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George McEwan
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Mountaineering Instructor (WMCI). Personal account. All views & opinions expressed my own. Native anarchist. He/him.
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goodlawproject.org
The line our disgraceful press NEVER quotes from the For (Some) Women Scotland decision finally gets its day in the sun.
goodlawproject.org Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 4d
This is a real disaster for those - pretty much the entirety of the British media - advancing a maximalist reading of the For (Some) Women Scotland decision.
796. Thirdly, the claimant’s contention was in our view not consistent with the court’s comment that “we have concluded that a biological sex interpretation would not have the effect of disadvantaging or removing important protection under the EA 2010 from trans people (whether with or without a GRC).” 797. After that comment the court explained that a person with gender reassignment as a protected characteristic could pursue a claim of direct or indirect discrimination, or of harassment, if the circumstances so warranted. There was no qualification to it to the effect that that was not applicable in, for example, the context of a single sex space under Part 5 of the Act. If their decision had been that all trans persons must be excluded from the changing rooms or toilets for the sex they identify with because it was not the sex assigned at birth, and may also be excluded from the changing rooms or toilets of their biological sex, that in our view certainly does impact on their rights under section 7. 798. Were the claimant’s contention to be correct that would have the effect of materially reducing the extent to which that protected characteristic could be relied on by trans persons, to their disadvantage. What was desired by the trans person when living their life may not be permitted in a large number of practical instances, and would not have been consistent with the view expressed by Lady Hale in Work and Pensions, and the line of authority in relation to human rights. Such a construction in our view would also not be consistent with the interpretation of the Equal Treatment Directive from the CJEU and its predecessor as referred to above, which remains as assimilated law, and would not be consistent with a purposive interpretation still required. The development of the law in relation to what is now the protected characteristic of gender reassignment is set out above. At the very least we would have expected these considerations to have been addressed speci…
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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ncdominie.bsky.social
An important side issue: as someone with intermittent mobility issues, your options when flying are (a) wheelchair or (b) nothing.* If you can't risk having to dash for a departure gate, you need (a).

* Some airlines combine the two options by losing or breaking the wheelchair.
flyingrodent.bsky.social flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 4d
A constant blazing terror that somewhere, somebody might be getting a free cheese sandwich. Or indeed brief use of a wheelchair.
The vexatious imbecile Johnson: What the ETTING in the off a plane US the other day, I noticed a lot of people waiting at the door. They were all tabarded airport staff, and they had wheelchairs. all That's strange, I thought. It looked as touentrev mysterious rise in the numbers As we went up the jet bridge there were more and more wheelchairs, like the lobby of a geriatric hospital. wondered varuey aloud to one or ce alport stan. wny do so many people seem to require this type of assistance these days? It's just i those things, ne of passensers are asking for saem Some flights - he mentioned Toronto to Miam! wheelchair use. Imost 40 per It seemed like ar ucure. but I didn't the winter migration, of flocks of Cana-plane for a burst of Plorida sunshine demanding wheelchairs to get to their They think they are being taken for mugs plane tells us months later. I thought no more about the phenomenon. Apparently, it is everywhere. There is about the ever in insatiable popular hunger, at almost airlines are starting to get fed up. Tre spiralling costof many or their passengers are incapable of getting on to the plane using their own two feet. They think they are being taken for and that at least some of these the welfare state
December 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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goodlawproject.org
If you are addicted to heroin you can have your blood tested to help you manage the health risks. But if you are a child trying to access healthcare, in line with international norms, Wes Streeting's position is that you "must" be treated worse.
goodlawproject.org Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 4d
The Times yesterday, on how trans kids, denied the healthcare they need, are buying black market hormones.

Of course, this is *exactly* what everyone said would happen. And its risks are dramatically amplified by Streeting telling GPs they must stop offering blood tests.
“He didn’t have the money, so they paid for him to get some black market oestrogen,” Fiona said. “He got it sent to a friend who passed it on at school. And he managed to get shots and syringes from an STD clinic.” Experts are increasingly concerned that an illicit trade in black market cross-sex hormones is thriving as the NHS clamps down on prescriptions of the drugs for fear of long-term side effects.
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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goodlawproject.org
Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.

She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board and another (judgment and summary) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Case number: 4104864/2024 Employment Tribunal, Scotland 8 December 2025 Before: Employment Judge A KempTribunal Member L BrownTribunal Member C Russell Between: Mrs Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board...
www.judiciary.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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afaulds.bsky.social
This should not be getting live reporting and it shouldn't be the BBC's headline story (I checked incognito so it's not just that I'm signed in to a Scotland-based account), absolutely damning indictment of our ridiculous media that it is - to say nothing of the complete pish claims about who won.
December 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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scotnational.bsky.social
Reform UK are running a 'cash for access scheme in all but name', a senior SNP MP has alleged
'Cash for access' row as Reform UK open 'exclusive' £10k membership club
www.thenational.scot
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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helenczerski.bsky.social
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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natacha.bsky.social
PSA…
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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goodlawproject.org
'The CPS has named Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe, saying they followed the script provided to Nathan Gill... when giving interviews to... a pro-Russian TV channel in March 2019."

