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Polycule falls apart

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RoyalCorgi · 31/07/2026 08:54

I expect people remember that Heather Herbert (charged in relation to social media comments he made after Ann Widdecombe's death) is in a polycule with Sophie Molly (aka Sparkles, aka Euan Weddell) and someone called Poppybear.

Molly, I believe, is a witness for Jolyon Maugham in Sarah Phillimore's libel case against Maugham.

Poppybear has been posting some very indiscreet posts on BlueSky about both Molly and Herbert, and it looks, tragically, as if the polycule has fallen apart.

According to Poppybear, Herbert's comments about Widdecombe "painted a bullseye on all of us", and led to the police coming in and "invading" all their devices (whatever that means).

Also according to Poppybear, living with Sophie Molly is "like being permanently slapped around the face by pathological laziness unless it's something that grooms her ego."

Oh dear.

https://x.com/DogLoverOfPI/status/2082944747862188490

In a separate development, apparently Herbert has had his toxic kidney removed by the NHS so the money donated to the fundraiser is going to be used for something else:

https://x.com/WillyWoofter/status/2082494111555190875

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Lalgarh · 22/09/2026 16:50

Poppy appears to have at least 2 trials that he is involved in, one possibly for sexual offences which might temper things.

Seriestwo · 22/09/2026 16:15

Maybe Poppy could be a witness for Sarah’s team - he’d be ideal to give evidence that Ewan’s a nasty bit of work.

maximc · 22/09/2026 13:37

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 21/09/2026 16:57

"I do not have "very significant mental health difficulties [....] I have cognitive/motor difficulties that make day-to-day living very challenging."

I wonder what he would designate a serious mental health issue, if cognitive difficulties which make day-to-day living very challenging are not serious.

SM appears to be claiming a learning disability rather than mental health issues, which is inconsistent with his media & campaigning activities unless it is very mild, & therefore hard to use as a reason why Sarah Phillimore was remiss in being abrasive towards him. It puts GLP in a tricky spot if the vulnerable person in their case is saying he's not all that vulnerable. I imagine it's because he's fallen out w them, but it's their fault they're in this situation, because there's years of evidence showing SM falls out w people.

FlirtsWithRhinos · 21/09/2026 21:32

Were Poppy to extend his metaphor to Genderism, women would not be the people in the analogy. We would be the cupcakes.

Clearly, it is important is that all the people who want access to cupcakes get equitable access to cupcakes.

Cupcakes' views on whether they want to be an equal access resource are not being sought at this time.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 21/09/2026 21:25

Yes, those posts could have been made by any gender critical woman fed up with the way TRAs carry on.

murasaki · 21/09/2026 21:02

Now if Poppy could just apply that thinking to transwomen...

TrainedByWitches · 21/09/2026 21:01

I’ve not been keeping up on this thread, has Mr Weddell returned the donations for Mr Herbert’s surgery yet?

Lalgarh · 21/09/2026 20:43

Poppy seems more preoccupied with curries and Star Trek at present

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murasaki · 21/09/2026 20:26

Yes, I'd enjoy hearing from Poppy on the subject.

BezMark · 21/09/2026 20:08

I think we here are all quite safe from any accusations of transphobianismatics. We would all love for Weddell speak at great length in a legal case. It would be amazing.

Any side chat from flatmates and close or recently close friends on the socials would be a bonus

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 21/09/2026 19:30

"Only raging transphobians would dispute this."

Yes but what is transphobia? The gender critical feminists I read are not frightened of trans people.

I am still occasionally pondering as to why being pro-woman is automatically, according to TRAs, anti-trans. Could it be because being pro-trans is automatically anti-woman, or at best completely uncaring about women?

BezMark · 21/09/2026 19:24

I think Weddell should receive every possible support from GLP to enable Weddell to participate fully in the legal proceedings.

