The Big Nosed Bard From Barking
The Roaring Forty | 1983-2023 | Out Now
Jul 3 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, I’d like to draw your attention to something really radical that is on offer tomorrow: 1/8
the opportunity to consign the Tories into third place in parliament. If the Liberal Democrats win more seats than the Tories, they will become the official opposition. That will give the LibDems the right to six questions a week at PMQs, 2/8
Apr 21 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
On 17 April, Dr Hilary Cass and her team met with LGBTQ+ support organisations to address misconceptions about her report. The responses given do not support claims made for the Cass Review by anti-trans activists 🧵
Q: Is the Cass Review advocating for all trans healthcare for 18-25 year olds to be stopped?
A: “No. Cass made recommendations to NHS England. NHS England is now responsible for reviewing them and deciding if, how, and when aspects would come into effect.”
Apr 11 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Anti-trans activists waving Cass Report demand a rethink of Gillick & the sacking of anyone who stands up for trans rights, yet Cass says there is not enough evidence on which to make clinical decisions either way. That evidence lies in trans community. Will they be listened to?
Spent a couple of days this week trying to explain to people expressing their gender critical views why I believe they can sometimes be described as anti-trans activists. It all got a bit strung out, so I thought I'd pull my argument together in a single thread 🧵
First some background: On 23/1 Network Rail unveiled a Pride Pillar at London Bridge Station, an art installation aimed at educating people about LGBT+ flags and communities. Its purpose was to celebrate inclusion during LGBT+ history month networkrail.co.uk/stories/london…
May 31, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Watching the Gender Wars doc last night, I was struck by the similarity between the experiences of Kathleen Stock and the trans woman Katy Jon Went. Both testified how they had struggled with their designated sexuality and gender 1/10
Went sought a number of therapies to avoid changing her body, but only when as a last resort she transitioned did she find instant relief. Likewise Stock spoke of how coming out as a lesbian made her comfortable with herself “I felt like a different person” 2/10
Jul 4, 2019 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Been getting some negative responses to my comment that Chris Williamson is part of the problem that Labour has with anti-semitism, rather than the solution. Here's a thread explaining why I believe this to be the case.
2. For those who don't know, the MP was suspended because of 'a pattern of behaviour' that included his complaint that the Labour Party had been 'too apologetic' about anti-semitism within its ranks
