pickwick
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just another angry glaswegian leftie
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The NHS loses a doctor but gains [checks notes] sorry, gets to keep a nurse who, as well as being transphobic, is a massively racist and homophobic liability to her employers, costing the NHS/taxpayers thousands upon thousands just to pander to her bigotry.
Anas Sarwar and JKR will be delighted.
Anas Sarwar and JKR will be delighted.
The disgustingly trans-hostile UK media are now hounding a trans doctor - who has already had the media spotlight on her as a victim of transphobia - because she’s decided to quit and flee the country to get away from the relentless transphobia! 😣😖
The UK media are BULLIES! 😤
The UK media are BULLIES! 😤
February 15, 2026 at 8:55 AM
The NHS loses a doctor but gains [checks notes] sorry, gets to keep a nurse who, as well as being transphobic, is a massively racist and homophobic liability to her employers, costing the NHS/taxpayers thousands upon thousands just to pander to her bigotry.
Anas Sarwar and JKR will be delighted.
Anas Sarwar and JKR will be delighted.
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The key thing about this story isn’t actually what the PR firm did - awful as it is - it’s that the journalists they smeared *were investigating the undeclared funding that brought Starmer to power*
That’s why Josh Simons commissioned them
To stop reporting on Labour Together breaking election law
That’s why Josh Simons commissioned them
To stop reporting on Labour Together breaking election law
Sunday Times splashing today with story about Labour Together paying for a smear campaign against journalists investigating its undeclared funding
Democracy for Sale broke story 10 days ago and we’ve been reporting on it ever since😊
Now we need proper accountability!
democracyforsale.substack.com
Democracy for Sale broke story 10 days ago and we’ve been reporting on it ever since😊
Now we need proper accountability!
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The key thing about this story isn’t actually what the PR firm did - awful as it is - it’s that the journalists they smeared *were investigating the undeclared funding that brought Starmer to power*
That’s why Josh Simons commissioned them
To stop reporting on Labour Together breaking election law
That’s why Josh Simons commissioned them
To stop reporting on Labour Together breaking election law
Anyone daft enough to sign up to this probably deserves whoever they get
No swiping involved: the AI dating apps promising to find your soulmate
No swiping involved: the AI dating apps promising to find your soulmate
Agentic AI apps first interview you and then give you limited matches selected for ‘similarity and reciprocity of personality’
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Anyone daft enough to sign up to this probably deserves whoever they get
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I think the most consistent pattern in legal cases in the past year is a complete refusal by judges to take trans people's human rights seriously. The consequences of being named publicly as a trans person in a high profile case were dismissed for both Dr Upton and Rose Henderson.
February 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM
I think the most consistent pattern in legal cases in the past year is a complete refusal by judges to take trans people's human rights seriously. The consequences of being named publicly as a trans person in a high profile case were dismissed for both Dr Upton and Rose Henderson.
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Just to reiterate that all you need to know about UK class system is that Lord of the Flies is read as a comment about human nature and not about how inept and bullying public school boys can be.
February 15, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Just to reiterate that all you need to know about UK class system is that Lord of the Flies is read as a comment about human nature and not about how inept and bullying public school boys can be.
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Pretending the rise of the far right and the focus on issues such as immigration or trans people comes from the "legitimate concerns" of "the people" is not just factually wrong, it's a deeply political point
Refusing to see this as primarily top down processes is to protect the status quo
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Refusing to see this as primarily top down processes is to protect the status quo
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February 15, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Pretending the rise of the far right and the focus on issues such as immigration or trans people comes from the "legitimate concerns" of "the people" is not just factually wrong, it's a deeply political point
Refusing to see this as primarily top down processes is to protect the status quo
1/
Refusing to see this as primarily top down processes is to protect the status quo
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Mandelson was his best man
February 15, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Mandelson was his best man
I thought I read something about Trevor Phillips maybe being in implicated in some scandal but I've forgotten which. Too many scandals.
February 15, 2026 at 10:51 AM
I thought I read something about Trevor Phillips maybe being in implicated in some scandal but I've forgotten which. Too many scandals.
The fact that Four Women Scotland are celebrating having driven Dr Upton out of the NHS should tell the media everything about their actual aims
February 15, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The fact that Four Women Scotland are celebrating having driven Dr Upton out of the NHS should tell the media everything about their actual aims
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Every single person involved in this hate campaign and everyone who has supported them - Anas Sarwar, for example - needs to be run out of public life the way they've run Dr Upton out the NHS. Being trans isn't a risk factor for people around you; this obsessive hate absolutely is.
