Lib Dems sued over 10-year ban and 'sinister witch hunt' by activists

The Natalie Bird case was briefly covered in The Times:

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I wonder whether the LibDem membership prefer Layla Moran to Tim Farron. Will that carry through to the voters?

The Natalie Bird legal fund is on crowdjustice. 5 days to go.

@OvaHere I'd love to see Andy H take on the Greens, too. He's been treated appallingly.

I wonder if Venice Allen hasna case against Labour, too? If not, I'm sure there will be someone who's had a kicking from the party who could take action

Why the fuck Tim Farron put up with that shit I don't know. He was treated appallingly.

He was never anything but honest and transparent. And did what he understood to be what the general consensus was despite himself.

What I find most depressing was how few people questioned what happened and how it happened to him.

it seems to me (anecdotally) that gay men are much more empathetic towards trans women than towards us boring old cervix-havers.

It's something I often notice. The problem though is that saying this exposes someone to an accusation of homophobia.

There's some digging to be done for Natalie Bird if you search crowd justice.

the tax knowledgeable Maya Forstater received an employment tribunal enchantment

I think this is JKR’s influence.

Aaaah judge!

The Lib Dems have always had a very significant gay membership and it seems to me (anecdotally) that gay men are much more empathetic towards trans women than towards us boring old cervix-havers.

And leaves those poor foxes out of it!

Choose = judge, I think

My guess is it's a way of avoiding copyright breach claims, but it's hilarious!

"A choose dominated" foxes me. Dominated was ruled, but what on earth has been turned into "choose"?

From the Telegraph:

A Lib Dem spokesman said: “The party is currently carrying out multiple internal investigations involving Natalie Bird. As such, we cannot comment further until the investigations are complete.”

Unless they’re actively investigating the discrimination Natalie Bird has suffered, and looking into those who have been attacking her, this statement comes across as deeply troubling.

Best of luck to her in her case. The recent judgment implied that more cases would be necessary to establish how the protected gender-critical views might legally be expressed. I hope that such cases will immediately put a stop to ludicrous actions such as removal of women from political parties or public spaces for wearing clothing that states that women are adult human females.

Wow, I wonder if tax-knowledgeable Maya knows that she's getting an employment tribunal enchantment? I didn't realise that was one of the possible outcomes!

LDs have a significant misogyny problem too, there is a woman in Edinburgh who was going to stand who bailed because of the way she was treated.

Which was badly.

Good on her.

I hope she wins. Sending love.

My thoughts exactly.

It's ridiculous isn't it. We all know that men aren't women.
How the hell we got to this situation where it's such a fucking drama over what people can or can't say is truly beyond belief.

Cardinal (sorry I'm not stalking you!) Yes. It reads like a Google translation or a foreign disruptive site.
A screen shot or archived version of a reputable source would be good.

That's amazing. Too poetic for mere auto-translate failure, surely?

I do like "the tax knowledgeable Maya Forstater".

Yesterday on Triggernometry she was "Maya Forstater, twisted Maya Forstater".

That first link is making me feel like I'm actually going mad.
"It comes after a choose dominated on Thursday that saying trans women will not be actual women is a perception that “must be tolerated”, because the tax knowledgeable Maya Forstater received an employment tribunal enchantment after being sacked for “offensive” tweets. "

Does that site run text through a thesaurus or something?

Exactly.

A lot of lawyers have had plenty of time of getting their ducks in a row as it was widely anticipated in legal circles that Maya would win.

Having won, I don't think it's surprising that many cases are ready to go.

To use a car analogy they've done a full service and changed the oil/tyres - Maya's success put the fuel in the tank.

I would like to see Andy Healey take on the Greens. He may not want to of course but that would be an interesting case!

I've a suspicion that quite via few lawyers have been "holding" these cases awaiting the Maya decision and that not only has the dam burst but some will absolutely want to set some career defining legal precedents (if they can) on the back of it.

Makes sense. The ruling was so clear, and there have been so many examples of bad treatment, that they should be easy wins.

And the ruling has been long-awaited, and the win was expected, so of course they'd be ready to go.

Just never occurred to me it would move this fast :)

I signed up for this expecting the precedent to be set, but expected a bit more of a slog. I guess the appeal gave extra planning time and publicity.

Wouldn't have been a next-day thing if it went her way immediately, and the precedent wouldn't have been so strong, would it?