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GG and WI - is it a coincidence?

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Theeyeballsinthesky · 03/12/2025 17:59

That these public garment rending hand wringing oh my god it's soooo awful statements from these 2 organisations come just as Baroness Falkener has stepped down from Chairing EHRC and Mary Ann Stephenson takes over?

is this a loudly performative attempt to get EHRC to change their guidance?

(and yes I know we all know the guidance doesn't change the law but it all seems very suspiciously timed)

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EsmaCannonball · 03/12/2025 21:18

I wonder if both organisations are losing money and need to find a way to win women back while simultaneously seeming 'regretful' over all the poor men they are being forced to abandon?

RNApolymerase · 03/12/2025 20:57

Are there more organisations to follow? Hampstead ponds? Park run?

DavidBattenburgh · 03/12/2025 20:29

Also you should check out @Another2Catsthread about her husband trying to join the WI. The law firm for both was Bates Wells. It would really be interesting to find out who else they represent to see who has a press release tomorrow. Might have a glass of wine tonight to celebrate!

RogueFemale · 03/12/2025 20:20

Theeyeballsinthesky · 03/12/2025 19:45

It really does and it's very determinedly high profile. Arranging to on women's hour to announce it for example. It really does feel like a maximum publicity drive to highlight how sad men are and what big meanies the SC is making them be

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If it's a cunning plan, it won't work, because the law's the law.

alsoFanOfNaomi · 03/12/2025 20:15

I think I read on twitter that they have the same law firm, so yes, probably they got the very same advice.

TheNightingalesStarling · 03/12/2025 20:14

I was wondering if they've both been given the same advice.

Hoardasurass · 03/12/2025 20:11

Theeyeballsinthesky · 03/12/2025 17:59

That these public garment rending hand wringing oh my god it's soooo awful statements from these 2 organisations come just as Baroness Falkener has stepped down from Chairing EHRC and Mary Ann Stephenson takes over?

is this a loudly performative attempt to get EHRC to change their guidance?

(and yes I know we all know the guidance doesn't change the law but it all seems very suspiciously timed)

Nah someone has just pointed out to the boards that are braking the law and are personally liable for all penalties both financially and criminally and civil crts.That along with the lawsuits in the pipework and the fallout for Carol Potter in the NHS fife fiasco has clarified the situation that they find themselves in, its much better to blame the sc than admit that they have screwed up

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Theeyeballsinthesky · 03/12/2025 19:45

Appalonia · 03/12/2025 19:33

It does seem odd that they've both happened in the same week, doesn't it?

It really does and it's very determinedly high profile. Arranging to on women's hour to announce it for example. It really does feel like a maximum publicity drive to highlight how sad men are and what big meanies the SC is making them be

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Helleofabore · 03/12/2025 19:38

I did wonder.

Appalonia · 03/12/2025 19:33

It does seem odd that they've both happened in the same week, doesn't it?

EarthSight · 03/12/2025 19:31

Maybe.

Fuck them. Fuck their abandonment of women and their appeasement of trans activists.

Coatsoff42 · 03/12/2025 19:26

I’m not sure it is working as a plan, as most of the public comments seem to be ‘good, at last’ type comments.
Not a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth in the general population.