Ms Anfield Park
@msanfieldpark.bsky.social
Pauline Powell. Retired non practising solicitor. Worked in local government environmental & regulation - Licensing, Consumer Protection, Public Health, Health&Safety….
Loves France, LFC, Arts & Crafts/decorative arts, cooking….
Loves France, LFC, Arts & Crafts/decorative arts, cooking….
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So much of the commentary on the FWS judgment has been driven by reflexive responses to the outcome, but there are so many gaps and leaps in its reasoning that it will spawn litigation for years to come - @aoifemod.bsky.social and I flag some failings in judge craft:
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
December 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
So much of the commentary on the FWS judgment has been driven by reflexive responses to the outcome, but there are so many gaps and leaps in its reasoning that it will spawn litigation for years to come - @aoifemod.bsky.social and I flag some failings in judge craft:
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/ni...
“She said she expected both service providers and people using these services to "follow the rules". “
Guidance is what it says on the tin: guidance. Not rules. Not binding.
The head of an organisation responsible for drafting guidance really ought to know this & not use language that so misleads.
Guidance is what it says on the tin: guidance. Not rules. Not binding.
The head of an organisation responsible for drafting guidance really ought to know this & not use language that so misleads.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said "things could be sorted out if there is goodwill and recognition that everybody has rights".
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
“She said she expected both service providers and people using these services to "follow the rules". “
Guidance is what it says on the tin: guidance. Not rules. Not binding.
The head of an organisation responsible for drafting guidance really ought to know this & not use language that so misleads.
Guidance is what it says on the tin: guidance. Not rules. Not binding.
The head of an organisation responsible for drafting guidance really ought to know this & not use language that so misleads.
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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So Robin Ince has to resign for basically being a decent human being but Sharron Davies still commentates on the swimming?
December 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
So Robin Ince has to resign for basically being a decent human being but Sharron Davies still commentates on the swimming?
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Having to resign from a BBC science show after 16 years and 33 seasons, for not being a transphobe is where we are as a country.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Having to resign from a BBC science show after 16 years and 33 seasons, for not being a transphobe is where we are as a country.
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The Scottish charity Equality Network (@scottishtrans.bsky.social) has produced this excellent explainer on Peggie v NHS Fife.
www.equality-network.org/a-short-summ...
www.equality-network.org/a-short-summ...
A short summary of the Sandie Peggie V. Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton employment tribunal judgment - Equality Network
You may have seen in the news that a judgment has been handed down in the Sandie Peggie v NHS Fife case. Most of the […]
www.equality-network.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Scottish charity Equality Network (@scottishtrans.bsky.social) has produced this excellent explainer on Peggie v NHS Fife.
www.equality-network.org/a-short-summ...
www.equality-network.org/a-short-summ...
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My colleague reviewed a paper for the journal Climate and discovered it has been written by AI (citations that didn’t exist). Not only did the journal keep the paper, they asked her to re-review it. We are so cooked.
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
My colleague reviewed a paper for the journal Climate and discovered it has been written by AI (citations that didn’t exist). Not only did the journal keep the paper, they asked her to re-review it. We are so cooked.
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Boy, the Prime Minister who’s repeatedly said that growth is his number one priority will be furious when he hears about this!
Government has now - belatedly -published the impact assessment for the changes to skilled worker and care worker visas announced in May.
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Boy, the Prime Minister who’s repeatedly said that growth is his number one priority will be furious when he hears about this!
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Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
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If the reporting on the Peggie decision tells us anything, it should be that the way news gets reported in this country has little to do with truth, and much more to do with narrative - as well as whose heavily spun press release lands on journos desks first.
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If the reporting on the Peggie decision tells us anything, it should be that the way news gets reported in this country has little to do with truth, and much more to do with narrative - as well as whose heavily spun press release lands on journos desks first.
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If Farage becomes PM, there is a risk. He gave a speaking slot at the Reform UK Party Conference to Aseem Malhotra—who falsely claims Covid vaccines did more harm than good (they saved an estimated 20 million lives) & who is chief medical adviser to MAHA Action, a US campaign group supporting RFK Jr
Grim and foreshadows what might happen in the UK.
