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Julie Bindel has won against Nottingham Council

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Birdsweepsin · 07/10/2022 13:01

juliebindel.substack.com/p/i-won-my-case-against-nottingham?r=7w54f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

...and the Council are going to review their EDI policies!

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LoobiJee · 07/10/2022 17:25

yourhairiswinterfire · 07/10/2022 15:28

NCCs statement/apology.

www.mynottinghamnews.co.uk/statement-from-nottingham-city-council/

Well done Julie!

What a mealy-mouthed crew they are at NCC. “procedurally unlawful”?

So that translates as….whoopsadaisy we may have inadevertently tripped over some trivial procedural stuff but we are not going to give the full picture to our citizens, tell the full truth - which is that they were: narrow-minded, too lazy to do any research or thinking, sanctimonious, discriminatory and morally wrong.

I think Julie let them off far too lightly letting them get away with that statement.

donquixotedelamancha · 07/10/2022 17:25

Brilliant, well done Julie.

This has proceeded very quickly in for a legal wrangle- clearly as soon as the lawyers got involved it became clear there wasn't a leg to stand on.

I find it bizarre that this happened in the first place. Either the councillors and civil servants involved all lacked a basic understanding of the equality act or the politicians thought it was worth pissing public money away to make a point.

I'm not sure which option is worse.

ArabellaScott · 07/10/2022 17:18

'procedurally' is doing the same work here as 'a little bit'.

Cherryblossoms85 · 07/10/2022 17:13

There is no such thing as procedurally unlawful. It's either lawful or it's not .

RoseslnTheHospital · 07/10/2022 17:05

It does sound weaselly, as if they'd done some different process that cancelling would have been ok. They conspicuously don't say it was wrong for them to have cancelled or that they shouldn't have cancelled the event. Just that they cancelled in an unlawful way.

They have also been told to pay the costs etc. don't know why they say they've "agreed" to do so.

IcakethereforeIam · 07/10/2022 16:59

From NCC's statement/apology 'procedurally unlawful'?, I understood it to be unlawfully unlawful. This sounds like it would have been okay to cancel, except they fucked up the process. Just ticked a few of the wrong boxes otherwise it was fiine to do what they did.

Are they being weasels or am I just being over sensitive/misunderstanding something?

Datun · 07/10/2022 15:35

Good. They were clearly wrong. Well done to Julie.

yourhairiswinterfire · 07/10/2022 15:28

NCCs statement/apology.

www.mynottinghamnews.co.uk/statement-from-nottingham-city-council/

Well done Julie!

MsPinkMarshmallow · 07/10/2022 15:26

Well done Julie. Depressing that they’re Stonewall captured though.

Clymene · 07/10/2022 14:55

Good for her

CrossStichQueen · 07/10/2022 14:55

Twatter is already filling up with the "Notts did the right thing just the wrong way so it's not a win for the GC crowed" and "why do GC always take this stuff to court they never win its a waste of time"

They are so up their own arses they are happy for the women of Nottingham to lose money and have their own council cancel an event which was set up to discuss male violence against women.

TRAs do not care about actual women. They want women silenced and kept at home.

Thelnebriati · 07/10/2022 14:48

You don't need to subscribe using that link, just click the 'let me read it' button on the pop up.

Is there any chance Nottingham women will get their single sex Women's Centre back?

Soontobe60 · 07/10/2022 14:45

Is there a link where we dont need to subscribe?

CompleteGinasaur · 07/10/2022 14:42

Big thanks from Nottingham. A real and very unguilty pleasure to see my self-righteous, misogynistic Council so thoroughly and publically spanked. Yet again you come through for us, Julie; it is an absolute privilege to have contributed.

(Waits for Marge to pop up and tell me how I've wasted my money...)

ArabellaScott · 07/10/2022 14:33

Glad to hear it.

IamSarah · 07/10/2022 14:31

Brilliant news!! So pleased for her.

WarriorN · 07/10/2022 14:21

Good for Julie! 👏

Eek to incoming pronouns 😬

CountZacular · 07/10/2022 14:12

This is interesting. I’ve NC for this but I work for NCC. We’re currently working on our submission for the Stonewall charter. On the date of this agreement (23/09) a message went up on our intranet ‘encouraging’ pronouns in signature and an email the following week so I wouldn’t take this as a win just yet.

TrainedByCats · 07/10/2022 13:40

Well done Julie, shame it takes legal action but hopefully other councils will be taking note

Whatsnewpussyhat · 07/10/2022 13:28

Fantastic news!

Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 07/10/2022 13:27

Excellent!

PronounssheRa · 07/10/2022 13:25

BernardBlacksWineIcelolly · 07/10/2022 13:04

That’s really good to hear

feels like some sanity may be creeping in?

Doubt it. I suspect they have just been reminded by lawyers that they aren't allowed to discriminate.

Beowulfa · 07/10/2022 13:22

Glad she did not take that ludicrous shit lying down.

Interesting that libraries are being mentioned along the lines of "assets of community value" in terms of public places where people can keep warm this winter. All sorts of reasons to keep them open- thanks Julie.

littlbrowndog · 07/10/2022 13:22

🙌🏽🙌🏽

IcakethereforeIam · 07/10/2022 13:18

Brilliant, well done Julie!

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