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MN director appointed as director of the Good Law Project

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PlayYouLikeAShark · 21/08/2021 14:54

Link to Companies House

I'm wondering what the implications of this are?

This person is/was (?) a "Management/strategy consultant" who "advised the Founder & CEO on strategy and organisation".

Was this director involved in suggesting the FWR board should be split as part of the 'strategy advice'? Was this 'strategy advice' in any way linked to discussions or negotiations to sign on as a director of the Good Law Project? Was MN fully aware of the intention of a director to take on another directorship that I'd struggle to describe as benign or neutral, given the USP here is targeted litigation & campaigning (including attacking the charitable status of an LGB organisation)? What now for women who have opinions that men disagree with?

If there's a case brewing to sue MN, I think this could prove to be an 'interesting' move.

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Whinge · 25/08/2021 07:54

I'm surprised there hasn't been any response to this yet.

Leafstamp · 24/08/2021 21:32

@WineAcademy

Wasn't there rumblings a while back about MN being sold off? Splitting apart FWR may have been an effort to make it more financially viable.
This is a really interesting observation. I have worked at an organisation where we had to separate out parts of the organisation in order to sell it off separately to the rest. I’m trying to remember some of the jargon, I know part of preparing for due diligence work consisted of ‘sanitising’ documents etc. Always used to think it was well dodgy.

Am probably getting carried away with my tinfoil hat but doesn’t mean the bastards aren’t out to get us Grin

Jux · 24/08/2021 20:38

Watching with interest....

PamDenick · 24/08/2021 17:39

I have supported the GLP. There exposure of PPE contracts has been interesting.
However, I do not unthinkingly support every campaign of theirs… I didn’t agree with them about some children in care concerns for reasons I don’t go into…
I didn’t know they a connection with MN.

BernardBlackMissesLangCleg · 24/08/2021 17:01

I’m also interested in his diet business being grass roots plugged here on diet threads

EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 24/08/2021 17:00

I think that given who is probably reading this thread, we should all be very careful to make it clear that we're not making any direct accusations about anyone. We're just expressing concerns about potential issues that could arise.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 24/08/2021 16:13

@NutellaEllaElla

I feel like I'm being quite stupid here but what are the implications being suggested or considered here?
As Empress said, plus the concern for potential GDPR issues/the personally identifying information in respect of posters.

Only takes one accidental data breach for everybody who has made a comment at odds with a different organisation's view for them to be doxed or other incredibly personal information in other posts to become a bargaining chip.

Whinge · 24/08/2021 15:39

@EmpressWitchDoesntBurn

Well, I reported & had an acknowledgment from MNHQ so hopefully Justine will come & respond.

Beery, how to screenshot depends on what device you’re using - you’d be best searching screenshot plus whatever you’re on.

It will be interesting to see the response, and how long it takes them to respond.
EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 24/08/2021 15:31

@NutellaEllaElla

I feel like I'm being quite stupid here but what are the implications being suggested or considered here?
The views of the Good Law Project on transgender ideology are very different from the views of most of the women on this board and so if a director of the GLP is also a director of Mumsnet, there may be a significant conflict of interest.
NutellaEllaElla · 24/08/2021 14:34

I feel like I'm being quite stupid here but what are the implications being suggested or considered here?

Bordois · 24/08/2021 14:12

I'm sure its just a massive coincidence, nothing to see here...

Roystonv · 24/08/2021 09:55

Not intelligent enough to help/investigate good heavens that's a shock, feels like we are some sort of experiment for info gathering.

Ghislainedefeligonde · 24/08/2021 09:46

It might also help explain why some extremely sensible and knowledgeable posters such as lang were banned…

Datun · 24/08/2021 09:44

Placemarking

StuntNun · 24/08/2021 08:42

@Scrambledbeans

Interestingly he is also a director of a company that I have seen promoted by other posters on the low carb boot camp threads..
@Scrambledbeans and @Bryonyshcmyony that company (Ways of Eating) folded a few years ago. It was a diet and weight loss program and app so relevant to the Mumsnet Low Carb Bootcamp for people that wanted additional support.
DrBlackbird · 24/08/2021 08:30

Did Justine go to Oxford? If so, they may have met there.

www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/henry-wilde-prize-philosophy

EmpressWitchDoesntBurn · 24/08/2021 07:52

Well, I reported & had an acknowledgment from MNHQ so hopefully Justine will come & respond.

Beery, how to screenshot depends on what device you’re using - you’d be best searching screenshot plus whatever you’re on.

dyslek · 24/08/2021 02:15

The 'Good' Law Project are very , ahem, proactive in their public relations?

EmWry · 24/08/2021 01:49

@OnceUponAMidnightBeery

Before they mysteriously evaporate Hmm
I've just done a PDF print-to-save of the whole thread. Just in case...
OnceUponAMidnightBeery · 24/08/2021 00:08

Before they mysteriously evaporate Hmm

OnceUponAMidnightBeery · 24/08/2021 00:01

I don’t know how to screenshot, I’m sorry. Please can someone either tell me how or make sure these posts are all recorded?

Bryonyshcmyony · 23/08/2021 23:52

What low carb thing?

hoteltango · 23/08/2021 23:46

I got a hint about this via Twitter. It's all very odd. I really don't see Justine as someone who would kowtow to a damaging ideology. Her basic premise for Mumsnet was supporting mums, aka women. She still posts here from time to time.

So, either she didn't know; in which case, what is she going to do about it?

Or, she did know; in which case, what the heck is going on?

MonsignorMirth · 23/08/2021 22:12

@WineAcademy

Wasn't there rumblings a while back about MN being sold off? Splitting apart FWR may have been an effort to make it more financially viable.
Yes there was some speculation on another thread about the FWR changes. As i said there, I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop... ie, "something" to happen. Good spot OP.
AntiSocialDistancer · 23/08/2021 21:27

I do like MN sleuths Brew

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