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My column for the Express on the disgusting witch burning to which NHS Fife has subjected Sandie Peggie to distract from their own unlawful conduct. Yes, people who share racist jokes in private what’s app groups of ppl they holiday with have employment rights too.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2089...
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2089...
'NHS bosses must be held accountable for witch-burning over female spaces'
A chilling message is being sent in what smacks of an arrogant culture war
www.express.co.uk
July 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My column for the Express on the disgusting witch burning to which NHS Fife has subjected Sandie Peggie to distract from their own unlawful conduct. Yes, people who share racist jokes in private what’s app groups of ppl they holiday with have employment rights too.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2089...
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2089...
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There's a lot to be said about this, the article's framing as well as the legal case in point. But behind all that is the vexed truth that there's no such thing as a right to be perceived. Not to be perceived as smart or funny, not as being a certain age, not as of a desired sex. It's not a "right".
NEW: Trans people must accept what will feel like a reduction in their rights after the supreme court ruling because they “have been lied to over many years” about what their rights are, one of the commissioners drawing up the post-ruling guidance has said.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
EHRC commissioner calls for trans people to accept perceived reduced rights
Akua Reindorf said law never permitted self-ID, but trans campaigners call remarks ‘profoundly unhelpful’
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
There's a lot to be said about this, the article's framing as well as the legal case in point. But behind all that is the vexed truth that there's no such thing as a right to be perceived. Not to be perceived as smart or funny, not as being a certain age, not as of a desired sex. It's not a "right".
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If, as Tressie and the many people in the replies who agree with her do, you think that literal British citizens, inventing recipes in Britain, are in fact “Indian”, you need to have another, more careful think. Because what you’ve said is pretty racist.
April 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If, as Tressie and the many people in the replies who agree with her do, you think that literal British citizens, inventing recipes in Britain, are in fact “Indian”, you need to have another, more careful think. Because what you’ve said is pretty racist.
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An era of magical thinking comes to an end and vindication is a dish to be enjoyed at any temperature.
So three cheers for the ladies of For Women Scotland.
www.thetimes.com/article/d5f2...
So three cheers for the ladies of For Women Scotland.
www.thetimes.com/article/d5f2...
The hateful and bigoted bag ladies have been proved right on sex
Politicians at Holyrood and Westminster owe women’s rights campaigners an apology after victory in their campaign to define what a woman is
www.thetimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
An era of magical thinking comes to an end and vindication is a dish to be enjoyed at any temperature.
So three cheers for the ladies of For Women Scotland.
www.thetimes.com/article/d5f2...
So three cheers for the ladies of For Women Scotland.
www.thetimes.com/article/d5f2...
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Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time.
January 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time.