Finally I can comment! The judge has been grumpy at points today, with some justification it must be said. He's lost a day to bundle matters and you could clearly hear "FFS can we just get on with hearing evidence" by midmorning. Vocally he sounds like the judge in the Darlington Nurses case, and he is similarly courteous to the witness and to AL when he said he felt unwell at lunchtime. However, like Sandy Kemp he is also taking handwritten notes and got very grumpy at AL this afternoon when he started another question while he was still writing up the previous answer and told AL to watch his pen. He did allow jackets off for AL and his solicitor after lunch.
AL: But you are also trying to be divisive - that GC beliefs must not be expressed.
ST: If someone is GC but doesn't tell me, I don't need to be divided from them. But if they talk about it, it just creates a mess at work. That is what makes harmony in the workplace.
This was a very summarised version of the Claimant's quite animated response. Basically, if someone says the words "I hold GC beliefs", then they hear the words "You are a man not a woman and I deny your existence". Like a babelfish from Hitchhikers' Guide stuck in his ear.
AL: EDM mentions LGBAlliance and transgendertrend, but also Stonewall and Mermaids.
ST: That's just her trying to look balanced
Nebulous dogwhistle anyone? Claimant's full answer sounded as bonkers as it looks written down.
AL: S/O v religious cd be offended?
ST: Yes - says 'supernatural''
This Claimant seems to have a different dictionary to everyone else.
Oh, and if anyone wants to "hear" the Claimant's voice when reading what TT posts, They have a North-East England accent and a deep-ish voice. I'd have a guess at somewhere around Sunderland, but that is a guess, I'm not overfamiliar with the area.