Linda Bellos and Venice Allan at Westminster magistrates court on 26th

Can’t be there but thinking of you all and keeping everything crossed for a good outcome from this case. Thank you to all of you who are going. May your banners be fuckoff big sized and glorious.

Your peaceful, rational, cheery female presence in support of Venice and Linda will show them solidarity; but will also bring about yet more understanding and support from other women who haven’t heard about any of this yet - more and more women hearing about it tomorrow and saying, wait, what? Two women have been dragged up in front of a judge because of....
OK Hooooooooooooooooooooooooldonafuckingminute.......

I will be there. Travelling overnight to get there. I will be standing with the ones with the fuck off big banner.

We are aiming to be there. We will be the ones with the fuck off big banner. Come say hi. ;)

Could possibly get there. Won't know anyone though so will just hang around to make up the numbers I guess

Good luck, everyone.

Will be there in the morning.

I'm going to try to make it for 9am - hopefully the trains will behave.

I can be there for 9.00am. Hope I am not alone. The idea of a TRA protest sounds quite scary.

This is important though, as much about freedom of speech as it is about women’s rights. For those who missed it, Richard Littlejohn wrote a good article in the Mail when it all first kicked off.

www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-6116899/LITTLEJOHN-outrageous-Linda-Bellos-dragged-court-violent-trans-activists.html

Good luck

Good luck to Linda and Venice. Well done all who are planning on going. Have a great meeting. Sad I can't be there.

Yes please from me too on updates on the thread/ twitter

Good luck to Venice and Linda tomorrow - this whole thing is such madness, it's actually scaring me. Will be awaiting the outcome with bated breath.

Please can anyone there update twitter and/or this thread with photos and info, for those of us who can't be there. Good luck everyone that going to show their support

Thanks for the update Datun. I was planning to be there but my train doesn't get me into London until around 1pm. Looking forward to meeting everyone in the evening but would be great to meet up in the afternoon too if others would like to.

Thanks Datum, I def can't do the earlier time but hope it all goes well and that there's a good attendance (how did the TRA's manage to reorganise themselves so rapidly? Grrr)

I'm definitely coming to the Radfem meeting in the evening though so hope to meet some of you there

Thanks for the update Datun - won't be able to make the morning, which is a shame. Hope others will be able to give them some support. I don't remember any TRAs there last time, unless they were scared off by the Venice & Linda supporters.

arranbubonicplague

I hear ya.

Gah - I completely understand that legal hearings change very quickly. I rearranged my day round the information that we wouldn't need to be at court to show support until 15:30. I can't change it back.

I'll need to keep updated on whether it's still appropriate to go along in the afternoon for Linda (and Venice) as I'm uncertain as to what is happening now. I hope it means something positive for both of them.

UPDATE.

There's been a change of plan and Venice is going into court at 9:30.

She is making a statement before she goes in.

Apparently there is going to be a press presence and a protest by TRAs. Although they have said it will be peaceful.

I know it's earlier than anticipated, but I'm sure Venice and Linda could do with support at 9:30, if possible. It would be useful to show the photographers quite how much backing these women have.

The TRA protest is starting at nine, I believe. It would be a misrepresentation if the only photograph that hits the newspapers is of them.

But it is, of course, perfectly understandable if people cannot rearrange their plans.

I'm posting to update and give people the option.

Giuliana used to be Mark.

There was a Mark Kendal listed as an employee of Speechly Bircham LLP, but the latest press mention I've seen is from 2013.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10512917/Burglar-trapped-himself-hanging-over-toilet-and-drops-phone-in-bath.html

Oh no, it's Linda, isn't it. Archers obsession seeping out into real life.

I believe it is going ahead, yes. Don't know about timings. Is it one of those things where they have to turn up first thing and hang around all day waiting for the case to come on, or am I getting confused with a surgeon's operation list, where some poor bugger who's been nil by mouth since the previous evening has to hang on till 3pm for their op?

Anyway, best of luck to Venice and Lynda. Surely this farce will end tomorrow.

I wont be there (London is a big scary place for us little town folk) and I also have to work. But I wish both Linda and Venice all the best and hope that sanity prevails. Surely it must?

Is this going ahead tomorrow?

If so, all the best to Linda and Venice.

Sorry of course

Dory I can't get there, but cheering them and supporters along. Let's hope this stupidity stops now.