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GLP are going after Sarah Philmore and are going to lose

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fromorbit · 28/08/2025 09:10

Get the popcorn folks. GLP is getting ready to lose again.

They are going after barrister Sarah Phillimore for referring to a man as a man. They think they are going to lawfare her into silence.

Her blog:

Here we are now: Entertain us
I have had now 7 years and counting of the various tactics used to 'silence' those who won't comply with prevailing orthodoxy. How are those tactics holding up?
https://sarahphillimore.substack.com/p/here-we-are-now-entertain-us?

The only thing is other TAs have already tried this on Phillimore multiple times. They went to the Bar Council their claims were dismissed. They all failed. More to the point this ‘Kate’ is the same guy complaining again who already failed. Sarah Phillimore knows the law and likes explaining it to TAs and making them lose. So she doesn't even resent the attempt.

As Sarah has stated "They pick on someone who not only enjoys this but has now a vast repository of knowledge about the law in this area."

Sarah Phillimore

Because I don’t tweet as a public body, an employer or provider of goods or services. I am not subject to the Equality Act. I tweet as a private individual and I will say again. You can’t change sex. A man cannot be a woman. I cannot be compelled to call a man a woman.

A trans identifying man such as ‘Kate’ who frequently takes to the public stage to urge violence against women and declare his intent to enter women’s spaces, is a dangerous man and one who will attract public comment.

Follow the fun on X
https://x.com/SVPhillimore

Here we are now: Entertain us

I have had now 7 years and counting of the various tactics used to 'silence' those who won't comply with prevailing orthodoxy. How are those tactics holding up?

https://sarahphillimore.substack.com/p/here-we-are-now-entertain-us

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Vegemiteandhoneyontoast · 28/08/2025 18:24

He's totally transparent, isn't he. Just wants to keep the money coming in.

DrudgeJedd · 28/08/2025 18:20

I wonder if Maugham hoping that JKR becomes involved in this because of the disgusting things Ms XX has said & written about her? His last post on X is him literally begging JKR to sue him, imagine the £££ he could grift crowdfund off the back of that.

GLP are going after Sarah Philmore and are going to lose
Ixl · 28/08/2025 16:11

Off topic, but I'm finding it amusing that the "Good Law Project" doesn't actually seem to be good (in any sense).

It's almost as if calling yourself something doesn't actually mean that you are that thing.

Llamasarellovely · 28/08/2025 16:09

Merrymouse · 28/08/2025 14:35

I wonder how easy it is for anyone involved with the GLP to say "sorry I don't think you have a case" in a situation like this?

Seem to have managed to say it to Victoria M 😁

RedToothBrush · 28/08/2025 15:57

Sammybabes16 · 28/08/2025 15:07

I don’t think that’s the only reason they are going after her. Calling a transwoman a man may upset some transwomen and may be rude but that’s not the reason she is being challenged or should she.

However lets be honest here - her continued comments and bullying ( yet it is) and harassment of certain trans individuals is the reason.

Its one thing to have a different opinion but another to actively target a certain group and individuals which she has.

For a person in her professional position it is unacceptable. I’m sorry to say she deserves everything that comes with being hateful and intolerant.

One of the key arguments about the whole issue is the safety, privacy and dignity of women from males, particularly males who may have a sexual motivation to be around women without their consent.

We can't ignore the elephant in the room in a public debate.

If you market yourself as a normal, woman with normal non sexualised behaviour then publicly contradict that concept ESPECIALLY when you also market yourself as in the public eye as a journalist who may seek to influence you automatically become accountable for your own actions in UK law.

The premise of the three pillars of democracy where free speech and the media interact with public accountability isn't going to suddenly change because some trans activists decide it should.

That's just how it works. The threshold of privacy changes in terms of what you should expect.

If a politician said, "I believe in wholesome traditional family values" and posed with his wife and kids, he can expect to be commented on repeatedly my multiple individuals if he's caught shagging someone he shouldn't, particularly if it's in a public or non vanilla way.

Because it's about the difference between what someone says and what they demonstrate.

RedToothBrush · 28/08/2025 15:40

Molly thinks that 14 year old girls are responsible for their own actions remember. And that they shouldn't be infantilised. So Molly will be applying this to grown adults including himself too.

Molly doesn't think that women should be given the options to consent to sharing facilities with males and Molly thinks that transwomen who fail to disclose their sex before performing sexual acts are hard done by. So trying to have a claim that in any way refers to consent would be interesting given Molly's own beliefs.

