Sally Close
@sclose.bsky.social
Teacher, London. Anti-Brexit, anti-Tory, anti-Trump!
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Quite an important bit of context on the Equality Act sex and gender ruling today (taken from the press summary rather than the judgment proper, as it’s much more succinct – but it flags the relevant pars in the judgment at the end):
![Protection from Discrimination
This interpretation of the EA 2010 does not remove protection from trans people, with or
without a GRC. Trans people are protected from discrimination on the ground of gender
reassignment. They are also able to invoke the provisions on direct discrimination and
harassment, and indirect discrimination on the basis of sex. In the light of case law interpreting
the relevant provisions, a trans woman can claim sex discrimination because she is perceived
to be a woman. A certificated sex reading is not required to give this protection [248]-[263].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iriguxga3a3ngc4ezfk56knk/bafkreieb4piyl2zwqzwhti5ucy6dca4shwxxegvhlgewvoajpnw2pwvxfu@jpeg)
April 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Quite an important bit of context on the Equality Act sex and gender ruling today (taken from the press summary rather than the judgment proper, as it’s much more succinct – but it flags the relevant pars in the judgment at the end):
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👇👇👇👇👇
Is this the US speaking or Russia?
Thank you for the lessons, Mr Vance, but if you speak of democracy while supporting Europe's far right, you have no legitimacy. #MSC
www.politico.eu/article/us-v...
Thank you for the lessons, Mr Vance, but if you speak of democracy while supporting Europe's far right, you have no legitimacy. #MSC
www.politico.eu/article/us-v...
JD Vance attacks Europe over migration, free speech
JD Vance stunned the audience with his broadside on the way Europe is run.
www.politico.eu
February 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
👇👇👇👇👇
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Good work George.
“there are Neville Chamberlain’s in every generation”
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
February 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Good work George.
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A reminder that the BBC can still do accurate, informative analysis when it wants to.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A reminder that the BBC can still do accurate, informative analysis when it wants to.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It’s only now I realise Trump wants to move the population of Palestine to Greenland.
February 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It’s only now I realise Trump wants to move the population of Palestine to Greenland.
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Let’s just stop buying American products. We did it with South Africa. I’ve got zero interest in propping up an authoritarian regime. We’ve got plenty of countries we can trade with.
January 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Let’s just stop buying American products. We did it with South Africa. I’ve got zero interest in propping up an authoritarian regime. We’ve got plenty of countries we can trade with.
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This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.
January 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This is the only flag I’m flying today. For Janey. #Trumpisacunt Let’s make it trend.
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‘We’ve upset middle-class women of a certain age by mistake’
December 1, 2024 at 5:03 PM
‘We’ve upset middle-class women of a certain age by mistake’
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For the avoidance of doubt, there is *nothing* wrong with middle-class women of a certain age
December 1, 2024 at 12:16 PM
For the avoidance of doubt, there is *nothing* wrong with middle-class women of a certain age
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It's not often that the internet gets behind middle-class middle-aged women these days, but thanks to Gregg Wallace for making it happen.
December 1, 2024 at 1:05 PM
It's not often that the internet gets behind middle-class middle-aged women these days, but thanks to Gregg Wallace for making it happen.
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"Middle-class women of a certain age to the south-west, Sir. A handful of 'em."
December 1, 2024 at 4:17 PM
"Middle-class women of a certain age to the south-west, Sir. A handful of 'em."
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And THAT is exactly how people with a huge sense of entitlement regularly behave when they get caught out.
#JeremyClarkson
#JeremyClarkson
November 19, 2024 at 4:51 PM
And THAT is exactly how people with a huge sense of entitlement regularly behave when they get caught out.
#JeremyClarkson
#JeremyClarkson
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Interesting.
November 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Interesting.
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Final thoughts today. My conclusion is that many in the US have no idea what's coming for it. Can't/won't believe. 'The institutions will hold'. 'There's always the courts.' Let's hope so. But the plan is shock & awe. Think high-profile scapegoats, a climate of fear, institutional cowardice.
