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What do we think the 5 Supreme Court judges are thinking of what's happened since?

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loveyouradvice · 31/05/2025 22:18

Do we think they are sanguine and just accepting that the law takes a long time to be accepted and worked through, given the previous misinformation?

Do we think they are surprised by the resistance from employers and service providers?

What do we think they are thinking`???

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BabaYagasHouse · 31/05/2025 23:06

Keeptoiletssafe · 31/05/2025 22:37

‘Told you we shouldn’t mention toilets’

🤣 perfect! 👩‍🍳💋

Keeptoiletssafe · 31/05/2025 22:37

‘Told you we shouldn’t mention toilets’

TalbotAMan · 31/05/2025 22:36

I'm a (now retired) legal academic and, fwiw, I have a different take on this.

Essentially, it was a (small-p) political decision. The case was from Scotland so the judgment was written by the Scottish Deputy President and the two women Justices to stifle various possible criticisms of ignorance or bias. There were certainly viable arguments either way, but neither was problem-free, as we are now seeing, I think that this was their way of handing the problem back to the politicians with the message 'This is your mess and we're not going to sort it out for you'. It wouldn't be the first time they've done this but the other times the cases haven't been so much in the public eye.