Also it was JKR who retweeted the 14 year old girl tweet so if Molly was really upset, surely Molly would be issuing legal papers to her first given that JKR has much greater reach and influence.

There's no way it can be Molly. Nope. Definitely not.

RedToothBrush · 28/08/2025 15:32

SabrinaThwaite · 28/08/2025 15:06

@RedToothBrush It's supposedly someone that has already reported Sarah to the BSB previously, and had both the complaint and the review rejected.

Plus there's an allusion to 'big shoes to fill' - we all know who has giant shoes.

It simply doesn't make sense unless Molly is into public humiliation.

You saw THAT photo, right?

If it is Weddell, then the GLP are more stupid / desperate / clueless than one could imagine - unless, as @MyAmpleSheep suggests, it's to try and claim that the BSB are biased, and of course it keeps the grift going.

But it couldn't possibly be Molly if this is a serious claim...

... And the GLP think it's a serious claim.

moto748e · 28/08/2025 15:23

ArabellaScott · 28/08/2025 12:34

Expressing my appreciation for 'benthic' in this context.

Yes, every day's a school day on MN!

AnSolas · 28/08/2025 15:14

Sammybabes16 · 28/08/2025 15:07

I don’t think that’s the only reason they are going after her. Calling a transwoman a man may upset some transwomen and may be rude but that’s not the reason she is being challenged or should she.

However lets be honest here - her continued comments and bullying ( yet it is) and harassment of certain trans individuals is the reason.

Its one thing to have a different opinion but another to actively target a certain group and individuals which she has.

For a person in her professional position it is unacceptable. I’m sorry to say she deserves everything that comes with being hateful and intolerant.

Can you quote or link to support your claims?

AnSolas · 28/08/2025 15:12

MyAmpleSheep · 28/08/2025 14:58

It's a win-win for the GLP (in their own minds, at least). If they lose the case they have more propaganda they can spin because even the BSB is biased against them so how can they get justice ever, anywhere?

That spin is a very dangerous spin to take if one is regulated by any of the legal professions.

One could even find oneself being asked to explain why one choose to or allowed ones organisation to bringing the profession into disrepute by making claims which would undermine Jo Public's perception of the legal profession and the BSBs ability to correctly apply disciplinary action to regulate the professional members.

Sammybabes16 · 28/08/2025 15:07

I don’t think that’s the only reason they are going after her. Calling a transwoman a man may upset some transwomen and may be rude but that’s not the reason she is being challenged or should she.

However lets be honest here - her continued comments and bullying ( yet it is) and harassment of certain trans individuals is the reason.

Its one thing to have a different opinion but another to actively target a certain group and individuals which she has.

For a person in her professional position it is unacceptable. I’m sorry to say she deserves everything that comes with being hateful and intolerant.

SabrinaThwaite · 28/08/2025 15:06

@RedToothBrush It's supposedly someone that has already reported Sarah to the BSB previously, and had both the complaint and the review rejected.

Plus there's an allusion to 'big shoes to fill' - we all know who has giant shoes.

It simply doesn't make sense unless Molly is into public humiliation.

You saw THAT photo, right?

If it is Weddell, then the GLP are more stupid / desperate / clueless than one could imagine - unless, as @MyAmpleSheep suggests, it's to try and claim that the BSB are biased, and of course it keeps the grift going.

MyAmpleSheep · 28/08/2025 14:58

It's a win-win for the GLP (in their own minds, at least). If they lose the case they have more propaganda they can spin because even the BSB is biased against them so how can they get justice ever, anywhere?

RedToothBrush · 28/08/2025 14:49

I don't think it could possibly be Molly....

This is Molly's track record.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5169517-5169517-sparkles-vs-councilor-laurie-burton?page=1

The attempt to intimidate Councillor Burton who commented on public photos of Molly on social media half naked wearing nipple clamps (that Molly had posted himself so clearly absolutely fine with self image if you go posting photos of yourself like this for all to see, ESPECIALLY if you regard yourself as female)

Then there was the cease and desist letter to Fred Sergeant mentioned on the abuse thread.

Somehow after that Molly managed to continue to leave the house in April this year, to protest against JKR, after this...

