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Alyssa
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🏳️‍⚧️ Woman from Manchester, UK 😊
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adambienkov.bsky.social
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
thegmcconnachie.bsky.social Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 16h
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
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thegmcconnachie.bsky.social
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 11:02 AM
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I've cancelled my licence fee direct debit - the law requires I pay it and I expect eventually I shall. But I'll make it as expensive as I can for them to collect. Let me contribute as little as possible to what it costs the BBC to spread its transphobic poison.
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 1d
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.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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robinmoirawhite.bsky.social
An important read

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The Organised Dehumanisation of Dr Upton
How Rowling Weaponised a Simple Employment Tribunal.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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natacha.bsky.social
Also the most amazing thing happened, Rainbow Rose, the LGBT Labour of Europe has roundly condemned UK Labour’s transphobic action, this is significant in contrast with LGBT Labour’s craven silence.
rainbow rose NO! TO BAN ON TRANSWOMEN AT UK LABOUR WOMEN'S CONFERENCE We stand with the UK transgender community rainbow rose The decision of UK Labour's governing body to exclude transgender women from its women's conference next year goes against principles of human dignity and fundamental rights. Our thoughts are with transgender members of the party. We oppose this move and will reach out to LGBT+ Labour to advocate for a return to a place where transgender women play active and full roles within women's sections of the party.
December 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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natacha.bsky.social
This is from the Irish Labour Party, the SDLP and Irish Labour Women. A full-throated condemnation of UK Labour’s ban on trans women at its women’s conference.

“In the current climate, the trans community is the canary in the mine for the growing wave of anti-LGBTQIAP+ rhetoric.”
UK LABOUR PARTY BANS TRANS WOMEN FROM ATTENDING ITS CONFERENCE Labour LGBTQ+, SDLP LGBT & Labour Women Ireland condemns, in the strongest terms, the shameful decision by the UK Labour Party NEC ban trans women from attending the Labour women (UK) Conference. Trans women will be barred from the main part of the 2026 Labour (UK) women's conference and entrance to the main conference hall. The resulting prohibition will deny the rights of Trans women to have their say on policy debates, motions and national women's committee elections. The decision follows on from the UK supreme court's ruling on gender identification and the rights of self-determination for trans individuals. This regrettable decision by Labour UK calls into question the party's fundamental values and its commitment to human rights, equality and feminism. In the current climate, the trans community is the canary in the mine for the growing wave of anti-LGBTQIAP+ rhetoric that is fuelled by far-right agitators from inside and outside of the UK and Europe. This is a slippery slope that risks undermining social progress and the fundamental democratic rights we all depend on. It's imperative to make a stand and oppose this unjust action. We call on the UK Labour party's national executive to reverse this shameful decision and not exclude trans women from the democratic process. Joint statement from Labour LGBTQ+, SDLP LGBT+ and Labour Women Labour* LGBTQ+ SDLP LGBT+ Labour* Women
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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The Editor of The Times and Sunday Times in Scotland has been arrested and charged in connection with “indecent online communications”. www.thenational.scot/news/2569064...
Scottish newspaper editor arrested and charged over 'indecent communications'
A LEADING Scottish newspaper editor has been suspended after he was charged in connection with ...
www.thenational.scot
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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anothersmd.bsky.social
lots of people in the quote replies dunking on this but it's always worth the reminder that these people are not ordinary folk, this is an orchestrated and well funded attack on a small section of society by ghouls who have nothing else going on in their lives.
libbybrooks.bsky.social Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social · 2d
Sandie Peggie’s lawyer confirms she will be appealing the “highly problematic” tribunal decision - Peggie herself says “I won’t be giving up the fight anytime soon”
December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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boldpolitics.bsky.social
Stop policing people's bodies 👏

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December 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
alyssaalgaib.bsky.social
Welp, looks like Peggie is appealing

🤞 it holds up in our favour and sets a good precedent 😊

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December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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aidancomerford.bsky.social
I would encourage people in the UK to complain to the BBC about unquestioning platforming a person who uses transphobic slurs on trans healthcare.

If they do not get a satisfactory response, escalate the complaint to Ofcom.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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sloanelysbeth.bsky.social
generational damage has already been done to labour

wes streeting is getting trans youth killed through detransition and conversion, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is working on segregation laws, and senior mps including keir starmer keep smearing us as rapists

yesterday one of them called us a virus
December 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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goodlawproject.org
No one can be surprised by the rank hypocrisy of Murdoch's 'Trump is a feminist hero' and 'Ending Roe v Wade was right' Times. But worth noting the difference between when it gets what it wants from the judiciary and when it doesn't.
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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robinmoirawhite.bsky.social
Some comments by myself on the rather unattractive media campaign now being run by Baronrss Faulkner.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former UK equality chief questions Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling
Nurse Sandie Peggie complained about a transgender doctor using a female changing room in a Fife hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
3pm - bomb enemy positions
4pm - butter ego of smallest man in the world
5pm - bomb enemy positions
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
The Tribunal’s findings on Sex Matters and Forstater are crystal clear:

