The Times articles on Stonewall: 26.06.2021

Thank god some sunlight is being shone on Stinewall's methods now. And with the ECHR and otber oeganisations leaving them, a taboo has been broken and more will follow. I do feel sorry for women in Scotland though :-(

What a disgrace my government is

Oh and the highest drug deaths in uk which seemed to be a surprise to SG

Sorry, I was referring to the image littebrowndog posted, I had forgotten that images get stripped out of quotes

This is all in every respect an inspection for accreditation, to demonstrate that you share the values and principles of the accrediting organisation. It is not a situation in which the applying organisation is listening to partisan positions to inform its own decision making.

This should not be happening.

That would be Joanna cherry ?

"As a corrosive example, the Scottish government’s applications have included screenshots of social media activity and the ostracism of dissenting colleagues on internal forums "

We have kids living in poverty in Scotland. Education gap not closed. Women not getting called for smear tests

Yet my government spends time and money on this

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Thanks, littlbrowndog - that's the Leader/editorial piece (I'd posted an archive link for it above but I'd somehow glossed over that horror).

From this. The times

I am astonished by the tone of the recommendations from Stonewall ... "We would like to see more engagement from your main account" etc. The arrogance is shocking

Which of the articles is this in?

I answered this with a screenshot above - but I'm now interested in which article littlbrowndog's snapshot is from because ostracism of dissenting colleagues on internal forums sounds even more distressing and potentially actionable.

These 'allies' who did this tho' - how are they looking at themselves or was this always for CV points and they won't look back at the harm they did to their colleagues and regret it?

It brought to mind another very fine Times leader wrt to the Harry Miller case:

As the judge in Mr Miller’s case, Mr Justice Julian Knowles, put it: “In this country we have never had a Cheka, a Gestapo or a Stasi. We have never lived in an Orwellian society.” It is to be hoped that yesterday’s ruling will help to keep it that way. It is vital that the police and other institutions are not driven by the often powerful pro-transgender movement into eroding freedom of expression.

Of course it's not just Stonewall that ScotGov is paying to push the TRA agenda...

www.gov.scot/publications/equality-national-intermediary-bodies-funding-2017-2020/

We have to accept that there was hardly anywhere in government that wasn't captured and they must now be running around trying to work out how they could have allowed illegality to creep into our institutions.

The Welsh and Scottish governments are both trying to show how progressive they are compared to England but in the rush they have ignored the law. Shame on them

This is my government

surely Stonewall can't survive now?

Of course they can - it was always in the employers' power and self-interest to conduct due diligence and impact assessments for other employees. Employers chose to do the 'pick me' dance even if they had to disadvantage some of their other employees with protected characteristics.

It explains so much about why and what politicians say, when you realise they are "earning" Stonewall points for it. I am unbelievably angry about this, and surely, surely Stonewall can't survive now?

MLM - Multi Level Marketing. Amway, Nu Skin, Herbalife etc...

They operate in a way that means people who join up are always chasing the next level which means investing more money.

From For Women Scotland back in January.

twitter.com/ForwomenScot/status/1347485700317437952?s=19

The civil service were, seemingly, concerned that they slipped in the ranking from 50 to 101. They launched a charm offensive to retrieve ground. This included asking which articles the Perm Sec should like or comment on and panel which incl Mermaids.

Link to the FOI this is from
www.gov.scot/publications/foi-202000094710/

Hackney council was marked down for its poor “role models” section, scoring only 9.5 out of 22 points — a disappointing result for the council whose leader, the Mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville, and his husband were the first same-sex couple in the borough to convert their civil partnership. T

The council was also penalised because its internal LGBT network had only gay leaders and no transgender ones. In a letter, sharing Stonewall’s feedback for improvement, a council representative wrote: “Suggestion: Better use of social media accounts. Would like to see examples from the main account because of the reach it has. Need more on trans, especially as they are currently under attack in the media.”

So when Nicola Sturgeon gave her broadcast plea, she was really pleading her place as a stonewall champion and asking not to be downgraded. Wow

In light of the loss incurred last year, it’s interesting that Stonewall has extended its accounting period from 30 September 2020 to 31 March 2021.

So instead of having to submit accounts by the end of July 2021 it’s been pushed out to end of December 2021.