Reminder that Navratilova responded to a trans woman’s suicide with: “The world’s a better place without this man in it.”
The BBC will fire a pundit for saying left wing things on social media, but have no problem whatsoever with bloodthirsty transphobia.
If she’s saying that without mentioning what Phillipson is about to do to trans people, she’s not serious.
Bolder action my arse.
Early morning view of the canal from Isobel’s kitchen window showing moored boats reflecting in the still water under a blue sky with grey clouds.
Another sunny day begins in these last few dwindling weeks of semi-freedom, before this evil government throws our human rights into the abyss.
I’m not scared any more. I’m just sad and angry. Somehow I’ll get to Ireland, and I won’t miss this country, which is heading down a very dark road. 💀
“Trans people deserve dignity and respect,” he said, before viciously attacking our healthcare and human rights.
Now we’re on the verge of being barred from existing in public.
Keir Starmer is a liar and a psychopath.
You too, Stephanie! 💜🥂
Just watched higher ed in the US turn into a sad farce, as the right destroys academic freedom for all save bigotry, moving to bankrupt any uni that still allows their staff and students to demand racial justice, protest war crimes or defend the trans community. Now Labour is on the same ugly track.
Ollie the collie standing in the sunshine by the canal.
Seren the collie sitting in the sunshine on her mum’s lap.
Seren with a big smile.
It’s rather a nice day. ☀️😎🍷👍🏻
God, I’d be so happy if that shyster and his disgusting front bench don’t make the month.
They’ve all got to go.
Ha. Ha.
Good. I hope all the bigots who support what's happening to trans people get excruciating, horrific infections up their waste outlets and turn a sickly shade of yellow as karma kills them appropriately slowly.
I'm not a nice person any more. 👹
The United Kingdom will break up before the English decide enough fascism and minority bashing is enough.
I'm not being silly. We have Brexit now for that exact reason, and nobody's fucking learned.
It's going to end up with England being a feudal shithole of very poor serfs and very rich masters.
I think I'm Ireland bound.
Don't really see much alternative, knowing what the government are going to do to people like me in a few weeks. It's going to be unliveable here.
We’re not realigning with the EU. This country is so clearly a long term fascist project. They’ve already decided I have no future here, and it’s looking very grim for those who do.
Unless enough people stand up to the rise of fascism, but I don’t see that happening. The English enjoy it too much.
Sunny early morning view of the canal from Isobel’s roof hatch towards the turnover bridge, showing two moored boats and the trees coming into leaf, reflecting on the still water under a deep blue sky.
A week of fine weather begins. 😎☕️
I’m very busy this morning. Got the doctors and getting my hair done.
Ollie and Seren were out at 6 and there was a frost, which surely must be the last one for this spring.
I went there and had a horrible feeling of being watched. There's lots of wild stories about the place. It's very atmospheric and your mind can play tricks on itself.
Hope they can save the tower.
I think that's Cold Christmas Church.
Very scary place.
I didn't see an insult. Just an accurate, perfectly fair observation.
I might have two more Sundays after today as a free citizen of the UK.
In reality trans people haven’t really been free for the last year. Whether we’ve lost essential human rights or not, half the country thinks we have, and going about life has been a minefield of ever present threat and anxiety.
Nobody who defends, or approves of this government can be described as a decent human being.
If that’s you, and you disagree, stop kidding yourself. You’re scum.
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Ollie and Seren with Pip the Staffie on the canal towpath.
The local heavies are out. 💪🏻
Your 'decent' government is probably going to ban me from most of society in less than a month.
Your 'decent' government are actually the cruellest shower of vicious authoritarian shit we've ever had in power, and I regard their supporters as complicit scum of the Earth.
Ollie and Seren demanding chicken strips. Ollie has his paw on Isobel’s knee.
“We know you have chicken strips in your pocket. Do this the easy way and just hand them over.”
No fucking way am I ever complying with any Stone Age horseshit guidelines from Phillipson and the genocidal shit at the EHRC.
They can eat shit.
Yes. This.
None of the crap I keep hearing about "inclusion still being possible". We have anti-discrimination laws for a bloody good reason. It's not acceptable to replace them with "you don't absolutely have to discriminate".
These points need to be solid red lines. Nothing less will do.
My MP is a Tory who I don’t think gives a toss, but these people need to be told anyway.
Important; the Starmer regime has repeatedly LIED about the “Supreme” Court misjudgement.
They can overturn it or amend the Equality Act any time without even going through parliament but ARE CHOOSING not to. They are imposing trans segregation because they WANT to while pretending they HAVE to.
"Can still be included" isn't good enough.
If it says anything less than trans inclusion should always be the default, it's malicious and unlawful.
It's going to be malicious and unlawful.
Just completed this and sent it to my local MP, along with my own essay about the devastating impact I believe the deeply transphobic Phillipson and EHRC intend this code to have on trans lives.
They want us gone from society.
We must fight back, using every means big and small.
I don’t like to suggest clicking on a Fail link.
But you know what to do. 👍🏻