The more we hear from Weddell, in Weddell's own words, the better. Only raging transphobians would dispute this.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 21/09/2026 17:08

I think that trans+ means everyone under the Stonewall trans umbrella – apart from lesbians (who don't want to host girldicks, tend to be actual cunty women, and are therefore evil) and anyone who recants from their conversion to the One True Faith and goes back to just being gay rather than all sorts of everything.

Lins77 · 21/09/2026 17:04

Shedmistress · 21/09/2026 16:50

So Mollie is saying he has no mental health issues but being trans gives you mental health issues...so is he not trans then?

Please make it make sense.

No no, it's the "transphobia" that causes the mental health difficulties... apparently. Being trans (or trans+ as it apparently is now, for some reason) is perfect.

murasaki · 21/09/2026 17:00

To be fair to him, that could be learning difficulties and a low IQ rather than mental health issues.

I happen to think both apply.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 21/09/2026 16:57

"I do not have "very significant mental health difficulties [....] I have cognitive/motor difficulties that make day-to-day living very challenging."

I wonder what he would designate a serious mental health issue, if cognitive difficulties which make day-to-day living very challenging are not serious.

murasaki · 21/09/2026 16:54

He's in a right catch 22 there.

Shedmistress · 21/09/2026 16:50

So Mollie is saying he has no mental health issues but being trans gives you mental health issues...so is he not trans then?

Please make it make sense.

Lalgarh · 21/09/2026 16:46

Herbert, meanwhile has updated his Bluesky intro to "Heather Herbert is Choking on the ashes of her enemy. ".

That neo pagan pre Islamic deity Isis/ Ishtar ceremony from last week making him go off on maybe.

But has also decided to post this, featuring pot noodles old band and male appearance self. Which I thought was deadnaming?

https://bsky.app/profile/heatherherbert.uk/post/3mvqlxcpcvs2y

"Before Sophie came out she was totally straight, there were absolutely no signs."

Hmmmm

🎵"Italian leather jacket/ the girls can't see past it" 🎵

So glad all that tedious sexism stopped now though.

Heather Herbert is Choking on the ashes of her enemy. (@heatherherbert.uk)

https://youtu.be/MfmYTVIElhg?si=16UlqQx-Tw4-3Hks Before Sophie came out she was totally straight, there were absolutely no signs.

https://bsky.app/profile/heatherherbert.uk/post/3mvqlxcpcvs2y

WrongKindOfFeminist · 21/09/2026 16:40

This is after Sarah Philimore made an offer to drop hands if the GLP published an apology. SP was arguing, quite literally, in Weddell's interests:

'The interests of Sophie Weddell

  1. We are mindful that the person at the centre of the underlying complaint – Sophie Weddell – is, on any view, a vulnerable individual. Weddell’s own witness statement, served in support of the GLP complaint, described very significant mental health difficulties. Our client takes no pleasure whatsoever in that contested defamation proceedings, with the publicity they inevitably attract, risk causing Weddell further distress, particularly if your client’s truth defence requires them to give evidence and be cross-examined on the matters set out in the Particulars of Claim, the BSB’s decision letter, and the Independent Reviewer’s report.'

sarahphillimore.substack.com/p/an-open-offer-to-settle-to-jolyon

Weddell arguing that his mental health is 'pretty good' would seem to be yet another foot in mouth incident.

Archived.

archive.ph/fgkDL

murasaki · 21/09/2026 16:36

That was a very generous offer if she wasn't claiming costs.

Jolyon is, as we all know, a stubborn vexatious fool.

Lalgarh · 21/09/2026 16:32

So was it Fox basher that told pot noodle not to testify?

And will Maugham be able to escape scrutiny from his new found marks allies?

helderste · 21/09/2026 16:18

Wanted to see if I could see what he was on about and had a scroll down his page. Came across this, which I thought was very funny.

‘males you think’ - yes, yes we do

https://bsky.app/profile/sophiemolly.co.uk/post/3mvue3migt22z

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Seriestwo · 21/09/2026 16:13

“They” being GLP not wanting their star witness to look like, well, exactly what he is, and ruin their foolish case?

Let Ewan speak. I want to hear him roar.

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