Natacha
@natacha.bsky.social
Trans woman 🏳️⚧️ Sociologist & Agnotologist, anti-Brexit. She/her. All opinions expressed here are my own. 🇵🇸
Link to academic publications: https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/NatachaKennedy
“Thomas Mann:
“Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.”
Link to academic publications: https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/NatachaKennedy
“Thomas Mann:
“Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.”
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I think it really would be helpful if there was a public explanation for this unusual decision, in this highly charged and important case. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I think it really would be helpful if there was a public explanation for this unusual decision, in this highly charged and important case. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔
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Labour party today:
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Labour party today:
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
- Disabled people can’t drive Audis, BMWs and Mercedes on Motability. No to £25k Audis but £36k Nissans are fine
- Discredited PFI to return for funding NHS projects
- Trial by jury to be axed except for most serious cases
That’s just today
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We are dealing with some threats to sue for defamation brought by Kate Clanchy against, it will surprise no one who has followed this unfortunate saga, a woman of colour.
I understand this isn't Ms Clanchy's first rodeo and if you've also received such a threat please do get in contact.
I understand this isn't Ms Clanchy's first rodeo and if you've also received such a threat please do get in contact.
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
We are dealing with some threats to sue for defamation brought by Kate Clanchy against, it will surprise no one who has followed this unfortunate saga, a woman of colour.
I understand this isn't Ms Clanchy's first rodeo and if you've also received such a threat please do get in contact.
I understand this isn't Ms Clanchy's first rodeo and if you've also received such a threat please do get in contact.
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"Gender GP provides access to a vital service to adults that should have been fulfilled by the NHS provision."
Nothing else. No other statement given by anyone. Give them no soundbites or wiggle room.
They are coming for private transitional healthcare. I'm warning you all.
Nothing else. No other statement given by anyone. Give them no soundbites or wiggle room.
They are coming for private transitional healthcare. I'm warning you all.
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"Gender GP provides access to a vital service to adults that should have been fulfilled by the NHS provision."
Nothing else. No other statement given by anyone. Give them no soundbites or wiggle room.
They are coming for private transitional healthcare. I'm warning you all.
Nothing else. No other statement given by anyone. Give them no soundbites or wiggle room.
They are coming for private transitional healthcare. I'm warning you all.
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Nina Cresswell reported a sexual assault, but the police basically ignored her. She spoke out, and her attacker sued her for defamation. Three years later, with our support, she won.
Now she's taking action to stop the police failing women. Join us.👇
https://goodlaw.social/4w3n
Now she's taking action to stop the police failing women. Join us.👇
https://goodlaw.social/4w3n
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Nina Cresswell reported a sexual assault, but the police basically ignored her. She spoke out, and her attacker sued her for defamation. Three years later, with our support, she won.
Now she's taking action to stop the police failing women. Join us.👇
https://goodlaw.social/4w3n
Now she's taking action to stop the police failing women. Join us.👇
https://goodlaw.social/4w3n
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Incredible ❤️
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Incredible ❤️
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Brasil's top court to Bolsonaro... GO TO JAIL NOW. Start that 27 years son, we don't care if you were hallucinating! WOW. Look at what a functioning democracy can do.
SIGH. Meanwhile, our supreme court just upholds everything the 38 count felon wants.
SIGH. Meanwhile, our supreme court just upholds everything the 38 count felon wants.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Brasil's top court to Bolsonaro... GO TO JAIL NOW. Start that 27 years son, we don't care if you were hallucinating! WOW. Look at what a functioning democracy can do.
SIGH. Meanwhile, our supreme court just upholds everything the 38 count felon wants.
SIGH. Meanwhile, our supreme court just upholds everything the 38 count felon wants.
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I was once sceptical about the value of juries but I've learned through the trans work how shabbily our institutions treat those without privilege and fear their passing.
Like the Supreme Court's judicial roll back of human rights, this change to our justice system will hit the weakest hardest.
Like the Supreme Court's judicial roll back of human rights, this change to our justice system will hit the weakest hardest.
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I was once sceptical about the value of juries but I've learned through the trans work how shabbily our institutions treat those without privilege and fear their passing.
Like the Supreme Court's judicial roll back of human rights, this change to our justice system will hit the weakest hardest.
Like the Supreme Court's judicial roll back of human rights, this change to our justice system will hit the weakest hardest.
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So the actual bar being discussed for juryless trials seems to be anything where the sentence is less than 5 years.
Anything less than 5 years would not require a jury and could be decided by a judge in a closed room.
Worth noting that 3 years is the top number for activists generally...
Anything less than 5 years would not require a jury and could be decided by a judge in a closed room.
