WPUK have released a financial statement showing money received by source and how it is spent

And the staff apparently. A right to know dammit.

twitter.com/search?q=Lush&src=typed_query

Trans people have a RIGHT to know how everyone spends their money, don't you know.

Has there been any twitter fallout for lush yet? Worth a peek?

Here is a summary of some of the unethical behaviour by Lush.

womenspeakscotland.com/2020/08/08/lush/

Looks like their Australian division is no better.

www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/17/cosmetics-company-lush-admits-to-underpaying-australian-workers-by-44m

The gender spirit mob never seem to get fired up about staff being exploited or discrimination against disabled workers. It's a donation to a perfectly legitimate women's rights organisation that sets them off. Tells you all you need to know.

On the phone to HRMC maybe..

Where’s jj this morning? Out searching for straws to clutch, maybe?

Bloody hell, should have RTFT first, this thread is seriously something to behold

5k is a lot in legal fees, bahahaha

Goalpost shifting masterclass though, truly, bravo. Has to be seen to be believed really.

On speakers getting paid also, I have no issue at all with this. Takes a while preparing, and travelling and such. And even without that, why not pay women for their work?! I guess some would maybe rather not see it as work, but it IS more work.

TRAs have a list of people to target now, is my immediate thought.

I understand why they did this though. But I also think part of the reason TRAs bleat on about dark money is specifically to get funding sources revealed so they can mass spam them for daring to care about womens rights..

Anyone complaining about women being paid for their labour, should watch this

Lush (some branches) as signs in their window that were rather nasty. Oh well, the crocodile always bites because that is their nature.

What is the problem with paying some of the speakers?

Quite a lot of the women who have spoken up on the sex/gender issue have no or low income, sometimes because they have lost their PAYE job. My bottom line is: if you are asking someone to come and speak at an event and they are not doing so as a salaried individual, you should expect to give them a speaker's fee.

I think it's hugely honourable of WPUK to adopt this practice.

Wasn't it Lush who said they'd remove anyone from their shop wearing an Adult Human Female t-shirt? And whinged about some stickers?

Oops. They may be about to discover where the real hatred comes from.

I’m not a nice person. I hate the idea of anyone losing a job or stores closing - and I’m sure Lush will survive (or resurrect like Cosmetics to Go) but I hope those who chose the strategy are furiously manning the hose pipes to put out these particular fires and rethinking their bright ideas of getting staff to work naked or inviting creepy guys to kiss them ‘wherever’.

Well Lush are about to realise the truth of what we've been saying when they see the behaviour that is about to be unleashed on them. And experience first hand that fairness and even handedness are not virtues in this looking glass culture, and there's no apology sufficiently abject to ever be enough. It's an experience that has clarified many people's views.

Frankly they would have served women and themselves better by doing neither. The trans lobby turns on those who step out of line with a truly shocking level of vitriol.

"The outrage on twitter about the (relatively tiny) Lush grant is something to behold!"

As we guessed last week, the reason they're making a fuss about GC financial accounts is because they want to target the donators.

I think I feel a name change coming on ...

We’re wasting our time here if you’re just going to make stuff up and keep repeating it.

This is basically the motto of modern feminism, isn't it

I think we may have an entrant for quote of the year here:

jj1968 "I don't really care that much"

Thanks for that, it's been a rough morning and I really needed that laugh.

Doesn't anyone feel sorry for JJ? Imagine spending so much of your time on FWR constantly arguing with women that you clearly despise, it must be a very sad life indeed.
JJ I really hope you find something good in your life that you can enjoy, rather than spending all your time fighting women.

There’s one poster here who seems to think A woman’s place is in the wrong

Yes we all know how loaded a lot of GC activists are. Ah! But those nice peeps at WPUK even showed you how much the average donation is, in a coupel of different circumsatnces AND explained why they don't take large donations!

THINK DAMMIT!!! THINK!!!!!

Cos we really can see you!

Be told, will you? They aren't doing anything wrong!

I’m afraid we’ll need to hold off until jj gets here to make an arbitration on whether in fact YOU are the shady right wing cabal, clymene.

This thread is hilarious. The flailing.