Translucent's Steph Richards to sue the labour party.

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https://x.com/i/status/2040492200266477936

A complaint needs to be made to Crowdjustice

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So I reckon £15,000 came from him. It appeared overnight the day before yesterday.

Then, last night, he changed his "cause".

So, roughly £13,000 was raised from supporters for him to take the Labour Party to court.

Surely this is now fraud?

Well, I've emailed CrowdJustice to ask what is going on and whether this is allowed on their site.

I use that site a lot, it's not on if people post misleading stuff and then pocket thousands of pounds.

Interestingly, the social media card is still showing the original cause. He hasn't changed that yet, or doesn't understand that it's telling on him.

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/justice-for-steph-the-fight-for-inclusion/

This is still the image showing on a link that shows up on social media:

What the hell is going on here!

He has clearly totally edited his whole page.
How did he manage to do that? Did he pull the Trans card?

How did CrowdJustice allow this?

I don't know, but it stinks.

If they want people to trust them, they need to address this.

If I was Russell-Cooke solicitors, I'd also be asking questions.

"Note: This case page was originally titled 'Justice for Steph: The Fight for Political Inclusion' and was updated 3rd June 2026."

That is another lie. It was actually called "Justice for Steph: Challenging The Labour Party's Ban on Trans Women"

🤔

We really shouldn't be surprised that a man who lies about who he is lies about everything else.

But this is out and out fraud.

He was definitely raising funds to sue the Labour party...

https://www.reddit.com/r/transgenderUK/comments/1sckic1/steph_richards_is_suing_the_labour_party_lets/

Bloody hell, this is quite a twist

ActualWoman is onto him, though (image loading)

I actually enquired of CJ whether this was quite cricket.

Got a somewhat arsey response stating that every donor had been informed. Which is interesting, given ActualWoman's message.

He hasn't cleared up well enough behind him:

My legal case against the Labour Party is the first to test the Supreme Court Judgment FWS v SGM.

Can you help to 'stop the rot' of losing trans rights?

£460 required to get to £9000 please share and pledge.

https://bsky.app/profile/stephrichards.bsky.social/post/3mjn3c3xegk2b

I like his complaint on X that This Code leans heavily on last year's Supreme Court ruling, which determined that "sex" within the framework of the Equality Act 2010 refers strictly to biological sex..

Well duh, that’s the whole point of a CoP - to provide guidance on how the law can be complied with.

So let's try and work out the timeline here:

• In April Steph announces he is suing the Labour Party, because laydee feelz were hurted. He begins a crowdfunder with CrowdJustice, a "crowfunding platform for legal issues"
• Steph sets a target of (IIRC) £17,000
• Steph gets an initial surge of donations, which gets to just shy of £10,000
• Donations slow right down
• The 30 day limit approaches and Steph has nowhere near £17,000
• Some time in May (I forget when, it can be checked), Steph announces his lawyers have appealed to CrowdJustice to extend the fundraiser because Labour lawyers are being meanies
• This is allowed, and the target (which, remember, is nowhere near met) is stretched to £25,000
• In late May the date is extended by another 30 days (noted on this thread)
• At this point, it's still a "I'm pointlessly suing the Labour Party for following the actual law" fundraiser
• At the beginning of June, £15,000 is mysteriously donated overnight
• Two days later, the reason for the crowdfunder is changed to "Wah wah the EHRC Code of Practice"
• An email was supposedly sent out to donators, explaining the change
• Steph did not amend the page's title and text until called out by a donator called ActualWoman on fundraiser's comments
• Magically, the page was completely amended the next day
• The page is now lying about what the previous, original fundraiser was called

The stretch target is now £75,000 with 27 days to go.

Not sure when that was put on the page.

In the unlikely event that the hefty donation wasn’t Steph’s own money, it rather feels he’s been bribed to change the focus of the campaign.

Slippery old Steph.

Funds went down by £20 between 2nd and 3rd June. Maybe someone took money out when informed about the change of plan.

It will be fascinating to see the interplay between Steph's attempt and the application by the three claimants assisted by the Good Laugh Project for permission to appeal the High Court’s decision.

Here is his (typically wordy and self-obsessed) post from May 2nd, on the legal process.

What happened for £15,000 to be donated this week, and then his crowdfunder completely changed? 🤔

Update: My legal action against The Labour Party.

Firstly, my apologies for not updating my supporters sooner - unfortunately, my lawyers have advised me not to say too much publicly. This is what I can say: A few people have noticed that Crowdjustice extended my funder's deadline to the end of May. This was at the request of my solicitor with Crowdjustice, confirming that campaigns can be extended by up to 90 days.

Why did my solicitor request an extension?

1: Despite three PAP letters, the Labour Party has failed to provide all the requested information. Indeed, they have provided virtually no information in response to our questions. This inhibits the progress of my case and adds to the costs. 2: Recently, a second person has contacted my solicitor to ask whether they can be a co-claimant. Their circumstances are different from mine; they are not transgender, and their claim has to be evaluated by counsel. 3: The EHRC Code of Practice, which will be laid in Parliament in the coming weeks, could have an effect on my case. 4: On the 16th of February, I made a Subject Access Request to the Labour Party. They responded on the 16th of March. I was expecting perhaps 20 to 25 pages. How wrong can I be?

There were 252 pages, many of which were heavily redacted!

I requested a review and asked for a response within 7 days. The Labour Party refused, saying they need six weeks! 5: In my opinion, the Labour Party are being as obstructive as possible, borne out by the fact that they have never once responded positively even to Alternative Dispute Resolution requests. People will rightly query why I stay a member of the Labour Party and will be supporting my CLP's councillors on Thursday. The reality is this. Every single member of my CLP has supported me; in short, they are my family, and if I divorce the Labour Party, my family goes with that divorce. Local councillors cant change the Labour Party’s policies regarding immigration, national laws or the NHS; they deal with street cleaning, parks, and local services, and in Portsmouth, I know for a fact every single Labour Councillor works exceptionally hard.

Do I agree with the Labour Party’s policies regarding the trans community? Absolutely not!More to follow on Monday!

Finally, a huge “thank you” to the 254 people who have supported my crowdfunder. £10k has been pledged, and a further £15k is required to hit the target. Have a great weekend!

www.x.com/PompeySteph/status/2050490789399044153

So, today he has posted this. Including the phrase "As a consequence, with the permission of Crowd Justice and my legal team,".

There have clearly been rumblings, and not just here.

I predict he will raise about £5,000 more for this narcissistic endeavour from everyday punters. He hasn't got a hope of raising any more. Until another five figure sum comes in mysteriously? 🤔

https://x.com/PompeySteph/status/2062211126662771078?s=20

Well, here's the response from CrowdJustice:

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