Jo Phoenix vs The OU Employment Tribunal 2nd October (whispers Ben Cooper)

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Employment Tribunal starts next Monday, not sure if it is available for remote viewing.

I have sent a request so we will see.

Phew, not just me having a bit of a shock! Are you all in now then? I'm still waiting.

Still waiting!

So now the clerk has checked we are real people can I turn my camera off or do I have to leave it on? This is my first day observing so not sure what happened on Monday

Yes, this is a case that thousands of academics have a personal interest in and that hundreds/ thousands of women have invested their money in. You don't have to be Nostradamus to predict there's going to be huge interest.

Wondering idly if the guy who made the "waiting for the conference host to join" recording, gets paid per play.

I expect so. Gender ideology doesn't stand up to much scrutiny and they know they're up against the formidable intellect and attention to detail of Ben Cooper.

Also, the hypocrisy of requesting everyone dialling in give their real names and have their camera on whilst also showing belief in self-ID ideology by asking for self-ID pronouns apparently causes no pause for thought. Are self ID names not acceptable? Can we self ID pictures of favourite hollywood stars as our picture on screen? What if it's our authentic identity?

I also identify as a billionaire, for anyone who's interested (obviously, no-one, certainly not the bank).

Sorry RocketPanda I missed your update. Good to see you are back and your terf centre undiminished.

Is anyone in yet?

I've logged on but not hearing or seeing anything has it not started?

Nope, still waiting.

Pity I'm not in the UK. Id frighten the shit out of them with my camera on.

The court should have expanded its bandwidth. To quote the the delightful Alex Drummond.

Any updates from your contacts live and on the scene @VWdieselnightmare ?

This is exactly the same webpage as the Maya, Allison Tribunals, why can this only accommodate about 30, when the others had over 200?

Expanding the bandwidth of what it means to achieve true Open Justice.

Courts in the US have YT livestreams.

Get it together various parts of the legal system throughout the UK.

I have planted some carrots for Pilgrim Tucker - hope she makes her target

'Welcome to the conference!'

In, muted and have turned camera off.

I'm in but no picture or sound

Only 24 observers inc court team

In, muted and camera off. Phew!

Surely they should have anticipated this would be a session lots of people would want to attend.

Log out, then back in again with little icons for camera and microphone turned on, they are for tribunal's end not yours so you need them on to see and hear what's going on.

According to TT, people admitted to the public gallery now. Online observers still waiting.

Judge has opened proceedings but is very softly-spoken and TT actually in the court aren't confident of being able to hear everything. Bit shocking that even people in the room can't hear what the judge says.

Timetabling - won't start with Jo til 2pm, will take break for lunch @ 1pm