Standing for NEU Deputy General Secretary. Former NEU Seat Holder for LGBT+ Members. Trans. Adult. Human. Female (see passport). Tweeting in a personal capacity
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What does it look like when you put a whole bunch of @NEUnion trade union organisers, from Black, Disabled, LGBT+ and Women’s sectors together…in one space…in Manchester? Twitter, it looks like this.
This is disgustingly awful and horrendous. What is more shocking is, what would the situation be if a celebrity didn’t turn up to vouch for him?
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The @guardian need to wobble their own head if they believe this! I still massively miss my subscription. I still respect many of the journalists and staff (particularly in the international versions). But…no. No. And thrice no. They have lost all credibility.
The Guardian says its "quality, investigative journalism is a scrutinising force at a time when the rich and powerful are getting away with more and more”.
So why has the Guardian hired Rishi Sunak's former spin doctor as its communications chief?
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You could not make this up!!
Today I was 'asked' to delete some posts by @FondOfBeetles , which I duly did at her request. I hereby apologise as it is clear that there are issues with one of my sources.
This is an important question. I will raise it with black and brown activists in @NEUnion and @TUCEquality
A 🧵Question: Why do the British labour and @TUCEquality movements almost exclusively fund @SWP or @hopenothate led anti racism?
Answer : These are white led anti racist movements. There is no interest or support on the left for independent Black and Asian led anti racism.
Yes @billybragg !
Trans liberation, is every bodies liberation.
“They were the worst of times,”
Actually, let’s leave any upside down/reverse quotations right there.
If you are trans…a woman…black…brown…there IS no follow up clause.
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Good old classic British freezdom of peech. And they talk about powerful trans lobbies.
Article pulled by Scotsman after anti-trans pile-on today.
The real cancel culture.
Please share widely.
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Here is the thing…as an MP @zarahsultana does everything for her community. She KNOWS what this means for children. She cares for her constituents. How could she have voted differently? Shame on @Keir_Starmer. Shame on @UKLabour.
I have been informed by the Chief Whip & the Labour Party leadership that the whip has been withdrawn from me for voting to scrap the two-child benefit cap, which would lift 330,000 children out of poverty.
I will always stand up for the most vulnerable in our society.
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This X user did not vote to remove the two-child cap, they voted to amend the King's Speech to state that the King wishes that it were removed. Had the amendment passed, the cap would have remained in place pending actual legislation on the matter.
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Happy last day of school kweens.
What's this? A 400 year old English dictionary with 2 words for people changing sex, both starting with 'trans' and one specified as a word for people who go from f to m? Wowzers, someone tell Cass, she'll be mortified. (digitised copy: quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A2…)
Do your job please @AngelaRayner
I do not believe you are transphobic. Your party IS right now. Be a voice that fights oppression.
When a government reveals itself, it’s an opportunity to see who are the genuine. Thank you @KateOsborneMP
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It really isn’t hard @AngelaRayner.
I didn’t vote for @UKLabour.
I couldn’t because of their transphobia. I voted @TheGreenParty. @wesstreeting has been radicalised. @AnnelieseDodds seems to be heading in the same direction. @LGBTLabour should disband in shame. And where is @AngelaRayner? #ProtectTransKids
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Kacey de Groot, NEU LGBT+ Executive Member retweeted
Today @bbclaurak did the following:
1) made an outrageous claim that intimidation lost Jonathan Ashworth his seat
2) mocked labour policy in a sarcastic sing song voice
3) got Nigel farage to comment on divisive politics
RT if you agree they need a new presenter.
The conversation was reported to me, by chay, first hand. I trust him implicitly. He is 100% authentic. And brave. I’ve never seen him in the way described.
He is a badass Bish.
This person trying to describe the chay I know very well, is welcome to DM me.
We’ve seen some tweets referring to Chay, our Director of Operations and we’d like to offer a response.
1. Chay spent 20 minutes talking to LGB Alliance at the event they referred to. He was polite as he always is. He was neither trembling nor on the verge of tears.
ALT Tweet from Kate Barker-Mawjee: The Good Law Project has persuaded Trans Actual to challenge the ban on private clinics prescribing puberty blockers to kids. (So far so Mermaids.) | met their Director, Chay Brown, a trans man, in Manchester at an LGBTQ+ event at the Tory Conference.
ALT Tweets from Kate Barker-Mawjee: Chay saw me approaching the Trans Actual stall and began to visibly tremble. So much so that another staff member came over to check that 'everyone was safe'. I made a few friendly remarks about us probably having lots we could agree upon but Chay became tearful and so I left. It's easy to poke fun at non-binary support dogs, but it's clear that the people running these organisations are extremely fragile. Jolyon Maugham uses them ruthlessly. Mermaids lost its CEO & Chair - as well as funding - following his advice. My advice to Chay is to steer clear.