• Not skilled evidence
• Not expert
• Not impartial
• Not reliable
• Polemic rather than evidence
• Material that could not support findings of fact

So why are UK news media & politicians listening to them!!??
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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sophiemolly.co.uk
"A further 43 counts were thrown out, including all allegations against Upton, and the tribunal said that NHS Fife giving the doctor permission to use female changing spaces was not unlawful.:

www.thenational.scot/news/2568497...
Sandie Peggie case 'shows trans segregation is unlawful', MSPs told
THE Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling has shown that the “blanket exclusion of trans people” from single-sex facilities is generally unlawful ...
www.thenational.scot
December 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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goodlawproject.org
An important point to come out of the Sandie Peggie case is that 'gender critical' employees can't take matters into their own hands and confront trans employees. If they do that it is likely to be harassment/ bullying/ a hate incident.
So far as her other comments are concerned, they were impermissible manifestations of her belief and were in our view what amounted to an incident of harassment by the claimant of the second respondent related to the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, reasonably perceived by the second respondent to be so, and were a breach by the claimant of section 26 of the Act and of the Bullying and Harassment Policy. The second respondent was entitled to view the actions of the claimant in those particular regards as being such harassment, or as a “hate incident” within the policy, and the first respondent was entitled in principle to act on the complaint made, but the detail of how it did so depends on all the circumstances as more fully addressed below. The second respondent was also entitled to regard the claimant’s actions as a breach of the second respondent’s Article 8 rights, so far as the claimant’s expression of her beliefs was impermissible. 1034. We also considered that the claimant had acted deliberately to be able to challenge the second respondent whilst they were alone. What she did was to wait until other members of staff had left the changing room, and for the second respondent to leave the cubicle, before raising her own beliefs directly with the second respondent in the manner we have set out. 1035. Whilst the claimant had not been informed as promptly and in the detail we considered appropriate, and the first respondent did not consider whether to revoke permission at all, the claimant did not herself raise any formal grievance under the policy. She is an experienced member of staff who had access to union advice. She knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that the first respondent having granted permission to the second respondent she required to have raised her concerns with the first respondent as the decision-maker rather than with the colleague to whom it had been granted, and in any event ought not to have done so in the manner that she did.
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
alyssaalgaib.bsky.social
The BBC could do with this for their own coverage of the Sandy Peggie tribunal 😆
Picture of live BBC article titled "Fact-checking Trump's denial over releasing Venezuela boat strike video - BBC Verify"
December 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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lesleymcdowell.bsky.social
I've only seen The Herald report it accurately: www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2568...
'Dr Beth Upton is the real winner in the Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling'
NHS Fife’s handling of the dispute between Peggie and Dr Upton was an absolute dumpster fire but Dr Beth Upton should have cause to celebrate.
www.heraldscotland.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social
THE PEGGIE JUDGMENT IS OUT + THE RESULT IS NOT HOW MEDIA IS PRESENTING IT

This case doesn’t say employers can’t allow trans women to use women’s changing rooms.

Quite the opposite: FWS doesn’t make that inherently unlawful. It all depends on context.
#EmploymentLaw #EqualityAct #WorkplaceInclusion
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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nevereverdave.bsky.social
"Ruby & her parents’ story does need to be told. Because if we don’t hear about their experience, then we push girls like Ruby further into the shadows. I want to tell their story because, as their friend, it has been heartbreaking for me to watch their plight & see the reality of their situation".
sophiemolly.co.uk Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 4d
Of course they put this behind a pay wall.

“There are moments when I catch myself wishing she would just discover she wants to live as a boy,” says Ruby’s mum, “not because I doubt her identity but because I fear for her future in the UK."

Please share.

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December 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Our media's reporting of trans issues is poisonous, unhinged, a betrayal by those who pretend to report impartially, and shamefully reminiscent of other hate propagandising throughout the last century. I'm surprised to see it in the UK but I need to learn that it is, since Brexit, just who we are.
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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You know, infuriating and a shameful betrayal though the BBC and other media's misreporting of the Sandie Peggie judgment is, it also doesn't really matter.

What matters is the judgment which lawyers will read, use to advise their clients, and inclusion will be the winner.
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Remember: the EHRC's Interim Guidance, and we understand the draft statutory guidance too, recommended a trans bathroom ban. Two tribunals have now disagreed.
goodlawproject.org Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 5d
This is the second decision - both first instance - since the appalling For (Some) Women Scotland decision to find that there is no trans bathroom ban. www.gov.uk/employment-t...
B M Kelly v Leonardo UK Ltd: 8001497/2024
Employment Tribunal decision.
www.gov.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM