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Excellent from Trevor Phillips

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Theeyeballsinthesky · 22/05/2026 13:31

Oh he gets it

x.com/trevorptweets/status/2057780825148490016?s=46

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BendoftheBeginning · 22/05/2026 14:29

Who the hell are these people who don’t know Trevor Phillips started speaking up about this nearly 10 years ago? What rocks have they been under, and why are they here now pretending they’ve had any hand in the grassroots pushback?

spannasaurus · 22/05/2026 14:24

Trevor Phillips has been speaking against self ID since at least 2018

MarmaladeorJam · 22/05/2026 14:20

PersonIrresponsible · 22/05/2026 14:13

It's all so easy for them to speak up now though, isn't it.

Five years ago, he'd have lost his job. Like all those women did.

This.

I cannot ignore that most men, including Mr. Phillips, sat back and watched dreadful injustices, but were silent.

While doing so, they studied the intellectual endeavors of the women who were on the front line.

Arriving now with clear and borrowed argument, when it is safe, does not elevate him or any of the others who are speaking now, into the terrain of "Good Man."

But, as the West is what it is, we need him.

So I accept him.

But I am not excited or indeed, grateful.

Was too little and way too late for my tastes.

GenderlessVoid · 22/05/2026 14:19

[T]oday’s guidance isn’t just another tiresome chapter in culture wars. It is , I hope, a halt to the efforts to undermine one of the most important pieces of legislation on the statute book, by people who, for their own reasons, would prefer us to be living in the 1950s world of Mad Men.

Thank you, Trevor. The tweet is a clear, concise explanation of the importance of the Equality Act and yesterday's EHRC guidance. It's very understandable and straightforward for those who haven't been following the issue or don't understand why women care about it.

MarieDeGournay · 22/05/2026 14:14

Also bloody well said:
at the heart of the campaign to undermine the Equality Act is an idea that we specifically rejected in 2010, so called self-identification. That is to say, that it should be up to the individual to decide whether they have what’s called a protected characteristic - are you male or female, are you black or white. The problem is that self-ID would destroy the operation of any law against discrimination.

He can speak authoritatively on the EA2010 - he helped draft it.

PersonIrresponsible · 22/05/2026 14:13

It's all so easy for them to speak up now though, isn't it.

Five years ago, he'd have lost his job. Like all those women did.

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Theeyeballsinthesky · 22/05/2026 13:54

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In a democracy, there’s little point in Parliament deciding anything if the law is then made an ass by activists intimidating bosses in companies, schools, universities and the media into doing something different.

bloody well said

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PrizedPickledPopcorn · 22/05/2026 13:52

He really, really gets it. All the elements are there. Good man.

GailBlancheViola · 22/05/2026 13:50

Excellent.

If only we were blessed with politicians with such ability.

Beowulfa · 22/05/2026 13:46

Why can't there be more grown-ups like this in charge of things?

MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack · 22/05/2026 13:45

Very well articulated common sense. Thank you, Trevor.

CornishDaughteroftheDawn · 22/05/2026 13:43

A comprehensive and utterly sane view from Trevor. He’s obviously one of the good guys. We need more Trevors.

1984Now · 22/05/2026 13:40

Theeyeballsinthesky · 22/05/2026 13:31

Oh he gets it

x.com/trevorptweets/status/2057780825148490016?s=46

It still amazes me when people speak up to state reality and common sense, it's literally brave and groundbreaking, because lying and wishful thinking have become the norm in public discourse.