@siobhanwalsh.bsky.social
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NHS Doctor (1983-2019). Aspiring Eco - Warrior/poet/singer-MDANT 🏅
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siobhanwalsh.bsky.social
Interesting to see who is sharing this on ‘X’ - Cherry, Rheindorf etc
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mimmymum.bsky.social
Yesterday, the Council of Europe criticised the EHRC for failing to protect trans people.

So today, Kishwer Falkner and the EHRC doubled down, pressuring the government to fast-track new trans-exclusionary legal guidance! 😬😳

🔗 news.communication.equalityhumanrights.com/2A33D7DE5117...
Update on Code of practice for services, public functions and associations
Wednesday 15 October 2025
We have written to the Minister for Women and Equalities, asking that they revoke the 2011 code of practice for services, public functions and associations and lay our updated version of the code as soon as possible so that it has legal status.
Read the letter to Minster and further details about today's announcement
Tomorrow, Thursday 16 October, marks six months since the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers and six weeks since the draft code was sent to the minister.
The submitted code is an accurate reflection of the law and takes into account consultations that heard from over 50,000 organisations, legal professionals and individuals across England, Scotland and Wales.
The UK government is responsible for the process that will result in the updated code becoming statutory. The new Code will be the expert guide to how duty bearers can make sure that they follow the law. It will supersede the previous code.
You can read more about what will happen next, and the work that we have already done, on our website.
Read about our work on the meaning of sex in the Equality Act
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ameresolicitor.bsky.social
Phillipson is scared being transphobic will harm her deputy leadership bid and hasn’t actioned this…

…and the EHRC have been publicly called out by the Council of Europe because the position puts human rights at risk…

…so someone is getting desperate.
equalityhumanright.bsky.social
We've written to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to request the government to revoke the 2011 services code and make our updated version statutory. It accurately reflects the law and updated guidance is urgently needed: www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...
siobhanwalsh.bsky.social
Looks like the EHRC are getting impatient with @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social eh ? Perhaps heard the rumour she’s procrastinating till the deputy leadership contest is resolved
siobhanwalsh.bsky.social
A thread very worth reading which is easily understood by those ( like me) without legal knowledge
robertbohan.bsky.social
This is a very important legal case, whereby the enforcement of equal human rights for trans ppl, ruled by the European Court of Human Rights, is actually carried out by the British govt. Having not done so, as legally required, brings the British state into disrepute, & undermines human rights.
humanrightsvicky.bsky.social
ANNOUNCEMENT
This evening, 14/10/25 the Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective and the Trans Exile Network have taken the next step in the struggle to restore the human rights, dignity & safety of UK trans people.
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goodlawproject.org
Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.
siobhanwalsh.bsky.social
Nice, I think @weegingerdug.bsky.social used to have that on his column but I don’t see it now. Thought about buying one too. I can see it on old posts on X but not on recent ones here
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gemmaclark.bsky.social
Honestly, I’ve been banging on about this for years. They have been desperately trying to scupper our buffer zone laws with stunt arrests and legal cases. Human rights orgs in USA have them a designated extremist hate group.
emmahaslett.bsky.social
This is a huge story but massively under the radar in the UK.

A US Christian legal org called the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is working to roll back abortion rights here using the same playbook it used in the US: briefing politicians, watching, waiting.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.
www.nytimes.com
siobhanwalsh.bsky.social
I’m in Scotland and I’ve been reading the daily letters since she started them- daily . Drops in about 7 am here
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bellacaledonia.bsky.social
The grotesque spectacle of those who have waged and financed genocide gathering to engage in sycophancy and backslapping is nauseating.
open.substack.com/pub/fiftysix...
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kathyodonnell.bsky.social
If it is correct that Bridget Phillipson is sitting on the new, post Supreme Court ruling EHRC guidance on trans rights (and I think it v. plausible) so as not to lose deputy leadership votes of pro-LGBT+ MPs, then not only is that sickeningly cynical, but guidance must be off-the-scale extreme.
siobhanwalsh.bsky.social
I still buy box sets - avoids all the ads too and better quality than streaming. Mind you I also have a video player/tapes and a record player and tons of vinyl. And I buy physical books always.
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sethcotlar.bsky.social
Great thread on the distinctive political culture of Portland, by a US historian who is very much from Portland.
ceaubin.bsky.social
What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:

I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.

So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
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markjacob.bsky.social
Trump, speaking in the Israeli parliament, boasts about the weapons the U.S. has provided and says "you obviously used them very well."
An estimated 20,000 children have died in the war in Gaza.
siobhanwalsh.bsky.social
Alba know they’re finished so they’re milking this situation for all the grievance they can,meanwhile the Herald had 2 articles even before the ‘In memoriam’ accusing the SNP of air brushing Salmond, who got 2 seconds less time than other distinguished politicians who were actually still in the SNP
siobhanwalsh.bsky.social
Absolutely this
danigaravelli.bsky.social
It will never cease to amaze/disappoint me (although let's face it, I ought to be used to it) how some men who cast themselves as champions of women are willing to ignore the behaviour of their idols and trash anyone who does otherwise.
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Nigel Farage on Russia Today.
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sundersays.bsky.social
Having illustrated the problem of X ignoring its legal duties, I want to build an effective coalition for intervention. If you are or know people on X receiving racist abuse, rape threats, I would welcome receipts of one rejected attempt to report to the platform an indefensible case
sundersays.bsky.social
Thanks for this kind note. I hope to do something useful with this by Nov/Dec (new Ofcom powers, new EHRC chair). I'd like more women + ethnic minorities to go through (futile) process of reporting shocking stuff (eg rape threats, p-word, n-word) & share receipts with me of one egregious example