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Robin Brady
@robinbrady.bsky.social
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Trying to live a purposeful life.
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chadbourn.bsky.social
BBC News Channel now seems to be The Charlie Kirk Channel.
September 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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jessicaelgot.bsky.social
V senior Labour MPs and Hope Not Hate have called on the prime minister and Labour to speak up louder against far right hate and division.

Our story here

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
September 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
robinbrady.bsky.social
I saw this quote today: “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.” (Antonio Gramsci, 1932). It’s quite apt, really
July 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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heatherpaterson.co.uk
UN renews crucial human rights expert mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity
UN renews crucial human rights expert mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity
Following a campaign by 1'259 non-governmental organisations from 157 States and territories, the UN human rights body adopted the resolution by a vote of 29 in favour, with 15 voting against and 3…
ishr.ch
July 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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goodlawproject.org
The EHRC's lawyers have conceded its position on single sex toilets is wrong. goodlaw.social/z87e
EHRC backs down on single-sex toilets | Good Law Project
The EHRC’s interim update unleashed chaos after the Supreme Court’s transphobic decision. But now the commission says it was only ‘some observations’ and rows back on its demand for single-sex toilets...
goodlaw.social
June 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
robinbrady.bsky.social
The BBC saying the quiet bit out loud #BBCbias bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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reuters.com
Trump makes false claims of white genocide in South Africa during Ramaphosa meeting reut.rs/4dsMzTr
Trump makes false claims of white genocide in South Africa during Ramaphosa meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump made several false statements and misrepresented some facts about the alleged persecution of South Africa's white minority during a contentious Oval Office meeting on Wednesday with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
reut.rs
May 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
robinbrady.bsky.social
That this has happened to anyone is sickening. Labour and the EHRC are accountable for so much hate and vitriol. Perhaps the Supreme Court might also like to consider the real world implications of its poor and badly-formed decision-making.
goodlawproject.org Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · May 21
Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.

This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
May 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
robinbrady.bsky.social
I guess Farage, Johnson, Badenoch, et al don’t want to know they have lost the argument and promoted failure. Lucky for them, the BBC, Daily Mail, Torygraph and others ignore the reality of these polling results… 👇
yougov.co.uk YouGov @yougov.co.uk · May 20
Asked this weekend, 66% of Britons said they supported a closer relationship with the EU, and 53% said they supported rejoining the EU

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
May 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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bylinesnetwork.co.uk
🏳️‍⚧️ Old and trans: an uncertain future

Some reflections on the impact the Supreme Court judgment and EHRC guidance is likely to have on older trans adults

By Nell Stockton

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Old and trans: an uncertain future
Some reflections on the impact the Supreme Court judgment and EHRC guidance is likely to have on older trans adults
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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goodlawproject.org
'Actually, it's all much more complicated than we said,' admits the EHRC. goodlaw.social/2y7y
The wheels are falling off the false EHRC guidance | Good Law Project
The EHRC said that the law was clear. So why do they want so much time to clarify it?
goodlaw.social
May 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
robinbrady.bsky.social
Entrenching hate and discrimination in a political party is never a good look. It would seem @teamlabouruk.bsky.social are determined to bring in apartheid by any means. It is a good thing they are banned from Pride.
indiawilloughby.bsky.social IndiaWilloughby @indiawilloughby.bsky.social · May 19
BREAKING: Labour will formally recognise trans women as ‘men’ tomorrow. It means trans women will be banned from all women shortlists and all Labour women’s groups. Revolting. The party’s relationship with LGBT+ is over.
May 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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philippaeast.bsky.social
I'm watching the Parliamentary debate about the self-ID e-petition and my JAW IS ON THE FLOOR.
The MPs speaking are hitting ALL the key pro-trans talking points:
- transphobic bias in EHRC
- nightmare of SC ruling
- toilet bans are awful
- must hear trans voices
- IGLA rainbow map

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May 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
robinbrady.bsky.social
This interview is jaw dropping for the Hungarian use of double-speak.
newsagents.bsky.social The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · May 12
"The Hungarians say no [to immigration]... not because they are racist, but because they know the value of the culture we have in central Europe."

Hungarian gov't spokesperson, Zoltán Kovács, rejects the notion that Western Europe's pro-immigration stance is the only acceptable one.
May 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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chadbourn.bsky.social
Starmer’s immigration focus is the dumbest, stupidest piece of political manoeuvring I’ve seen in a long time. His rhetoric is going to split his coalition and whatever he promises will only drive the racists to demand more. You can’t placate them. It’s a losing strategy.
May 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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To cover reaction to the UK govt immigration measures #BBC doesn’t get the Leader of the Opposition or the leader of the 3rd largest party to comment. No, they go for the deputy leader of a party with 5 MPs and do an extensive interview with him. They don’t bother to hide their #BBCBias anymore.
May 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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First they axe the winter fuel payment, then kick fixing social care into the long grass, target PIP & shut down trans healthcare. Now, the care workers these groups rely on will be cut. What @teamlabouruk.bsky.social doesn’t like the elderly, disabled, LGBTQI, migrants www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Care worker recruitment from abroad to end, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says
Up to 50,000 fewer lower-skilled workers will come to the UK under new measures aimed at tackling net migration, the home secretary says.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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katymontgomerie.com
The Cass Review gets peer reviewed and absolutely shredded

