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It struck me that although Sandie Peggie wouldn't want the delay, the hearing being put on hold for a couple of months, which could very easily happen because of problems with availability of counsel and the panel, would give the NHS plenty of thinking time about whether to settle.
Getting a settlement would be straightforward, but would involve a grovelling apology to Peggie and a reinstatement with a guarantee of no adverse consequences for her, at the very least, and from what we've seen in the past, organisations captured by genderism cannot make these concessions, even though the alternative might cost them greatly.
I guess now that the spotlight has been shone so wonderfully brightly on Upton and revealed how ridiculous GI is, it might be time to settle. But this is a strategic case and getting some kind of ruling on men in women's single sex spaces is probably the aim. If the person funding this has deep pockets and is confident that they're likely to get most of the costs back from NHS Fife then why not let the show run and run? Take down the Fife management (and send a message to management/ HR everywhere), shine light on the BMA as well as the useful idiot currently being examined, whom one would hope will find his licence to practice medicine revoked by the end of the year. There's a whole row of skittles to be knocked over here.