Sara Morrison v BFF - thread 5

[SexRealistic]

https://genderblog.net/sara-morrison-v-belfast-film-festival/

Yes, thanks for that. I thought exactly the same when I saw it. 'Gathered' really does imply a purposeful action with an intent.

Glad it wasn't just me that picked that up!

I'm sure she said 'gathered' because that was exactly what she meant.

Wow. This attempted stitch up is quite jaw-dropping. I've been attempting to keep up with the threads and have probably missed a lot along the way, but all I can say is, well done to those who have unpicked it all.

Yep.

The use of 'gatherd' was put to the witness, and hotly denied.

Going back a bit, this about the unremembered phone call:

NC so you discussed your concerns and decided to leave it there, is that right

Was a lovely segment.

My notes:

N: Concerns were already well established. Not much point just airing concerns. Was to discuss what to do next.

L: Not. To discuss serious occurrence.

N: You're all busy people? Get things done?

L: Yes.

N: You set up an urgent phone call, but just to discuss again what the concerns were.

L: New information was concerning.

N: Everyone was concerned. It was a crisis.

L: Not a crisis. A concern.

N: Surely 2 co-chairs and a CEO would discuss what to do next. Not just agree it was concerning and that you would leave it there and worry some more.

Are you concerned?
Yes I am concerned.
We are concerned.
It is very concerning.
There are new concerns.
Yes, it is all very concerning.
Shall we do anything about it?
Nah, let's not bother.
All right, tara!

In earlier testimony NC made the point that they have been generous with sick leave in the past ie not putting staff on SSP automatically, and in fact they have
never put anyone of SSL so why so quick to put SM on SSP this time?

I think it adds to the sense of SM being de facto suspended when combined with all the other elements.

I don’t think BFF were capable of understand that each distinct element would not be viewed only as a distinct element but there is a valid inference from the cumulative impact.

During LM's xe I kept musing on how important 'inclusion' seems to be to BFF, but 'diversity' seems to have a very narrow scope, and doesn't extend to people holding different views from your own, even when insisting how entitled to her views SM is.

Making contemporaneous notes of meetings and phone calls, and filing them in the relevant employee's personnel file, seems to be a lost art to the various management bods we've encountered in recent Employment Tribunals.

Standards are slipping as my Old Gaffer would say.

When this gets dramatised, this bit could be a dream sequence in the style of a Gilbert & Sullivan style patter song

🤣🤣🤣
exhausting

‘Board member Laurence McKeown (LM) weighs in: "I totally agree. As you say Mark, it doesn't affect her
employment rights but it removes her, and the
festival, from the issue. People would be totally
justified in refusing to work With her but we shouldn't
put them in that position. I looked at her comments
on YouTube. - appalling." ‘

Well now. A woman stands up for the rights of women to a fair, safe and dignified treatment in the world. For example, no cheating men destroying their sports. No men further traumatising women in refuges and shelters. No opportunity for men to abuse, rape, and generally brutalise women by creating places in prison where they are trapped with men. No opportunity or loophole given for men to access and harass women and young girls where they are vulnerable or in a state of undress. And further expose themselves to same.

And Laurence McKeown, has the brass neck to think that is appalling. Maybe it is justified that people (women especially) should never be put in a position of having to having to work with Laurence McKeown.

Wen need to have "talks about talks" to discuss the "concerns about the concerns"

.... but nobody decided anything

This bit was telling. He was about to get up from his chair and I refuse to respect the authority of this Court. Expect you know the armed struggle is over.

Old school man living out his terrorism from years back. Cannot see that unless you love the Green LGBT groups you are cast out of the Arts in Ireland. It’s a total circle ⭕️ of grift and black balling and incompetence.

Lets face it they only really think about "diversity" in terms of the TRA lobby - we heard nothing about making bff accessible for other groups (many disabled people could not sit in a beanbag in front of the bigly screen for example)

He’s been sitting listening to evidence.

He didn’t like his previous little safe haven for Sinn Fein and Trans politics being in the spotlight. So he didn’t like Naomi’s theories.

Sara challenged them all - and they said how very dare she. Well she dared!

Do you mean he was about to get up out of his chair and walk out when he said 'I'm not going down this road' ???

If so, I bet that went down well with the judge.

Wasn’t it!? Right on both counts.

Niall Donnelly is 'non-binary' Lola Petticrew's husband. www.thismodernlove.co.uk/lola-niall-ulster-museum-wedding

Circle jerk of complaints

Hope this helps email is from a non binary individual who worked with BFF in 2022.

They were a sock puppet to hide the fact it was an Outburst complaint in truth.

No did anything because they were (a) ignoring gross misconduct or (b) didn’t believe a word of it.

Mmmmm

Just to sum up, was there any complaint received prior to MC's meeting in the bar where he had a pop at Sara and then proceeded to instigate this, any at all?

Oh for fucks sake.

There was a comment on a tweet that MD had hidden right back at the start I think.

Thank you for sharing: I hope you feel unburdened. 🙏