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Allison Bailey

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NancyDrawed · 02/04/2022 11:06

Allison's case is due to be heard later this month and given the delays and attempts to have the case struck out, as well as the addition of direct discrimination based on GC beliefs to the case, costs have mounted.

The case is scheduled to run for 20 days (5 to 10 days being the norm).

Ben Cooper QC is representing Allison.

I'm off to plant some more flowers to really catch the sunlight that no doubt will be shining during the 20 days of her case. I thought I had enough, but more are needed because of the extension, unfortunately, which has left a bit of a bare patch!

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SpinningTheSeedsOfLove · 04/04/2022 10:07

@DERFDogmaExlusionary

Now nearly 320k!
It's brilliant, isn't it?

It's 58% of the new 'big push' total ("I've raised £319,495.00 of £550,000.00" - AB's website just now).

So we have to keep going, keep plugging away. This is so important it kind of hurts, iykwim.

ColMustardInTheLibrary · 04/04/2022 09:58

I’ve done a bit of early morning digging. I do love the smell of anti-bullshit in the morning.

Turningpurple · 04/04/2022 09:53

O am having a look round my shed today to see what I can put together to do some gardening. I will definitely have done at least a bit by the end if the day.

DERFDogmaExlusionary · 04/04/2022 09:44

Now nearly 320k!

LiesDoNotBecomeUs · 04/04/2022 08:43

Inspired to start gardening myself today. 🌻 🌻

Hearing about the attack on Alison's crowdfunding really did it for me. That is cheating - we want justice.

(I'm clearing work to allow me time to see what the force of nature can do to a wall. )

HotCrossMocha · 04/04/2022 08:31

has there been a second mega-donation? that's amazing if people who have the resources are taking notice.

Turningpurple · 04/04/2022 07:43

@PearPickingPorky

Me too!
DomesticatedZombie · 04/04/2022 07:33

Morning bump.

PearPickingPorky · 03/04/2022 23:17
sacredfeminina · 03/04/2022 22:41

Just reminded of a little poster stuck on the wall of a flat i used to live in with a wonderful, magical sister of mine...

''I hope your head cracks open and the light comes pouring in..''

I hope this for so many people right now!

CriticalCondition · 03/04/2022 22:36

Popped out to Allison's allotment with my spade today. And stopped by at Raquel's garden to do a bit of digging there too.

I think the forecast for the next couple of months is bright, lots of lovely sunlight.

SpringLobelia · 03/04/2022 21:22

I think tomorrow is an excellent day to garden.

stimpyyouidiot · 03/04/2022 21:19

I've done what I can

Motorina · 03/04/2022 20:54

Gardening done. Pruning, cutting back, getting more light on things... Thank you for the reminder?.

EmbarrassingHadrosaurus · 03/04/2022 20:50

@DelurkingLawyer

Thanks for the reminder to get out and garden.

Fascinating that some are suggesting on twitter that it won’t change the law. They’re very eager to say that a few first instance decisions like the Land Rover case did change the law or were otherwise somehow ground breaking, because it suits their agenda to do so.

Let me take a wild guess as to which people on Twitter are claiming that for Jaguar Land Rover. I suspect it's a Venn diagram with the people involved in it and overstating its impact, at length, in parts of a co-authored book (helpfully reviewed at Legal Feminist).

www.legalfeminist.org.uk/2021/09/02/a-practical-guide/

ThinkWittyThoughts · 03/04/2022 20:45

Just did some more digging. Thanks for the reminder.

I'm looking forward to virtually watching Ben Cooper (the QC, not that poor guy on Twitter) rip them to pieces, one reasonable question at a time...

Aretina · 03/04/2022 20:17

@McDuffy

Aretina I've done a larger donation than usual thanks to your post, here's to better timesDaffodil I will not be booking any important meetings for a month!
That's lovely to feel that I have had an impact. Flowers
partystress · 03/04/2022 20:10

Thank for sharing - nice to be reminded of those jobs that need doing.

McDuffy · 03/04/2022 20:03

Aretina I've done a larger donation than usual thanks to your post, here's to better timesDaffodil
I will not be booking any important meetings for a month!

DelurkingLawyer · 03/04/2022 19:56

@NancyDrawed

Whether it can change the law or not - the sunlight will be blinding and I imagine will shock a lot of people if they have not been following the Stonewall creep into policy and public bodies.

I am surprised I'm not at the number of people on twitter saying that the public should not be giving money to this and suggesting better causes. I'll donate to any causes I believe in, thanks, and who is to say that Mr or Ms £50K donation doesn't give equally large amounts to causes those commentors deem worthy?

That aside, I feel uncomfortable that the narrative spun to vulnerable youngsters is likely to be 'See how much people want to take away your rights and prevent you from being yourself, Stonewall is your friend'.

I wonder how they will spin the details of the case once it is underway?

That “how daaaaaare they spend money on this cause” made me donate more. I spend my hard-earned money on what I fucking well please, and maybe if they didn’t want us to spend money on crowdfunders like these they should have spoken up while Stonewall was busily institutionally capturing all those organisations.
SpringCalling · 03/04/2022 19:27

Dug

MamaSaidTheredBeDaysLikeThis · 03/04/2022 19:08

Thanks RoyalCorgi.

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NancyDrawed · 03/04/2022 19:07

Whether it can change the law or not - the sunlight will be blinding and I imagine will shock a lot of people if they have not been following the Stonewall creep into policy and public bodies.

I am surprised I'm not at the number of people on twitter saying that the public should not be giving money to this and suggesting better causes. I'll donate to any causes I believe in, thanks, and who is to say that Mr or Ms £50K donation doesn't give equally large amounts to causes those commentors deem worthy?

That aside, I feel uncomfortable that the narrative spun to vulnerable youngsters is likely to be 'See how much people want to take away your rights and prevent you from being yourself, Stonewall is your friend'.

I wonder how they will spin the details of the case once it is underway?

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PrincessFluffyPants · 03/04/2022 19:04

Always happy to help tend the garden

LauriePartridge4Eva · 03/04/2022 18:47

Thanks for the reminder from me too. I'm not on other social media so would have missed this, I chucked in some cash for her and will put in more when I can.