Cass is the Wakefield of our time. A scandal in broad daylight
May 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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goodlawproject.org
I see the EHRC, Bridget Phillipson and the Supreme Court are #MakingWomenSafe

"I said: “Would you like to see my tits?”
"I started unzipping my hoodie. He panicked: 'No no no, don’t do that!'"
Facebook post from Caz Coronel. TRANS AGGRESSION POST This photo of me was taken a few days ago. This is what I look like, not that it matters, but to set the scene… I was at the Festival Hall. Toilets on either side of two lifts - men’s on one side, women’s on the other. I was in the queue for the women’s. Men were queueing across from me. I was facing into the bathroom, so from behind, you couldn’t see my face. I was just standing there, minding my business, when I heard someone shout, “The men’s toilets are over here!” I ignored it at first thinking someone was letting their mate know. But he kept shouting it "The men's toilet are this side!". Then I felt a tap on my shoulder. He walked up, poked me and said: “Do you realise this is the women’s toilet?!” Up to that point, he hadn’t seen my face. So what was he judging me on? My haircut? My hoodie? Also, I was surrounded by women. It was pretty obvious I knew which toilet it was. His energy was aggressive. I was shocked. I looked him straight in the face and asked: “What sex do you think I am?” Affronted he said: “I don’t know!” Here’s where I wish I’d said, “If you don’t know, then shut the f**k up!” But instead, I said: “Would you like to see my tits?” I started unzipping my hoodie. He panicked: “No no no, don’t do that!” His wife came out of the loo and saw what was going down and said with urgency, “Let’s go now!.” She rushed him away before all the ladies around me properly kicked off. They were horrified by what they saw. One lovely lady said to me “You are welcome here” and another was like I am so so sorry you had to experience that. I can’t believe what I just saw. Another lady said you must report him and get him kicked out! I stood there shocked and unfortunately didn’t react quickly enough. What’s interesting is that he wasn’t a staff member. He was just a random member of the public. Also, my attire was masculine. So if he thought I was a trans woman, why would I be dressing like a man? If he thought I was a trans man, then under the new rules, I was in the right toilet! His policing was based on my hair? My clothes? Maybe I had cancer? Or maybe I just like my hair that way. What makes him think any of that gives him the right to behave like that?! For the record, I’m not offended by being thought to be a man. I have a strong male energy, (female too sometimes!). However I often feel if I could press a button and turn into a man, I probably would. I don’t feel like I’ve earned the right to call myself trans, given the immense things people go through to be right in their body… but in spirit perhaps I am. What was offensive was his assumption that this kind of behaviour is OK. This is what these new laws and rules are doing — they’re not making it safer for everyone. They’re fuelling public entitlement and policing of gender expression. Afterwards, I tried to find them. I thought maybe it would help to have a conversation. To understand. Did he think he was protecting his wife? What made him do that? I’ve been meaning to speak out on this issue (and others that are super important) for a while. But I’ve had a lot going on, it’s been a difficult time and I haven’t felt I had the head space. In a strange way, I’m grateful for this moment. It gave me the push I needed to finally say something. I genuinely believe there’s a lot of misunderstanding from a few of the older cis community about what it means to be trans. I wish I’d got to talk to that guy… open conversations are needed to understand what fear is fuelling their prejudice. More on that in another post. Photo of Caz Coronel.
May 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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goodlawproject.org
“It is incredibly important that everybody be reminded that trans people have always been with us and always will be with us, and the only real thing that’s up for debate is whether we treat trans people with respect or we don’t.” www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/08/t...
Trans voices defiant in wake of Supreme Court ruling: 'We've been around forever'
As Trans+ History Week is marked in the wake of the UK's Supreme Court ruling there is a rallying cry: trans people have always been here.
www.thepinknews.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
robinbrady.bsky.social
All the more reason for the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government to not ape Reform and put clear daylight between it and the right. Kind of like the way the @libdems.org.uk have: yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/res...
‘Resolute 1850’: Reform UK Ltd’s MAGA plan to turn Britain into Little America
Right-wing US interests are pushing a plan to bend the UK to their will, ‘DOGE’-style – in Farage’s Reform UK they have an eager little helper
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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wearequeeraf.com
May 6th this year is the 92nd anniversary of the Nazi raid on the world's first gender and sexuality clinic 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/trans-people-belong-here-and-were-not-going-anywhere/
Trans+ people belong here, and we’re not going anywhere
The primary power of Trans+ History Week is the potential to instil a great sense of wellbeing among the Trans+ community itself.
www.wearequeeraf.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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goodlawproject.org
A pretty striking story, this, of Neil Hudson MP gleefuly sharing mis-information about intimate searches of trans people.

Dishonest or merely reckless? goodlaw.social/26do
Supreme Court ruling: MP spreads ‘dangerous’ distortions | Good Law Project
Neil Hudson misled a concerned constituent about last month’s Supreme Court decision. But is the MP for Epping reckless or lying?
goodlaw.social
May 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
robinbrady.bsky.social
This 👇 This is why controlling the media is central to far right playbooks.
May 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM