FWS v Scottish Ministers will be handed down Weds 16th April at 9.45am

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The Ruling in FWS v Scottish Ministers will be handed down next Weds 16th April at 9.45am It will also be streamed via the UKSC website, so you can watch live.

https://x.com/ForWomenScot/status/1910272949350695371

A fun TwiX trending list.

(If anyone's wondering, JO'B is not reverse ferreting. He's doubling down, and asking women to explain why he can't share a changing room with them.)

A sterref?

That was brilliant.

I'm not sure that penultimate sentence says quite what he intended.

I’m assuming the general answer is … because we don’t want to!

What of those schools that have turned their toilets into 'Gender Neutral' facilities.....such as one in my city; and in which CCTV then had to be installed.

I imagine the full legal ramifications of the ruling have to be worked out and made clear......but who is going to do this......you can bet that Labour will attempt to continue to fudge and shrug off responsibility.

I would have assumed the community would back away from JM as he's a total liability.

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JOB hates women. Absolutely hates them. He couldn't make it more obvious if he tried.

(If anyone's wondering, JO'B is not reverse ferreting. He's doubling down, and asking women to explain why he can't share a changing room with them.)

really?

does he think its some kind of gotcha?

That fucking wanker is still parroting the same line he used with Posie Parker all those years ago in that infamous phone call? That man understands nothing about safeguarding, does he? And he has an over-inflated view of his own popularity if he thinks most women would know who he is if they met him in the bogs!

Women don't owe him an explanation or an invitation.

"Trans people are right at the cutting edge of fascism". Well, Jolyon, you said it....

Labour will blame everyone else rather accept any responsibility for the mess: schools, prison authorities, local councils, NHS etc. etc.

It's certainly appalling use of English.

Alba Deputy, Neale Harvey, response

Jolyon is a barrister, a profession for whom words are the stock in trade, and was expensively educated at Wellington, and later at Durham.

You would think he'd be better at words and spelling and stuff.

thanks - standing order set up!

the words 'ask for a refund' spring to mind

I'm tempted to write to my MP, she's new, and kept her views to herself in campaigning, although one of her door to door canvassers practically ran away from me....

Something along the lines of:

Please can you confirm that you are supportive of the Government's pledge to support single sex spaces based on biological sex, as clarified by the Supreme Court. I am aware that the Government have previously said that they supported such spaces, despite it being evident that this support was not based on biological sex as it included GRC holders. As the ruling is merely a clarification of the law, rather than a change, previous statements have therefore been misleading as single sex spaces have not been supported in the past.

Thank you for your clarification on this.

Any changes welcome!

Oh, and there's absolutely no reason for any woman to assume this man, JO'B, is a straight up and safe person, just because he's in the media. The class of male called "DJ" and "News Anchor" hasn't exactly covered itself in glory these past 40 years, has it? The assumption that a woman should think he is safe because he's on the radio and says he is safe is a testament to his huge arrogance and self regard.

Holy fuck, thank goodness. Women exist.

Thank you Thank you Thank you FWS

As the Tory government which was in power over those prison authorities, the NHS, etc, will be rushing to accept responsibility for the mess which blew up under its 14-year reign, that will be unnecessary.

The SNP will similarly be rushing to take responsibility for the Scotland-only parts.

No?

Just attempted and failed to explain to someone that the judgement isn't "bad" for trans. Typically the focus is on the wants of certain biological men to do basically whatever they like.

It's good for biological women who want to transition to living as "trans men". It clarifies they are still be protected I.e. if pregnant. and also from discrimination from gender reassignment.

Yes, agree strongly. Trans lobbyists will absolutely be trying for this.

But given the speed with which Wes Streeting moved to make the ban on puberty blockers permanent, I think those lobbyists may find it a hard sell.

We shall see. Very important to continue close scrutiny.