How many apples have to be rotten before you discard the barrel?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
I feel compelled to write a review thread 🧵 for The Liz Truss Show because in the madness of the content, other aspects - vital aspects - are being missed.

1. The Aesthetics

Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
coldclimbs.bsky.social
Closed event evading the press dare the frog faced twat to show himself in public.
December 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
“What do I do now for a home? I'm homeless.”

Hemsby is collapsing to the climate crisis and government inaction. Yet the people who did the least to cause this are paying the price. We're taking legal action to force Starmer to step up:
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
December 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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kristiedegaris.bsky.social
7/7

'Nature cure' is a quiet form of erasure. And a cop-out.

The land is there, it can hold us, but it cannot remake the world. Only we can do that.

END
December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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sloanelysbeth.bsky.social
if you don't hate trans ppl...

if hearing foreign languages being spoken doesn't make you paranoid or anxious...

if you think 'i do not want to be pregnant' is reason enough for an abortion...

if you think disabled ppl should be supported financially...

keir starmer thinks you are 'nuts'.
black and white cover photo for keir starmer's latest interview he's stood in a hallway wearing a white shirt and a black jacket. one fist is clenched. the words 'gloves off' are printed in yellow just below his fist it all looks pathetic as fuck
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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scotnational.bsky.social
Malcolm Offord claimed more than £34,000 from the taxpayer for attending the House of Lords in the space of seven months, The National can reveal
Revealed: Scottish peer's £34k expense bill before defecting to Reform UK
www.thenational.scot
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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nionwomen.bsky.social
📢 NION Women Statement on trans women and girls being excluded from Girlguiding and the Women's Institute.

We are deeply saddened that both Girlguiding and @womensinstitute.bsky.social have been placed under pressure that has resulted in trans women and girls being excluded from their organisations
Today, we are deeply saddened that both Girlguiding and the Women’s Institute have been put in a position that has resulted in trans women and girls being excluded from their organisations. Image of older woman hugging younger girl
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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andrew.sharpe.scot
I might understand supporting Labour in England if your only alternative was Reform (it's really not).

But in Scotland and Wales? There's no such excuse. The SNP, Scottish Greens, Plaid are all better choices.

This is a new low for Starmer's party.
willaminawallace.bsky.social willaminawallace.bsky.social @willaminawallace.bsky.social · 25d
… there is no “golden ticket”… Bt

There is a dog whistle called “golden ticket”
They are “stopping “ something that never existed

If anyone spoke to asylum seekers.. (I worked with them) .. they are given less than the bare minimum & are housed in flea pits .. it’s actually deeply inhumane
November 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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greenpeteru.bsky.social
We need more Council houses in towns and cities, but instead Labour will concrete over the countryside to build more unaffordable mansions

If you care about our green spaces, our green belt, and our green fields, then you have to vote Green
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nature is not a blocker to housing growth, MPs find
The Environmental Audit Committee found the government's measures are not enough to meet targets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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bylines.scot
"Why don’t we fight back? Because land is power. Every single piece of credible research says that Scots overwhelmingly do want to fight back. Land reform is wildly popular, supported by overwhelming majorities. Yet still it doesn’t happen. Why?"

#LandReform
#Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Land is power – Scotland’s people have none
Land isn't just about wealth and justice, it's about power. Scotland is cut off from its own land resources and hence is poorer as a nation
bylines.scot
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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aaronparnas.bsky.social
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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alpineclub.bsky.social
You can now enjoy a video tour of our exhibition 'What Would Lucy Say?', which looks at the history of female participation in the Alpine Club ➡️ youtu.be/OL26clDQDUk

The exhibition was held in late 2024 and early 2025 to mark 50 years since the Club's merger with the Ladies' Alpine Club.
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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sturdyalex.bsky.social
Oh. yeah. We should definitely vote in this demigod to run the country. 😂
Screengrab fom LFF: "Nigel Farage skips Parliament to go to hard-right US conference but misses speaking slot Olivia Barber Farage arrived in Washington DC too late to speak Nigel Farage skipped the start of the first week back in Parliament to attend a hard-right conference in the US, only to miss his speaking slot due to “transport issues”. Farage was supposed to give a speech at the National Conservatism conference yesterday, but was a no show due to arriving in Washington DC too late. According to The Mirror, Farage was scheduled to speak about “getting mass deportations done”, alongside Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence Tusli Gabbard and his former advisor Steve Bannon."
September 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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wulfhelm.bsky.social
Current state of UK political discourse.
September 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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emilynordmann.bsky.social
Did I get obsessed with the Munro #TidyTuesday and go on a @walkhighlands.co.uk deep dive (gratefully with their consent)?

Yes.

Did I have to migrate my website from Hugo to Quarto to make interactive plots work?

Yes.

Was it worth it?

Yes.

Code & more at www.emilynordmann.com/post/2025-08...
September 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM