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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Despite more than 1 in 4 MPs signing my motion against the Code, it is due to come into force without any debate or vote in Parliament. I have written to the Minister for Women and Equalities urging her to withdraw it now. 2/2

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Keir Starmer is a bad person who used his power to make the United Kingdom a more unequal place and dismantle the possibility of opposing oppression and genocide, and to drive trans people from public life. If you think he is decent, I have news for you about your own moral judgement.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I assume he means giving Josh Simons a job given the Labour Together chicanery, the smear campaign against journalists especially

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I think my reading is horrific domestic policy is often a Republican project that Democrats polarise against whereas here bullshit press conjured moral panics become the "common sense" amongst the main Westminster parties. Deffo not always true but I think there's something to it.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It was such an impressive first 6 months or so with Polanski but since like April things have stalled a bit I think. Decent locals tbf but not out of this world, and do make me worry about Greens electoral geography. Makerfield defensible, but yes worry it will extend well beyond that.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Especially as "taking down WPATH" and "the Nazi destruction the "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft" isn't exactly a huge leap to make as a comparison...

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It is 2034. The UK General Election has just been won in a landslide by the Ban Everything Party. People dance in the streets, weeping with joy at the news that the country will be put to rights at last. Mass arrests follow, as dancing in the street is one of the first 157 things banned...

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Terrible news: the Court of Appeal has just ruled that the Government’s ban on Palestine Action is lawful. PA is now likely to lodge an appeal before the Supreme Court. So the mass arrests of peaceful people sitting with cardboard signs will continue. Because that is what terrorism looks like ...

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Phone ban, social media ban & curfew, trans bathroom ban, trans youth healthcare ban, repeated protest ban, arrests of peaceful protestors for Palestine. All this government seems able to do is ban, ban, ban. No positive vision of the future, just kneejerk authoritarian crackdowns.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/06/2026

a little on the nose for capitalism that the world’s first trillionaire is a nazi conman

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It's great Orban is gone and I get that TISZA will get a glow-up from that for a while, but I think at some point you want a wider ideological range in Hungarian politics than currently captured by this polling!

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I have seen a couple of MP responses which reference their constituents concerns or receiving a high volume of correspondence as a reason why they are signing the EDM, so it suggests the pressure is working!

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 10/06/2026

I have signed the fatal motion on the code of practice. The answers to the questions I raised below - and to those from other committee members - fell far short of anything workable, just or fair.

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This is what a pogrom looks like: men in masks coming to drive you from your home. This is a collective failure of our political and media class because we did not have the courage to say no, and because too many were allowed to embrace this without shame

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Quite a few GCs trot out "it's not really about toilets..." but I don't think I've seen them follow up with something like, "and thus we should just allow trans people to use the toilet that aligns with their gender", which is suggestive of how entrenched they are.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I am loathe to give credit to David Cameron, but it is also wild that in 2016, Cameron's response to the UK falling to third in the ILGA rankings behind Malta was “I want this top spot back again.” Now we slip to 22nd and the government don't even mention it...

Last year, I’d have been able to say how proud I was to be Prime Minister of what was officially the best country in Europe to be gay, bisexual or transgender – but that’s no longer the case.

Malta has overtaken us! I don’t know quite what happened – I’ve got to get out to Malta and find out because I want this top spot back again.

From: https://web.archive.org/web/20260328033542/https://www.thepinknews.com/2016/05/17/david-cameron-i-want-to-change-the-world-on-global-lgbt-rights/

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This has now surpassed 100 supporters, amazing!

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Optimistically, I think they might be boiling themselves with this if they are trying to make a controversy of a clip of Andy Burnham saying he is proud to be British. I thought he articulated himself well and I can't imagine how far down a rabbit hole one must go to feel outraged by it.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Coutinho comes across as an especially dense culture warrior. I don't think she ever says anything even remotely interesting or surprising, just thin Tory gruel.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

But tbh why are they even asking her and not the current chair of the EHRC? Not because she's much better but at least she'd be the relevant person to ask!

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Indeed, if it was cost free, we likely wouldn't be where we are and there wouldn't be a need to sign such a motion

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

It feels like a progressive government would need to examine the role of the UKSC, there seems to be a pattern of it engaging in significant overreach in terms of curtailing people's rights, in a way in which politicians can just duck responsibility for it.

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Alongside colleagues, I have tabled a motion to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations. We cannot support it, and we have a responsibility to our trans constituents to resist it. Please email your MP asking them to sign EDM 240.

Motion to reject the EHRC's
Code of Practice
Alongside colleagues, I have tabled a motion to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations. We cannot support it, and we have a responsibility to our trans constituents to resist it.
This motion is currently the only available mechanism through which Parliament can reject the EHRC's Code of Practice; if it is debated and passed within the 40-day scrutiny window, it would prevent the Code from being issued by the EHRC and coming into force.
Please email your MP asking them to sign
EDM 240.

The Code will exclude trans people from services and facilities that they have long used without issue, putting them at increased risk of harassment and violence, and effectively pushing them out of public life.
It ushers in an era of enforced segregation for trans people, the policing of which will be outsourced to service providers, including businesses, charities and public bodies.

In the statement to the House of Commons yesterday, the Minister even suggested that where members of the public are unsure of someone's gender within a single-sex facility,
"most people will have the common sense to step in where necessary or, if they are concerned, to alert a member of staff."
Meanwhile, this guidance does not give clarity and confidence to organisations that want to be trans-inclusive. Its impact also extends beyond the rights of trans people.
The government's own Equality Impact Assessment warns that "women who are considered masculine may face greater scrutiny" and that disabled people could face adverse impacts.

The Code represents a profound rollback of rights, which will affect trans people directly and erode the principles of inclusion, dignity and equality upon which all our rights depend.
This guidance must not become statutory; the government should withdraw it and instead legislate to clarify and protect trans people's rights, privacy and inclusion.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Genuinely feel more positively about the Lib Dems after this than I ever have tbh. Disappointed that no Green MPs turned up - I know they have far fewer (and frankly wouldn't want Ramsay to attend...) but it would have been reassuring to see at least one stand up for trans rights in this debate.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 30/05/2026

The new EHRC Code of Practice is not fit for purpose. It does not provide clear guidance or do enough to protect everyone from discrimination, and it is not compatible with longstanding British values. @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk and @MarieCGoldman.bsky.social have written to Bridget Phillipson. ⬇️

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Ugh, so ridiculous! I call inexplicably gendered, enclosed single occupancy toilets "Badenoch toilets" as shorthand since very similar to this was done at her leadership launch a few years ago (probably also by the venue itself, but eh, it still fits)

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LGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk · 22/05/2026

"Call it out. Tell your friends. Write to your MPs and councillors. There will be protests – join them, we are going to." Our statement on the latest EHRC Code of Practice. lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22/s...

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Statement on the latest EHRC Code of Practice - LGBTIQA+ Greens

Cover Photo Attribution: What The Trans?! The LGBTIQA+ Greens are disgusted by the latest update to the Code of Practice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). This version rows back o...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The amount of coverage there's been boosting Streeting, Mahmood and Al Carns as future Labour leaders over the past couple of years and collectively they manage a grand total of 5%

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

For the Liberal Party of Australia, it is closer to scratch a fascist and a fascist bleeds. They are like Tory equivalents hurtling towards the right due to the even further right challenge from One Nation.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

He does compare favourably to Starmer who let a wrong interpretation of the SC ruling just overwrite his opinions (his answer "I think the SC has answered that" to whether trans women are women...) But restoring trans rights requires a political fight and I'm dubious whether Burnham will pick it.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I do think it was a bit odd for them to choose Father Ted instead. Linehan is a known all-out reactionary bore who was likely to have this kind of response, and by choosing one of his shows it kind of amplifies his message.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

There's been polling on this and around half the country think Reform is a racist party! And 43% explicitly include their voters in that. So it's far from just "woke academics" who can see the obvious. yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

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Do Britons think Reform UK are racist?

A new YouGov survey conducted for ITV Peston finds that more than four in ten Britons consider the Reform UK party (47%), policies (46%) and voters (43%) to be “generally racist”.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

New poll just dropped! The only poll that matters is tomorrow. Please vote and if you can - get involved with your local campaign! Some of these seats are going to come to a handful of votes. Replace Labour. Stop Reform. Vote Green. 💚

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I think most of the public are horrified that MPs continue to defend the idea they can get drunk at work and then go to vote. Lots of people work hard. It's incredibly out of touch from Labour MPs in particular.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

So the TBI is making policy proposals based on 3 second conversations? Maybe that's only bad if it's left wing policies...

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

She seems to have an incredible talent for making the most tedious of our politicians and pundits go absolutely off the rails, it's amazing

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I can't imagine how unpopular it would be if a party brought in a system where everyone had to scan or show a state mandated ID every time they wanted to use a public changing room etc.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

People out there arguing coldly that it should be a crime to try to live as a trans person. These are dangerous fanatics, and they have the ear of at least 3 UK political parties, and most of the media.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I can see them talking themselves into the necessity of a Great British Firewall to try to stop anyone in the UK learning anything about trans people, except for GC approved propaganda.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Also the framing of it being a "UN warning" when it's just the musings of the same anti-trans crank as always is dishonest.

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Mad that she feels the need to "completely dispute" that she allegedly tried to make it more inclusive... As if that would be a great evil she needs to disavow!

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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

It’s a great moment to remember that in the leadup to this popular uprising, the first major gut-punch was delivered by Budapest Pride. Poetic justice. 🇭🇺🏳️‍🌈

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

And just look at this list of endorsements - a cavalry of international right wing demagogues endorsed him to try and shore up support, only for their guy to lose in a landslide! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Hu...

Endorsements for Viktor Orbán (Fidesz–KDNP):

Heads of state and government

Donald Trump, president of the United States
Javier Milei, president of Argentina
José Antonio Kast, president of Chile
Aleksandar Vučić, president of Serbia
Giorgia Meloni, prime minister of Italy
Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel
Andrej Babiš, prime minister of the Czech Republic
Irakli Kobakhidze, prime minister of Georgia
Robert Fico, prime minister of Slovakia
Karol Nawrocki, president of Poland
Hristijan Mickoski, prime minister of North Macedonia
Pál Schmitt, former president of Hungary
János Áder, former president of Hungary

Executive branch officials

Matthew Salvini, deputy prime minister of Italy
JD Vance, vice president of the United States

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Kristen @ansibledialectics.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Thank goodness, it will be such a fucking relief to see the back of him!

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