New commissioners appointed to EHRC

Urghhhhh. I can see it all now.....

After previously saying that the 6 new EHRC commissioners would get all the updated guidance, including the long-awaited services guidance, out in early 2027, Phillipson said "We recognise that case law has moved on since we started our final review. It's important to get this right, so we're doing a systematic review of all relevant case law and expect to have the guidance out as early as 2030"

Reform are obviously not going to do anything on day 1, that's empty bragging echoing their role model Trump. We're not the US and any legislation they want to repeal or enact will need to go through normal drafting and parliamentary processes. The most they're going to do is put it in the first kings speech.

Not that that's much comfort, I hope they're never in the position to try. Come /on/ labour, you're looking increasingly silly and the opposition aren't so very incompetent as to miss an open goal.

To be fair, it really is very simple:

1. nobody can change sex
2. if anything is single-sex (because there's a proportionate and legitimate reason for this) you're not allowed in the one that's for the opposite sex

Applies to changing rooms, sports, associations etc etc.

Maybe we dont even need the stupid guidance. Enough employers get sued, they'll work it out eventually.

Where previously women might have been concerned about causing problems, i think we are now at the point where everyone should complain to everywhere about their policies on the basis of indirect sex discrimination. Even where you’re not actively using a service at present eg your local hospital etc. Because without a raft of complaints and the threat of having to pay out compensation they won’t do anything differently. Who fancies coordinating a letter writing campaign?

Ah ok ta.

Yep, I'm clear on the difference between "repeal = remove" and "repeal = replace". I agree it's very annoying that repeal/replace are used interchangeably!

I'm still of the same opinion as above, that it's a very ill-considered idea to talk about replacing it on day 1 without clarity on what that apparent improvement would be. As well as being similar to Labour's "vote for change" (but we can't tell you what that looks like) campaign, it's familiar Farage territory because it's how Brexit was positioned. It's all about tapping into the emotion behind how pissed off everyone is (e.g. about the DEI overreach) and getting a populist swell of support behind the idea that "anything has got to be better than this".

Sadly, it seems to work.. well, it's a vote winner. Actual delivery when in power and people want to know the details so that they can understand how it impacts them, not so much.

Sorry no more clearing up the difference in meaning between repeal and replace, as in used interchangeably by government.

a Reform replacement of the EQA could be a disaster I’m not pretending it will be milk and honey, but it’s not being repealed and just left with no protections at all.

If there is some info on another thread that I can read which fleshes out in greater detail what "better" looks like (i.e. it's more than just an undefined idea), I would be very happy to read it. If it's clear in what it wants to achieve and how it won't leave people exposed to discrimination, that would be helpful to see. Please could you send me the link to the thread?

I don't think it's a good idea to replace complex equalities legislation that successfully balances out everyone's rights, including accommodating the fact that only women can have babies, "on day 1" with an as yet undefined idea. It's got as much substance as Labour's "vote for change" campaign.

I don't believe it's scaremongering to call out how ill thought through that sounds.

The PCs certainly aren't perfect (gender reassignment makes no sense as written) but they serve an important purpose.

The overreach of DEI can be addressed without removing and replacing the Equality Act.

Repealing the GRA, on the other hand, would be a great idea. It's even more non-sensical than the definition of gender reassignment and doesn't need to be replaced with anything. Nobody should be given legal rights to replace fact with belief, which is the sole purpose of the GRA.

Yay Wales, we have 1 sensible person, we need many, many more. 🥳

Oh thank goodness. Thank you for that!

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Absolutely. I went into great detail on this on another thread. Repeal is what you do even when you bring in a new replacement. They are not scrapping without replacing.

Will that replacement be any good, dunno, but, it's not scrapping all rights ever.

strongly expect them to lean into it the same way the Republicans did

“Do you know what a Reform government will do? Well, on day one, we will get rid of the equalities department, we will scrap the equalities minister, and we will repeal the Equality Act, because we are going to work to build a country defined by meritocracy not tokenism, personal responsibility not victimhood, excellence not mediocrity, and unity not division.”
Reform did not explain what would replace the Equality Act, but Farage said it would mean “getting rid of the pernicious, divisive notion of protected characteristics”, while still protecting people in the workplace."

They say they're going to replace it with something else, whether that will be better we can't say yet because they haven't given any details. Framing it the way you have is just scaremongering, get a grip.

Yes.....

Well Reform will apparently solve the problem a different way of course. By getting rid of the Equality Act on day 1:

https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/reform-uk-would-repeal-equality-act/

Even Trump didn't go that mental when addressing the overreach of EDI.

A UK with no Equality Act would quickly become a country where employers just won't bother employing women. It'll be too expensive to bother because there is always a risk that they could get pregnant and would need maternity pay.

The first bloke is from Wales, so no to Sex Realism.

Is there anyone left who isn't a gender ideology?

I was wondering the same - do we have a deep dive on any of the others?

Are any of these sex realists?

They slipped the old lead of their own society in there.