GLP are going after Sarah Philmore and are going to lose

[fromorbit]

Get the popcorn folks. GLP is getting ready to lose again.

They are going after barrister Sarah Phillimore for referring to a man as a man. They think they are going to lawfare her into silence.

Her blog:

Here we are now: Entertain us
I have had now 7 years and counting of the various tactics used to 'silence' those who won't comply with prevailing orthodoxy. How are those tactics holding up?
https://sarahphillimore.substack.com/p/here-we-are-now-entertain-us?

The only thing is other TAs have already tried this on Phillimore multiple times. They went to the Bar Council their claims were dismissed. They all failed. More to the point this ‘Kate’ is the same guy complaining again who already failed. Sarah Phillimore knows the law and likes explaining it to TAs and making them lose. So she doesn't even resent the attempt.

As Sarah has stated "They pick on someone who not only enjoys this but has now a vast repository of knowledge about the law in this area."

Sarah Phillimore

Because I don’t tweet as a public body, an employer or provider of goods or services. I am not subject to the Equality Act. I tweet as a private individual and I will say again. You can’t change sex. A man cannot be a woman. I cannot be compelled to call a man a woman.

A trans identifying man such as ‘Kate’ who frequently takes to the public stage to urge violence against women and declare his intent to enter women’s spaces, is a dangerous man and one who will attract public comment.

Follow the fun on X
https://x.com/SVPhillimore

Okay when is the moment of silence? I hope is not now, because I was laughing.

I’ve forgotten him already 👍

Thanking you all for your heartfelt words at this tragic time.

We now return to normal service with some more crazy developments.

The JM backed Trans terror group Bash Back have been hit by an injunction following their hacking attack. They are now in serious trouble. Coincidence with JM leaving X or did his account link with those under investigation?

Details:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5466515-mail-carry-out-investigation-into-trans-terror-group-bash-back?page=10&reply=149727865

There's one skill Gove has in abundance & that's the delivery of snark. Richly merited this time.

Funny you should mention that. When they were all "Look what we did! We hacked a limited company, and here's how we did it!" I did think - was that wise? To crow about it? Fuckwits.

FAFO, as the fragrant Lynsay Watson might have said, before he was banned from everywhere 😆

Gove can indeed be a cove.

Jebus. Almost worth creating some BS accs just so I can reply "WAFFLES!" to his maunderings.

I always quite liked Gove when he was being interviewed - came across as personable, a bit mischievous (ex journalist and knew how to play the game).

And not stupid.

I've become a big fan of the podcast he does at the Speccy, where he has been known to mention JM.

I don't like Gove at all, but he certainly is not stupid, and that marks him out in the current political scene.

I'll never tire of sharing this little clip of Gove in a silly mood during an interview.

I can’t tell if the posts about JM leaving X are jokes. He made it clear that he is leaving because of the Grok scandal. A number of MPs are calling for all government post holders who use X to engage in political activity to leave the platform in protest. Some are obliging. I expect JM thinks of his posting to be akin to theirs

Well he would think he is as important as a government post holder, that's part of his comedically high opinion of himself. If he were that horrified by X he'd close down the GLP account too instead of using it to solicit donations.

If he were that horrified by X he'd close down the GLP account too instead of using it to solicit donations.

Has anyone asked why GLP is still there now that JM has flounced left in a gesture of protest?

Mimmymum spent most of yesterday sending dozens of "if you don't get off X you love porn and paedophiles" tweets to everyone from the PM to Larry the Cat.
Can't see one to the GLP though 🤔

Quite.

Hilarious that tras are getting performatively uptight about porn.

And if you're wondering about their (newly) pinned tweet, this may be the explanation.
Anyone else desperate to see Jolyon on the hustings rocking his massive bouffant hair and Elton John specs?

I'd hope Jolyon makes himself familiar with electoral law as it applies to 3rd party campaigners.

Yes, I know Hope Not Hate have impunity to throw propaganda and volunteers into election campaigns, but HNH are a state asset and the GLP is not.

Also, not defending Grok over the porn issue, but Ofcom's claims to universal jurisdiction are the sort of thing an earlier incarnation of Jolyon might have worried about. You don't have to like Elon Musk to have reservations about the idea of Melanie Dawes as an enforcer of content restrictions on foreign platforms.

I think a lot of people assumed - I certainly did - that he was leaving because he got fed up of people taking the piss out of him with images of him dressed in a kimono killing a fox, and variants thereof.

It took a while for the penny to drop that he was probably referring to the Grok nude images scandal.

Is it too much to hope that the £4 million of GLP reserves is going to be ploughed into resurrecting the political careers of Sophie Mollie and Heather Herbert?

There's amusement to be had by using the to:jolyonmaugham search string on Twitter, for example:

https://x.com/SiCad76/status/2008948575930404951

But then why is she on X. Surely she should have left in disgust as well. Because if everyone in there “loves porn and pedophiles” , surely that would include her?

She probably thinks her work is sooo important that she needs to stay and fight the good fight.
Anyway with JM gone I'm having to look to Owen Jones' tl for a laugh instead.
He's currently being called an "anti Islam subversive Zionist prick" by (ex) Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, and he's calling her a transphobe for opposing the PB trials.
You don't get this quality entertainment on bluesky.

Dammit!!! I may have to join X just for that.