading the case: Oscar Davies, Olivia Campbell-Cavendish and me as client. Trans Legal Clinic in partnership with W-Legal.
www.translegalclinic.com/mccloud
A legal first: trans and non-binary lawyers leading the case: Oscar Davies, Olivia Campbell-Cavendish and me as client. Trans Legal Clinic in partnership with W-Legal.
www.translegalclinic.com/mccloud
McCloud v UK | Trans Legal Clinic
www.translegalclinic.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
** The Official crowdfunder link for my case commenced in the European Court of Human Rights **
A legal first: trans and non-binary lawyers leading the case: Oscar Davies, Olivia Campbell-Cavendish and me as client. Trans Legal Clinic in partnership with W-Legal.
www.translegalclinic.com/mccloud
A legal first: trans and non-binary lawyers leading the case: Oscar Davies, Olivia Campbell-Cavendish and me as client. Trans Legal Clinic in partnership with W-Legal.
www.translegalclinic.com/mccloud