Samira Ahmed wins !

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Excellent. Tribunal was unanimous according to lunchtime news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50599080

I just watched this on the BBC news - very happy that she won and it was nice to the see the word sex being correctly used

Excellent news. No wonder the BBC was trying to settle other claims ahead of this verdict.

Excellent news, good on her for bringing this case.

Brilliant news.

Brilliant!

Awesome news
Very pleased

ha! so pleased for her. They've got a bloody cheek.

I'm very pleased about this. I'm surprised not to find more about it on MN. These are the kinds of cases that can make an impact on women's careers and pay.

In response, the BBC insisted the pay for Ahmed and Vine "was not determined by their gender".

No, it was determined by their sex.

Ha! Very good point Vin

It's on R 4 at the moment. A good piece except for the repeated use of the bloody word gender.

The case is about SEX discrimination. The relevant part of the Equality Act is called SEX EQUALITY. That part of the act uses the word SEX 45 times. Gender is not used at all.

Sorry to shout.

You could complain to Newswatch.

Mockers

I think she was wonderful for pursuing it through! What a victory.

Yuck. Slimy bunch of bastards. They regret this case ever had to go to tribunal - but they argued the fucking toss during the tribunal that the roles were very different (they weren't) and that there wasn't sex discrimination (there was)! They don't regret anything except getting caught and getting called out. Do better BBC.

All the bloody preaching they do and they are a bunch of sexist arseholes.

Whoop!

Fantastic!

Brilliant news. Also brilliant to see so many high profile women in media supporting her.

Am still waiting for any honesty in these cases from the bbc. £3000 vs £440 per episode. How can they stand there with a straight face and claim no discrimination?

Delighted for Samira.

The judgement is really scathing. Excellent.

Well done Samira!

Excellent news. I can't believe the BBC had the balls to argue that Vine had a "glint in his eye" - what a load of old sexist shite.

Brilliant news. Well done Samira! We all know which of you is really worth £3k an episode and it isn’t smug, annoying Jeremy. I think FWR would probably manage a whip round to pay Jeremy NOT to present. I’m still mentally scarred by a particularly long MRI scan last spring where the technician had put headphones on me before leaving the scanning room and I was stuck with Vine’s R2 Brexit phone-in for the duration. 🤯

I genuinely can’t stand Jeremy Vine - his BBC radio 2 programme is absolute shite.

Jeremy Vine is like an audio version of the Daily Mail. All that fake outrage.