I think the *speed* at which RFK Jr and his Great Barrington Declaration/anti-vaxx/Brownstone wrecking crew have been dismantling the US public health system has been really astonishing
December 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
If Farage becomes PM, there is a risk. He gave a speaking slot at the Reform UK Party Conference to Aseem Malhotra—who falsely claims Covid vaccines did more harm than good (they saved an estimated 20 million lives) & who is chief medical adviser to MAHA Action, a US campaign group supporting RFK Jr
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BREAKING🚨: Nigel Farage has received a record £9 million donation from Thai-based crypto CEO Christopher Harbone.
Nigel Farage has proposed cutting taxes and regulations on the crypto industry.
Nigel Farage has proposed cutting taxes and regulations on the crypto industry.
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
BREAKING🚨: Nigel Farage has received a record £9 million donation from Thai-based crypto CEO Christopher Harbone.
Nigel Farage has proposed cutting taxes and regulations on the crypto industry.
Nigel Farage has proposed cutting taxes and regulations on the crypto industry.
Last week driving from Bristol to Liverpool, a journey we have made countless times, we diverted for the first time to the New Gallery in Walsall. I wish I’d known their collection before, and share with you in case you dont know it either. What a joy & the staff are all great. I will return, often
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Last week driving from Bristol to Liverpool, a journey we have made countless times, we diverted for the first time to the New Gallery in Walsall. I wish I’d known their collection before, and share with you in case you dont know it either. What a joy & the staff are all great. I will return, often
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Ho ho ho, Merry Colleaguemas. Come work with us. We're great.
The University of Bristol Law School has three academic posts. The adverts close at midnight on the 4th January 2026.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Ho ho ho, Merry Colleaguemas. Come work with us. We're great.
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BREAKING: New police cover up details surrounding Hillsborough disaster revealed in major new investigation
Landmark report confirms appalling actions of police officers from two forces before, during and after 1989 tragedy led to the unlawful killing of 97 Liverpool fans
Full story:
Landmark report confirms appalling actions of police officers from two forces before, during and after 1989 tragedy led to the unlawful killing of 97 Liverpool fans
Full story:
New police cover up details over Hillsborough disaster exposed
Landmark new report confirms appalling actions of police officers from two forces before, during and after 1989 tragedy led to the unlawful killing of 97 Liverpool fans and subsequent attempts to blam...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
BREAKING: New police cover up details surrounding Hillsborough disaster revealed in major new investigation
Landmark report confirms appalling actions of police officers from two forces before, during and after 1989 tragedy led to the unlawful killing of 97 Liverpool fans
Full story:
Landmark report confirms appalling actions of police officers from two forces before, during and after 1989 tragedy led to the unlawful killing of 97 Liverpool fans
Full story:
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A good piece. But I do wonder what the Windrush Commissioner is doing about this and what the current level of communication between him and Shabana Mahmood's Home Office is on immigration justice generally.
From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, Britain is still tearing Caribbean families apart | Nadine White
Leaving eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown homeless and cut off from her mother should never have been sanctioned by the state, says journalist and film-maker Nadine White
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A good piece. But I do wonder what the Windrush Commissioner is doing about this and what the current level of communication between him and Shabana Mahmood's Home Office is on immigration justice generally.
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
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As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
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I thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
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This thread took an unexpected turn 🤭
1 December is the day we must mark the sad passing 504 years ago of Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici – or Pope Leo X, as he was also known. Leo was not one of those popes memorable for a sordid life, but is known for two things. Firstly, this:
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This thread took an unexpected turn 🤭
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Are men too emotional to play sport? Hard to say
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Are men too emotional to play sport? Hard to say
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Depriving disabled children of support, it's the Shabana Mahmood way
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
Woman cancels all benefits including disability living allowance for daughter after policy change announcement
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Depriving disabled children of support, it's the Shabana Mahmood way
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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My experience of life in the UK has been of a successful multicultural society, which makes it mad that the broad consensus of the people in power is that we need to undo all this.
In 9 years so far in the UK I lived/worked/become friends with/married (just once 😉) people from England, Scotland, China, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Nigeria, Malawi, Russia, Germany, Greece, etc. We need to fight to preserve this against those who want to put an end to it.
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
My experience of life in the UK has been of a successful multicultural society, which makes it mad that the broad consensus of the people in power is that we need to undo all this.
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Just an absolute joke of a newspaper these days
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Just an absolute joke of a newspaper these days