Guardian article on self ID & Labour

[NoSquirrels]

www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/17/legal-challenge-to-labour-over-shortlists-and-transwomen

Starts off well, unfortunately paints the meeting at HoC as transphobic for a large part of the article.

I can’t see comments - on my phone - any way to link the petition?

The Guardian won't allow comments - I am shocked, shocked I tell you, they are always so fair and even-handed (not)!!

twitter.com/guardian/status/974896642381045761?s=19

You can comment here on Twitter. And also here to the author of the article who seems to be reading comments and occasionally responding.

twitter.com/LexyTopping/status/974888320801980416?s=19

Posie is not very happy about the allegations she sent tweets.

twitter.com/theposieparker/status/974943361848274944?s=21

It seems the guardian aren't regulated under ipso?

Pink News reported that ... It also reported that ... The author of that article might want to take a look at the Guardian's own post-Hutton guidelines for journalists regarding sources (published when Rusbridger was in charge and the Guardian was still a decent read): Any reporter who's spent more than a morning in court learns the difference between hearsay evidence and direct evidence. One carries weight in court, the other doesn't. Journalism can seldom aspire to be as rigorous as legal proceedings. But we should bear in mind that fundamental distinction between types of information and types of source ... [W]e should , as ever, guard against the lazy habit of using quotes from other papers ...
www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jan/30/theguardian.pressandpublishing

Wow, is Wings Over Scotland correct, did the Guardian recently have a trans debate where all 4 participants were on the same side?