Two unrelated newspaper reports

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That have absolutely nothing to do with one another but I'm just putting them here, for later.

www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/middlesbrough-tory-councillor-appear-court-16586889.amp#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

And

www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/gender-neutral-toilets-trial-backed-16466368

That dude looks creepy as fuck - mayhaps his proclivities have aged him prematurely. He looks like a 60+ yr old creepy man. Whatever he has or hasn't done
Mr. Hijackwomenspaces is unintentionally helping our cause.

I just hope that his accusers are okay and getting all help they may need.

Considering his perspective on the less fortunate in society it was easy to see he was a complete shitbag even before these allegations came to light.

I'm staggered by his mullet
I'm staggered by his age
I'm staggered there's a Tory in middlesborough

Less staggered by the other "coincidence"

When are people going to listen to women on this?

They do. Just the ones with testicles.

I'm staggered by his mullet

They just look so... unhealthy. Maybe too much computer time and not enough fresh fruit, day light, fresh air and exercise.

Holy shit. When we had an earlier thread about the gender neutral toilets proposal, with a link to a newspaper article with a photo of him, I found it so difficult to find a way to phrase what I thought of how he looked, without being banned.

Certain photos you look at, and they scream danger.

Me too. #dodgyblokeradarstillworkingthanksmum

Me too Juells

Disabled toilets are scheduled to be the first to go gender neutral in the proposed Middlesbrough trial.

Disabled people have the highest rates of sex assaults.

Quoting said councilor from a previous article:

“"I understand, clearly, there will be some concerns from some councillors and members of the public but the risk does not increase once public toilets become gender neutral.

In fact, if anyone has any intention in committing a crime at present, they will do so.”

Huh! So they will, won’t they!

The mayor has said he is delaying the start of the toilet trial following feedback

It doesn't seem fair while the presumption is that he is innocent
Well, I never.... a Mumsnetter who doesn't think "charged with" means "convicted of"!
I thought I was the only one.

Indeed, he could be completely innocent of all nine accusations against him.

It's all about safeguarding and what we know about risk. Gender neutral facilities will attract predators. Predators are therefore likely to be in favour of gender neutral facilities.

This is just a general observation, obviously. Innocent until proven guilty is a very important principle.

The mayor has said he is delaying the start of the toilet trial following feedback

Ah, on the face of it, that seems like good news.

But I would point out the obvious. Whether this particular man is found guilty or not - this should not be the decider in whether to go for gender neutral toilets or not.

The fact is, the Mayor's eyes should now be wide open to the glaring safeguarding risks to women and girls that gender neutral toilets pose.

What the hell do we have to do to get this recognised??

Gosh, crikey, what a shock.

Wow.

I don’t even know what to say anymore

• yes, Juells, though I fought my own instincts and didn't want to make any presumptions.

Reminds me of the research on women recognising 'dark triad' personality traits:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886917306852

hope he's innocent.

And I like the sound of the Trans Aware person who sounds like they are trying to find a way forward that suits as many people as possible.

The Trans Aware spokesperson who advocated for making disabled toilets "open access"?

who sounds like they are trying to find a way forward that suits as many people as possible.

As many pervs as possible, more like.

Last time he was on the news for the gender neutral toilets thing, a LOT of people on Twitter were saying "why do the men pushing this always look like sex offenders?"

Probably the way he looks is a red herring. But at this point, women and children should be extra careful around males who advocate for gender neutral toilets.

Yet another replusive doughboy crawls out of the woodwork.

They all look the same.

They do all have the 'look' though. I have always been "don't judge people by what they look like' - but then I always think of "the gift of fear" and how that fear is probably there for a reason.

My friend who divorced her husband when it transpired he was paedophile, told me about the "paedo smile" - It's true - they all have it. And something in the eyes. I think it might be linked to "duper's delight' too - they're all fucking laughing at the ease with which safeguarding measures are being broken down. They're duping people.

Well, well, well....