Author Archives: Linda

In December 2021 Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis sent this melodramatic fundraising email – “No amount of smearing or whining from Fauci or Biden is going to cause me to sell out to their pursuit of medical authoritarianism. Indeed, Fauci lied to Congress about his involvement in funding gain of function research and should be prosecuted.Continue reading “DeSantis: raging against ‘medical authoritarianism’”

This was my first Labour Conference. I attended as one of four delegates from Wallasey CLP. Victory for PR The undoubted highlight of conference for me was the vote on PR. The Friday before Conference, Wallasey CLP passed a motion in support of PR. It said in part that “Labour is already committed to extendingContinue reading “Conference Report”

Just a few days after Starmer became Labour Leader, an internal report leaked on social media, causing shock and outrage among Labour Party members. The report was intended to show the progress made by Labour in handling antisemitism complaints, but the accidental discovery of the message log of a WhatsApp group of senior Labour PartyContinue reading “The Forde Report – first delayed, and now buried”

This article comes with a content warning. I’m going to be discussing some of the vilest verbal attacks currently being directed at trans people and their allies. If reading this may be harmful to you, you may wish to look away now. In my last article, I wrote about the war being waged against transContinue reading “Language of hate”

May 10th was the State Opening of Parliament. Included in the Queen’s Speech (read by Prince Charles) was a bill to ban conversion therapy, which controversially excluded trans conversion therapy. Almost the entire LGBT community were united in opposing the exclusion, and in a neatly orchestrated stunt, dozens of MPs were photographed in and aroundContinue reading “Exploring the lies and hysteria around healthcare for trans kids”

What is the Government scheme ? This is the agreement with the Rwandan government, which was published today. This morning, the papers were all reporting that asylum seekers would be sent to Rwanda “for processing,” implying something akin to the Australian system. This is inaccurate, and has led to a lot of confusion. Asylum seekersContinue reading “Cruel and inhumane: the Rwanda scheme”

On 5th April 2022 the government was forced into a humiliating climbdown, cancelling its long heralded international LGBT Conference, after 100 or so organisations withdrew their support for the event, and the government’s own LGBT Business Champion resigned. In his resignation statement, Iain Anderson spoke for many when he said that “trust and belief inContinue reading “How the Tories betrayed the LGBT community”

On 2nd February, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) took the unusual step of publishing a statement on twitter “in response to allegations surrounding the integrity of our Commissioners”. This followed an onslaught of criticism from LGBT+ and human rights organisations. The EHRC statement, which makes no admission of error, is unlikely to satisfyContinue reading “The EHRC: not fit for purpose ?”

One issue that comes up again and again is that women prisoners need to be protected from the risk created by trans women inmates being assigned to women’s prisons. Even some people not generally sympathetic to gender critical positions cite this as a concern. Should they be concerned ? Let’s begin with some facts. AsContinue reading “Trans women in prison: another moral panic ?”

Sitting Labour MPs who want to stand again at the next General Election will have to submit themselves for reselection through the trigger ballot process. When will this happen ? Very soon. Reports claim that the NEC wants to conclude the reselections by June 2022, though this seems unrealistic, especially with local elections coming up.Continue reading “A guide to trigger ballots”