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Final thoughts today. My conclusion is that many in the US have no idea what's coming for it. Can't/won't believe. 'The institutions will hold'. 'There's always the courts.' Let's hope so. But the plan is shock & awe. Think high-profile scapegoats, a climate of fear, institutional cowardice.
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We’re continuing to test out #TomorrowsPapersToday over here this Sunday evening - please do follow @sgfmann.bsky.social for your look at the front pages..
an egg is reading a newspaper that says daily blurb on it
Alt: an egg is reading a newspaper that says daily blurb on it
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2024 at 7:01 PM
We’re continuing to test out #TomorrowsPapersToday over here this Sunday evening - please do follow @sgfmann.bsky.social for your look at the front pages..
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🎉
November 17, 2024 at 7:26 PM
🎉
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I don’t know how many times I’ve had the following conversation: Mr A: “Problem X is due to English education policy Y” Me: “It’s an international problem that occurs in countries with totally different policies to England” Mr A: “But Gove!”
A lot of discussion lately about the reasons for the decline of Eng Lit A-level.
Are the Gove curriculum & exam reforms to blame?
I don't think so, because the decline of Eng Lit / the humanities more broadly is a global trend.
More here.
Are the Gove curriculum & exam reforms to blame?
I don't think so, because the decline of Eng Lit / the humanities more broadly is a global trend.
More here.
The fall of Eng Lit
What is the cause, is it a problem - and if so, what can we do about it?
buff.ly
November 16, 2024 at 7:54 PM
I don’t know how many times I’ve had the following conversation: Mr A: “Problem X is due to English education policy Y” Me: “It’s an international problem that occurs in countries with totally different policies to England” Mr A: “But Gove!”
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Since I appear to have acquired a bunch of new followers today, I'm reposting this morning's column, on Trump and the aggravation of Brexit as strategic self-harm in a fractured the west. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s victory has fractured the western order – leaving Brexit Britain badly exposed | Rafael Behr
To navigate the dangerous new era, Keir Starmer must end the culture of denial around the biggest strategic mistake of modern times, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Since I appear to have acquired a bunch of new followers today, I'm reposting this morning's column, on Trump and the aggravation of Brexit as strategic self-harm in a fractured the west. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Phew! Well, now that I've decided to move here properly from Ex, I guess I'd better introduce myself. I've been an environmental journalist since 1985, and a campaigner for most of that time. Here's some blah about my strange and not-always-happy life: www.monbiot.com/about/%F0%9F...
https://www.monbiot.com/about/🧵
November 13, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Phew! Well, now that I've decided to move here properly from Ex, I guess I'd better introduce myself. I've been an environmental journalist since 1985, and a campaigner for most of that time. Here's some blah about my strange and not-always-happy life: www.monbiot.com/about/%F0%9F...
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November 13, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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Am coming round to the view that Elon Musk is going to be one of the better Trump nominations
November 13, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Am coming round to the view that Elon Musk is going to be one of the better Trump nominations
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America's starting to feel like the bathtub scene in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
November 13, 2024 at 8:50 PM
America's starting to feel like the bathtub scene in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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TRIVIA: If confirmed as Trump’s attorney general, Matt Gaetz would make history as the first-ever Cabinet secretary to lead a department that previously investigated him for sex trafficking
November 13, 2024 at 8:39 PM
TRIVIA: If confirmed as Trump’s attorney general, Matt Gaetz would make history as the first-ever Cabinet secretary to lead a department that previously investigated him for sex trafficking
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Bluesky is a PBC (public benefit corporation) with the mission “to develop and drive large-scale adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.”
From the start, our goal has been to build a decentralized social network that is usable by the mainstream.
From the start, our goal has been to build a decentralized social network that is usable by the mainstream.
November 13, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Bluesky is a PBC (public benefit corporation) with the mission “to develop and drive large-scale adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.”
From the start, our goal has been to build a decentralized social network that is usable by the mainstream.
From the start, our goal has been to build a decentralized social network that is usable by the mainstream.