Worth noting that 3 years is the top number for activists generally...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
So the actual bar being discussed for juryless trials seems to be anything where the sentence is less than 5 years.
Anything less than 5 years would not require a jury and could be decided by a judge in a closed room.
Worth noting that 3 years is the top number for activists generally...
Anything less than 5 years would not require a jury and could be decided by a judge in a closed room.
Worth noting that 3 years is the top number for activists generally...
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When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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No right to determine one's own gender
No right to privacy
No right to protest
No right to jury trial
No real transfer of power when a supposedly different party is elected
Does anyone recognise what this is yet?
No right to privacy
No right to protest
No right to jury trial
No real transfer of power when a supposedly different party is elected
Does anyone recognise what this is yet?
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
No right to determine one's own gender
No right to privacy
No right to protest
No right to jury trial
No real transfer of power when a supposedly different party is elected
Does anyone recognise what this is yet?
No right to privacy
No right to protest
No right to jury trial
No real transfer of power when a supposedly different party is elected
Does anyone recognise what this is yet?
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Perhaps naive and nostalgic of me but – was there not a point in the last decade or so when one would have expected (at least within the legal profession and the judiciary) – a far bolder defence of the rule of law?
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Perhaps naive and nostalgic of me but – was there not a point in the last decade or so when one would have expected (at least within the legal profession and the judiciary) – a far bolder defence of the rule of law?
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November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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We plan to return to him - or if he's unavailable another competition law KC - to draft an objection. The last thing Britain needs is yet further concentration of media ownership in Far Right hands. /2
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November 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We plan to return to him - or if he's unavailable another competition law KC - to draft an objection. The last thing Britain needs is yet further concentration of media ownership in Far Right hands. /2
Please support this vital work with a small monthly donation. goodlawproject.org/donate/
Please support this vital work with a small monthly donation. goodlawproject.org/donate/
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We commissioned advice from leading competition law specialist, George Peretz KC, when the Telegraph was first in play. Here's what he told us. 👇🏻 /1 goodlawproject.org/tory-ministe...
Tory Minister will determine fate of the Telegraph | Good Law Project
As bidders circle the ‘in-house journal’ of the Conservative Party, research commissioned by Good Law Project suggests Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer will have ‘considerable discretion’ over whether to...
goodlawproject.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We commissioned advice from leading competition law specialist, George Peretz KC, when the Telegraph was first in play. Here's what he told us. 👇🏻 /1 goodlawproject.org/tory-ministe...
"A propagandist who identifies as a journalist"
"A journalist who abuses her position to spread anti-trans rhetoric"
"A transphobe who pretends to be a serious writer"
"A journalist who abuses her position to spread anti-trans rhetoric"
"A transphobe who pretends to be a serious writer"
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"A propagandist who identifies as a journalist"
"A journalist who abuses her position to spread anti-trans rhetoric"
"A transphobe who pretends to be a serious writer"
"A journalist who abuses her position to spread anti-trans rhetoric"
"A transphobe who pretends to be a serious writer"
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Reform's polling isn't getting better. They're leading for sure but stagnation is occurring and I don't think we're anywhere near the ceiling for the Green Party. Heh heh heh.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Reform's polling isn't getting better. They're leading for sure but stagnation is occurring and I don't think we're anywhere near the ceiling for the Green Party. Heh heh heh.
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Tim Davie misled audience about the BBC’s supposed leftwing agenda | Good Law Project
Speaking at a book festival, the former director general suggested the BBC newsroom was full of BLM T-shirts and Kamala mugs. But that’s fake news.
goodlaw.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
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I very much doubt this is true.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I very much doubt this is true.
The BBC has, in the space of a few minutes, in its reporting about the innocent child victim in the Glinner case, completely destroyed any possible claim it is "too woke" or "not transphobic enough".
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In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.
It looks like that BBC page has been updated in the last few minutes, so that's no longer the last sentence. I think part of it has been moved to this paragraph in the middle of the article, and the age is no longer mentioned:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The BBC has, in the space of a few minutes, in its reporting about the innocent child victim in the Glinner case, completely destroyed any possible claim it is "too woke" or "not transphobic enough".
cc @fromtga.bsky.social
cc @fromtga.bsky.social
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In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.
It looks like that BBC page has been updated in the last few minutes, so that's no longer the last sentence. I think part of it has been moved to this paragraph in the middle of the article, and the age is no longer mentioned:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.
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"I only called my best mate n*****s as a term of endearment and when I said Hitler was right, I only meant about the trannies because we all hate them dont we"
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"I only called my best mate n*****s as a term of endearment and when I said Hitler was right, I only meant about the trannies because we all hate them dont we"