#EHRC

Dermot Feenan

dermotfeenan

Building on @cjayanetti’s article about Jessica Butcher’s recent appointment to the Equality and Human Rights Commission, there are additional concerns about the appointment process for all of the recent vacancies—which

nicole lampert

nicolelampert

1) I’ve tried to stay strong over the long & traumatic Labour antisemitism crisis but I’ve felt very nearly broken by this week’s shenanigans. What propelled many of us fighting

Obsolesence

Obsolesence

Here we go again @patrickharvie @scottishgreens. Why do you continue with these lies?Transwoman are *not* women in UK unless they have a Gender Recognition Certificate that allows them to change

Emma Picken.

emmacpicken

Tonight it's all feeling a bit much. So many friends to thank, people who had my back through thick and thin, the absolute joy of the UK Jewish community and

Andrew Fisher

FisherAndrew79

This week alone there's been more scandalous revelations on the Government's cack-handed PPE purchasing, the scandal of the Windrush compensation scheme, the Grenfell inquiry, Priti Patel bullying cover-up ... ...

Maya Forstater

MForstater

On clear rules and policies. I had an illuminating parallel conversation with two trans rights activists the other day @tomgabion and @ramendik about who should be allowed to use women's

HRH the Duck of Edinburgh 📕

amphitryoniades

I'm going to watch this, because I hate myself.https://twitter.com/cambridgeunion/status/1330818718818066434?s=20 Oh my goodness, they also have Iain McNicol on, saying that he feels he should've "pushed back more" against

Doctors of the World

DOTW_UK

[1/9] TODAY frontline organisations and lawyers gave evidence to @CommonsHomeAffs on impact of #Covid-19 on immigration, asylum and detention systems. @JanetDaby asked if refugees and migrants were being included in

Caelainn Barr

caelainnbarr

This is big news for rape victims in England and Wales Police and CPS scrap digital data extraction forms for rape cases...Thread https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/16/police-and-cps-scrap-digital-data-extraction-forms-for-cases I

FFT

GypsyTravellers

Earlier this week, the @EHRC released a new report in their 'Is Britain Fairer?' series. Here's a summary of the points relating to Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in 'How coronavirus

Jo Maugham

JolyonMaugham

More details of our legal challenge to the A Level tragi-shambles (which compliments that brought by our friends, the brilliant @Foxglovelegal) follow. THREAD You will have read about the types

Maya Forstater

MForstater

Lets talk about single sex services As @trussliz said today the Equality Act permits the provision of services to one sex or the other This is allowed by "exceptions" in

HRH the Duck of Edinburgh 📕

amphitryoniades

The EHRC report is excellent, with sound recommendations vis-à-vis independence from political interference.But a recent parliamentary report into black people, racism and human rights criticised the commission.Is Rayner making the

Jewish Labour Movement

JewishLabour

Ahead of the start of the university term, our Youth and Students Officers @JackLubner and @l_attfield have put together a guide on how to make university Labour Clubs and Societies

David Jamieson

David_Jamieson7

It's a shame that this video has been removed by the BBC - because it demonstrates perfectly how institutions help to generate and sustain state ideology. Wee thread 1/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/business-53597663/coronavirus-can-rish

Marl Karx

BareLeft

Labour has a difficult racism/prejudice problem period, and that hasn't actually changed, but it's so fucking transparent that we're getting the "I'm returning to Labour" articles once it's taken back