Thread by @MForstater

Back in September I made a complaint to the Parliamentary Commissioner of Standards about Crispin Blunt and the @APPGLGBT

https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1309783099757256705

When a parliamentary complaint is taken up you are sent a very stern letter saying you cant talk about it till the outcome comes out

The evidence & outcome was published in late February - the complaint was upheld: it was seen as inadvertent mistake

parliament.uk/globalassets/d…

We wrote about it here at @SexMattersOrg
sex-matters.org/posts/updates/…

@moveincircles has written about it @UnHerd

unherd.com/thepost/the-tr…

And @jameskirkup @spectator

spectator.co.uk/article/reveal…

I think the findings of the investigation that there was an inadvertent "delay" in publishing the report are quite generous

And the caveated apology buried in the back of the report is barely an apology

I don't think the Commissioner got the full picture of what was going on.

While Crispin Blunt told her it wasn't an APPG report at all, he and the other officers were telling parliament it was

https://twitter.com/APPGLGBT/status/1309509482934939649

While Crispin Blunt told her the report was all his own work (with a little help from the coordinator), it was presented to Ministers as being the agreed position of "Leading LGBT organisations"

The list of organisations has never been published.

He didn't miss a chance to mythologise about the well funded and emotive women

I have written back to the Commissioner of Parliamentary Standards to make sure she has the full picture

If she takes it up for further investigation I wont be able to tell you until the outcome comes out.

But you can read my letter

drive.google.com/file/d/1P3mfkY…