Susan Smith of For Women Scotland is quoted in this piece saying that Dr Upton leaving the NHS will be "a relief to female patients."
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
Trans doc at centre of landmark Sandi Peggie court battle quits NHS
THE trans medic at the heart of a changing room war that cost taxpayers a staggering £400,000 has walked out on the NHS. NHS Fife bosses racked up the eye-watering bill in a failed bid to hush up n…
www.thescottishsun.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Every single person involved in this hate campaign and everyone who has supported them - Anas Sarwar, for example - needs to be run out of public life the way they've run Dr Upton out the NHS. Being trans isn't a risk factor for people around you; this obsessive hate absolutely is.
She *thinks* she's bothsidesing it in public, but still gives away that she thinks trans people are only OK if they "stay under the radar", and also that telling kids that many trans people "pass" is misleading them??
February 15, 2026 at 9:25 AM
She *thinks* she's bothsidesing it in public, but still gives away that she thinks trans people are only OK if they "stay under the radar", and also that telling kids that many trans people "pass" is misleading them??
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Children 'weaponised' in toxic trans debate, Cass says
Clinician Dr Hilary Cass says
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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the account which posted this appears to be an AI agent farming karma before it turns into an advertising bot
lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard
February 15, 2026 at 4:36 AM
the account which posted this appears to be an AI agent farming karma before it turns into an advertising bot
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Taking a moment to marvel at the photography of Harry Gruyaert.
February 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Taking a moment to marvel at the photography of Harry Gruyaert.
This is fun
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hot new brain workout
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February 15, 2026 at 12:02 AM
This is fun
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Ever since the bsky app updated, videos on my timeline keep unmuting??
February 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Ever since the bsky app updated, videos on my timeline keep unmuting??
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the really annoying part is there’s a really good chance this was filmed in glasgow
FATHER AND FARTHER ARE NOT HOMONYMS
February 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
the really annoying part is there’s a really good chance this was filmed in glasgow
Yet another reminder that none of these anti-trans guys give a single shit about protecting women
Exclusive: Labour politicians raised concerns about Keir Starmer’s plans to give Matthew Doyle a peerage in the weeks before it was confirmed, citing intimidating behaviour, particularly towards women.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
MPs and peers complained to whips over Starmer plans to m...
The veteran Labour strategist has been accused by several former staffers of abusive behaviour
observer.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Yet another reminder that none of these anti-trans guys give a single shit about protecting women
It would be absolutely mad to ban kids from all social media but let schools have X accounts
Why are Scottish schools still using Twitter when the site was used to create deepfake sexual images of children? Why is the Scottish government permitting this? Why are councils permitting this? Why are teachers permitting this? If you care about the safety of children get off that site right now.
February 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
It would be absolutely mad to ban kids from all social media but let schools have X accounts
FATHER AND FARTHER ARE NOT HOMONYMS
February 14, 2026 at 9:37 PM
FATHER AND FARTHER ARE NOT HOMONYMS
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According to SNP for North Ayrshire Labour joined with Reform in a bid to form an administration on North Ayrshire Council Their attempt to run the Council was stopped when more Councillors supported the formation of a new SNP administration 👇
February 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
According to SNP for North Ayrshire Labour joined with Reform in a bid to form an administration on North Ayrshire Council Their attempt to run the Council was stopped when more Councillors supported the formation of a new SNP administration 👇
I thought it was dystopian when I saw these things on a building site about 10 years ago but at least they were outside and also didn't have SAFER plastered all over them
Dystopian future in Boots with the SAFER POD S3 dominating the aisles.
Put down the cleanser. You have 10 seconds to comply. You have 5 seconds to comply.
Put down the cleanser. You have 10 seconds to comply. You have 5 seconds to comply.
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I thought it was dystopian when I saw these things on a building site about 10 years ago but at least they were outside and also didn't have SAFER plastered all over them
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So the court rules on trans rights, and the Labour government claims they are powerless, but the court rules on Palestine Action, and the government wants to fight it?
February 13, 2026 at 10:58 AM
So the court rules on trans rights, and the Labour government claims they are powerless, but the court rules on Palestine Action, and the government wants to fight it?
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The sass of the person writing the minute by minute on England v Scotland is to be admired
February 14, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The sass of the person writing the minute by minute on England v Scotland is to be admired