In quite the turnaround Scottish Labour say the support Sandie Peggie, and would not support the GRR bill "knowing what they know now"!

[GargoylesofBeelzebub]

x.com/holyroodsources/status/1891851822278590711?s=46&t=AjtjSItRj-kgZwRzL-pdyQ

FFS. What is different now? It's not as if they weren't told over and over again what the consequences would be. 🙄

Starmer comments on Peggie. Pretty standard:

Catriona Stewart
I asked Keir Starmer about the Sandie Peggie case.

He said he’s not “across all the details” but “I do believe the government supports safe spaces for women and the Equality act, and I think the government should follow the law. I think that is straightforward."

https://x.com/CatrionaStewart/status/1893634325779734706

Should have asked if he supported Sarwar's u turn.

MurrayBlackburnMackenzie

Our response to comments made earlier today by the Prime Minister about the Sandie Peggie case and the Equality Act 2010 as put to the PM by
Catriona Stewart

Herald - Keir Starmer dodges question on clarifying equality act
https://archive.is/wr5cP#selection-1627.0-1627.55

Other articles in Express and Scotsman on this say roughly the same.

SINGLE SEX SPACES fgs Keir

"safe spaces" are important obviously, but different

“But I'm aware of things, but I don't know every twist and turn in the case. And I do believe the government should enforce safe spaces for women and the Equality Act, and I think the government should follow the law. I think that's straightforward”

Still doing the “safe spaces” dodge. Apparently the other “twist and turn” he doesn’t know is that women pay close attention to what’s said and are not taken in by linguistic game playing.

The UK Gov’s position appears to be that the Equality Act gives males both the right to i) demand access to opposite sex spaces and ii) refuse to disclose if they have a GRC when demanding that access. That’s the version of the Act which Starmer wants to enforce, presumably. Whilst simultaneously deploying the “safe spaces” dodge, in attempt to divert the discussion away from women’s right to female-only spaces and onto claims that women who want privacy are alleging that their male colleagues are a danger to them - basically laying the ground for the same lines of argument that Upton deployed in the tribunal when he alleged he’d been compared to a rapist.

I cannot believe Starmer's still trying to fob us off with talk of 'safe spaces'.
Just how stupid does he think we are?

Starmer's waiting for the dust to settle over Scottish Labour.

It’s not “safe spaces” you weasel. It’s “single sex spaces” - ie no penises.

and I think the government should follow the law.

You are the government, pal.

I started another thread about what is happening in Scotland.

Why I thought starting it was because it is about the Women's Sector in Scotland celebrating an agreed approach to Equality and Human Rights as guidance for those working in the Sector.

Wont bother with the details but they have produced a hierarchy of oppression and needless to say TW are more oppressed than (cis) women. So if this is now the acceptance guide lines for women working in the Women's Sector in Scotland it isn't just about ERCC, which illustrates where these guidelines lead you, but about the whole sector.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5279613-womens-sector-in-scotland-hr-policy-framework-prioritising-trans-women

So if women aren't seen by women working in the women's sector as being vulnerable is it any wonder that Labour has this approach. ie they could call on any number of women, validated by the work in the sector to say that TW take priority.

No golden bridge:
A slice of cake
An expired conviction
An affair

Golden bridge:
Destroying women's rights and safety

They'll keep on doing it because there are no electoral or reputational consequences, they can rely on us to be good little support animals who'll forgive them no matter how badly they treat half the population. If we can't stand up for ourselves, can we at least stand up for our daughters?

Sometimes I wish there was a WTAF reaction button on here. That chart is just pish. And of course misses out various categories of vulnerabilities.

EHRC? The Equality Act is clear there is no hierarchy of characteristics

EHRC? The Equality Act is clear there is no hierarchy of characteristics

Well thry did write to NHS Fife sp maybe they can write to "Wise Women" Scotland!

This made me snigger (from https://x.com/Lauralols/status/1894008035326001596)

Sophie Molly/Sparkles/whothefuckknows has of course launched yet another public demand which I'm sure will be given the respect it deserves.