Live now - Lizz Truss oral evidence to WESC: The role of the GEO: embedding equalities across Government

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My aim is not to make this a specialised conversation amongst a few groups

@Ereshkigalangcleg

Burns really does think it should all revolve around what TRAs want.

Seems unable to process the reality that women don't just do as they are told any more.

They did mention Foucault's paedophilia in passing but were definitely more exercised by Truss criticising him while not understanding quite how clever he was.

Oh, aye, women banging on about a predatory rapist are just so shallow and bigoted, aren't they. They just don't understand.

My best Burns moment was when they and a group of TRAs were discussing the leaflets of a women's group and were speculating that they must have cost lots of far right money and been done externally. Because it's clearly never going to be the case that a grassroots women's campaign group could have professional PR, copywriters, graphic designers as members. So sexist.

Is Christine Burns threatening something in that series of tweets? What, exactly?

It did read like a threat, but I am wondering who it's aimed at.

Where is Burns going next?

Sounds like she’s threatening to be less friendly and collegiate with the government. I don’t think this will worry them too much.

Manchester Pride is giving Burns an award.

This Manchester Pride.

Drag them out by their saggy tits.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3350481-Homophobic-attack-against-lesbians-at-Manchester-Pride-Thread-title-edited-at-OPs-request

I'm blocked by Burns on twitter - never interacted with her. Another MP using a terfblocker?

Just realised they're not an MP, an activist. Sorry.

Thanks Eresh, I will put pen to paper!

Saw this on Twitter today from the BBC’s Jessica Parker:

More from Equalities Minister Liz Truss today - this time on the #CassReview

She tells the Commons that the government wants, "to make sure that the under-18s are protected from making irreversible decisions about their own future"

Some Twitterati people appear a little upset.

Some Twitterati people appear a little upset.

I bet they are.

I am not sure what Christine Burns is on about in those tweets, but on a general note some people are getting very upset and cross that things are no longer going their way on a nod and a wink and can see their power diminishing.

Without a problem Crispin tells us. Despite talking about a system that doesn't acknowledge problems. The world according to men.

mobile.twitter.com/CrispinBlunt/status/1397530130428399619

[quote Cleanandpress]Without a problem Crispin tells us. Despite talking about a system that doesn't acknowledge problems. The world according to men.

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Note: "no recorded problems.

I wouldn't be surprised that no problems were recorded, myself.

I've just seen a letter from the Chair of WESC and it's made me

In this oral evidence to Caroline Noakes, Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee in May, heard that the disagreement with the former members of the LGBT Advisory Panel was over self-ID. So there are 2 sides to this debate.

After this, in JUNE, the chair wrote this letter saying:

"You may be aware that on 19 May we heard from former members of the LGBT Advisory Panel, who stated that the Government was creating a 'hostile environment' for LGBT people in the UK. We are concerned that an unwillingness to attend on the part of GEO Ministers will compound that perception."

WTAF?! what happened to neutrality? to balance? to both sides?