...using a loud hailer in front of a large crowd dressed in 'Hogwarts uniform' calling to take a shit on JKR and for her to be arrested, which was widely shared on social media.

https://x.com/Sorelle_Arduino/status/1914225795389677850?t=DGgl3vRihwWWOKh_K2nc3Q&s=19

And then this month Molly has been out and about without problems shopping at M&S.

Remember this is what Sarah Phillimore says the claim is:
XX describes an “onslaught” of abuse she has received online, which she says has been led by you. She says that the abuse wears people down, preventing others from getting involved in the discussion about trans rights. Transphobic hate “shattered her confidence, particularly around her appearance, and left her too scared to leave the house for weeks” and led XX to attempt to take her own life.

From March 2024 to August 2025, you wrote more than 50 posts across multiple social media platforms referring to XX, “usually in derogatory terms.”

You repeatedly misgendered, deadnamed and shared photos of XX and used graphic language about her genitals.

And it couldn't be Molly because for someone who hasnt been able to leave the house for weeks and doesn't like others talking about his gentials, having above mentioned photos freely available on social media without privacy settings and then shopping for bras on social media and then protesting with a loud hailer during the same time period isn't really going to hold up well in court (or with the DWP) is it? It doesn't really seem consistent with the claim does it?

The GLP would be nuts to go with a claim that has such high stakes for naming transwomen men with Molly who has gone out of his way to seek public attention.

So I have to dispute the suggestion that it's Molly bringing the claim. It simply doesn't make sense unless Molly is into public humiliation.

Does it?
🤔

NoWordForFluffy · 28/08/2025 14:41

Iamnotalemming · 28/08/2025 13:40

I think Naomi Cunningham recently had some complaints against her for misgendering etc rejected by the BSB (and she only knew about them when they were rejected). She posted about it on LinkedIn (where I am fan girl following her, which is the closest to outing myself as GC as I currently feel brave enough to do...).

Same here!

I <almost> reposted a post about the EHRC taking action against public bodies not following the SC judgment earlier. But changed my mind!

Merrymouse · 28/08/2025 14:35

deadpan · 28/08/2025 11:55

Ol' Jolyon won't like it that he's being shown his arse publicly but doesn't seem to have the intelligence to stop pursuing things.
It's like watching a toddler having a tantrum in slow motion.

I wonder how easy it is for anyone involved with the GLP to say "sorry I don't think you have a case" in a situation like this?

ItsCoolForCats · 28/08/2025 14:00

And how can he be a journalist when he can barely string two coherent sentences together?

ItsCoolForCats · 28/08/2025 13:59

MyAmpleSheep · 28/08/2025 12:40

“Sophie Molllie” I think.

SP says the same man had previously complained about her to the BSB, and that was SM, also known as a Mr. Weddell:

https://sarahphillimore.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-the-director-general

Edited

Bloody hell, not him. They really are ridiculous.

Does Sophie Molly get paid for his "journalism"? As far as I know, he is on disability benefits so he can devote himself to harassing women full time.

SlackJawedDisbeliefXY · 28/08/2025 13:54

Isn't this case just a way of getting the contents of the GLP coffers into Joylon and other's pockets?

borntobequiet · 28/08/2025 13:50

MissKomodoDragonsBrunch · 28/08/2025 13:41

Is that person not busy with their “bra fit” and gloating over holding up a huge M&S bag?

Was it not a “boob fit”?

AnSolas · 28/08/2025 13:47

Iamnotalemming · 28/08/2025 13:40

I think Naomi Cunningham recently had some complaints against her for misgendering etc rejected by the BSB (and she only knew about them when they were rejected). She posted about it on LinkedIn (where I am fan girl following her, which is the closest to outing myself as GC as I currently feel brave enough to do...).

That would have be a funny court case (if the BSB decided to wade in on what pronouns cant be used to defend or present a case)

SabrinaThwaite · 28/08/2025 13:46

Also busy telling everyone that he’s going to be ignoring the EHRC statutory guidance and will continue to use women’s single sex spaces.

MissKomodoDragonsBrunch · 28/08/2025 13:41

Is that person not busy with their “bra fit” and gloating over holding up a huge M&S bag?

Iamnotalemming · 28/08/2025 13:40

I think Naomi Cunningham recently had some complaints against her for misgendering etc rejected by the BSB (and she only knew about them when they were rejected). She posted about it on LinkedIn (where I am fan girl following her, which is the closest to outing myself as GC as I currently feel brave enough to do...).

Ereshkigalangcleg · 28/08/2025 13:39

Not sure SM stood “outside” them