'Heather' Herbert Charged Over Ann Widdecombe Comments

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About time imo

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2ln31g8gvo

He'd be out the door at my organisation. Bringing your workplace into disrepute is still a common item listed in performance and conduct policies and can be a clear example of gross misconduct.

University HR departments are notoriously wishy washy.... I used to work for one but fingers crossed his position becomes untenable.

Will female staff feel comfortable working with him? He might have previous given indications about his position on gender critical women, but he's overtly shown who he is.

Ha! Well played.

Bringing his workplace into disrepute is a ship that should have sailed years ago.

As usual these men always show themselves to be vile misogynists who have perhaps on average more hatred for women than men who accept reality.

It’s definitely in ’you couldn’t make it up ‘ territory isn’t it?
It would seem funny if it wasn’t so deadly serious.

Funny how they are never so vocal towards other men disbelieving men can be women. Does our very presence make them so insecure that they want to bully us into submission.

That, and they’re scared of other men, and they don’t get any gratification when it’s a man.

Reporters are thorough. Someone’s sex is so obvious they will report he/she. Any good reporter will ask why the police haven’t mentioned someone’s sex.

A decision to not use sexual-based pronouns will be made because the subject of the report identifies as trans.

You are presumably a grown adult who has known this instinctively since childhood.

As a journalist you would ask why are they reluctant to say “she” about someone called Heather. You would not be doing your job properly otherwise.

We can get into the detail if you want but I get bored easily. I’d much prefer to send gifs of kittens.

Just saw that on FB. I reckon they're on a hiding to nothing with that one. His Ann Widdecombe tweet might not have been illegal but other things he's posted publicly almost definitely are. And we don't even know what the charges are yet. It may not be a freedom of speech matter at all

agree! This is what frustrates me! It’s male violence against women but it won’t be reported as such :(

Thank you for confirming, yet again, that you consider any defence of women's existing, and confirmed by FWS, rights under the law to be "transphobia", "incitement of violence", and "preaching hate". Don't look now but your misogyny is showing.

Your accusation of hypocrisy melts in the face of the many posters, probably double digits by now, who have said that Herbert's tweet about Widdecombe should be treated as non-criminal free speech.

And none of that justifies her murder.

Freedom of expression, remember? Democracy? She was voted in by a constituency to represent them. One presumes that they largely agreed with her views, else they would have voted for someone else.

In a democracy, any assault upon a current or former elected representative or candidate that is motivated by how they performed or say they will perform in office is an assault upon that democracy itself.

As an MP and on the cabinet, she made some awful calls, so I can understand why people might not feel sorry for her death.
What he said is disgusting but I do not think tweets like this are criminal, it's his opinion. Noone needs to read it or respond. The less attention posts like that get, the better. He has now been given a stage and he might not lose...

Whatever anyone thinks of her, she did not deserve to be murdered. It's terrible and I hope the person who did gets the full weight of the law thrown at them.

Is this the same man who was dilating in a disabled loo at Gatwick?

“'Dilation, day two, let's play. Where in an airport can I locate a clean, dry, private place I can lie down, take my knickers off and spread my legs?“

Bloke clearly has a fetish 🤢🤮

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-12535827/amp/Transgender-ex-Labour-MSP-Heather-Herbert-disabled-toilet-Gatwick-Airport.html

'but other things he's posted publicly almost definitely are.'

Like what? (I'm not on Facebook)

Something of the night about him...

Upthread ^^

Try to remain brave.

His boyfriend made a video with a picture of guns on a wall behind him. He was talking about feeding people bullets.

Lmao they want to be ladies but sure go about it the wrong way 😆 🤣 keep it classy

Just out of interest, what did you have to say about Graham Linehan's arrest?

@WhyamIinahandcartandwherearewegoing what a car crash. Is he a popular figure with other men wanting to be women? How is he prominent in their world when he clearly has no clue and has to deflect to Trumps America. Big Herbert

What do you mean by this? Because it looks awfully like you think the murder was poetic justice.

Got to say I agree with this

I think you've hit the nail on the head.