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Theatre lover. Animal lover. Adult Female. Politically homeless. Facts matter. 'Gender identity' ≠ Sex. Vaccines work. #NoToSelfID #MakeTheEqualityActClear
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"Where has everyone been?"
Excellent reporting from
@hannahsbee
on Newsnight.
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"Rosie Duffield said that only women have a cervix. Do you now agree with her?"
"Well, I agree with Tony Blair "
@Keir_Starmer
agrees when a man says it, not when women do.
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@Docstockk
EB: Well, I think I do know what most people think
KS: Er yeah, I can see that
😂😂😂👌
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Wanting elderly and disabled women to be guaranteed same-sex intimate care is
#NotACultureWar
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.
@angelaeagle
appears not to understand the difference between gender non-conforming and "social transitioning".
Angela, we loved George and David for challenging gender norms. We didn't tell them they were "in the wrong body".
@Jebadoo2
@HeadWarriorTWM
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@billybragg
How many more times will Billy Bragg find himself fighting on the same side as masked-up, homophobic, misogynistic men before the penny drops?
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@sappholives83
I am refusing to use the term "TRA" any more. We have gone along with their own description for too long. It enables them to label any disagreement as "anti-trans" rather than "pro-women's rights".
They are not TRAs, they are AWRAs - Anti Women's Rights Activists.
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@TimesRadio
@kaitborsay
@bphillipsonMP
The Equality Act exceptions makes clear that trans people can be excluded from single-sex spaces and services, regardless of whether they have a GRC. Labour have said they will stand by those protections.
You are now saying that you expect a biological male with
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The man who mocked
@RosieDuffield1
for being "piss scared" to attend hustings (having received rape and death threats), as she could not be guaranteed protection, is now so piss-scared of the online backlash he has received, that he has to protect his tweets. Irony.
When you've had years of death and rape threats, physical intimidation, the necessity of hiring your own personal security and a total absence of support from your party, you can show us all what bravery looks like. A lesser woman wouldn't still be fighting. Oh, and get to fuck.
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@oldspeaker1
@Keir_Starmer
Yep. When a man say it, it's OK. When a woman says it, it's "toxic".
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@stephenodonn
@Keir_Starmer
Men can define a woman, and that's OK.
If women want to define a woman, it's "toxic".
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@JamesEsses
Could equally be argued that lack of female-only swimming sessions at local pools, needed by some women and girls for religious reasons, could lead to higher drowning rates as they are forced to self-exclude thereby not learning to swim...
#LetWomenSwim
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@KirstieMAllsopp
@jk_rowling
That is *your* experience. Are you dismissing the experience of all the people highlighted by JKR who were not able to discuss these issues (however politely they tried) and were vilified for trying to?
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@MinnOrchia
@Maria01953500
@MForstater
"Everyone is nice to girls" is something only someone who has never been a girl would ever say.
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@billybragg
@WesleyAntonyD
Oh, Billy. Billy, Billy, Billy. 🤦♀️🤦🤦♀️
You've just read a claim someone made on X and repeated it without fact-checking or understanding, haven't you? Again.
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@billybragg
Billy, yesterday you posted factual misinformation about the review. Now that this has been pointed out to you by many people, would you like to correct and apologise?
@MForstater
It seems that
@billybragg
took his line about 2 studies out of 102 directly from a report by
@TransActualCIC
. Unfortunately, it would appear that TransActual have misunderstood or misread the Cass Review:
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@JoPhoenix1
@KatyMontgomerie
Well
@KatyMontgomerie
- are you going to refute Professor Phoenix's sources and provide some evidence of all the TW who are in prison for "sex work"? Or will you have the good grace to admit you were wrong in this case?
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@unpopulargenz
@helenstaniland
@ValhallaPump
@metpoliceuk
@Dazed
@WeAreFairCop
@Jebadoo2
What do you think the chances are that the CPS would prosecute this as an offence?
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@septicstepic
@Queen_of_Gin
@catdav1984
@jillparton
@Strobe_Lightly
Actual data. Only 29% of women thinking TW with a penis should be allowed in female changing rooms. Only 34% of women think they should be in female toilets.
51% want separate toilets for men and women.
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@AnneICoombes
@youngallison63
You've asked that she "is not punished"?!! For what?!
@mercuresheffiel
should be praising her for correctly directing you to the Unisex changing room. And the hotel should be praised for providing unisex facilities so that singe-sex spaces can be protected in line with the EqA.
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@hannahsbee
Hannah, am I right in thinking that this motion passed on a vote by just the 69 BMA Council members, rather than a vote put to their 190,000 members?
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@ripx4nutmeg
Ask what "gender", not what sex, they would prefer their carer to be to carry out personal care. Again, trying to erase the idea of same-sex care.
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@OwenJones84
Completely untrue.
Nobody has objected to Mika appearing in an ITV report about the cost of living.
Nobody has said that Mika should deny their trans identity.
People have pointed out that Mika is not a "Mum" as a mother is a 'female parent', not a male one.
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@StandingforXX
If Kellie was clearly using threatening words and behaviour to incite hatred at Brighton, why was she not immediately arrested by the police officer standing next to her?
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@jdudemill
@rickygervais
So sorry for your loss. I don't think anyone can answer that question for you as we all grieve in different ways. It may help but you won't know until you give it a go. If it is too painful, stop watching. I hope things get easier for you in time. Take care.
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@BBCWomansHour
@BritishVogue
@KrupaPadhyBBC
No. And I don't want to listen to a discussion about it.
I *would* be interested in hearing from some interesting women talking about women's rights.
Why don't you want to interview
@HJoyceGender
?
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@genderisharmful
@NotthatSuzanne
She's deleted it. Got scared when lawyers were mentioned...
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@bbcquestiontime
When men talk about women's biology, it's OK.
When women talk about women's biology and why it matters, it's "toxic".
What about giving respect and dignity to Rosie Duffield
@Keir_Starmer
?
"Rosie Duffield said that only women have a cervix. Do you now agree with her?"
"Well, I agree with Tony Blair "
@Keir_Starmer
agrees when a man says it, not when women do.
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@zoesqwilliams
@JoPhoenix1
a) The interview was not about trans people but about Jo's legal case.
2) Do you think that whenever a trans person is interviewed by the BBC that it is only right that a GC person is given equal airtime, Zoe? I'm sure Jo,
@MForstater
or
@HJoyceGender
would welcome that!
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@WORM_L0VER
No. They do not. Watch this.
Alright here we are.
A naive, budding TERF.
Note how my energy has changed in 3 months.
How it began…
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@KirstieMAllsopp
Oh my lord, Kirstie 🤦
We agree that nobody should be shouting anyone down. That is the point! Women and those speaking out against the medicalisation of children *have* been shouted down. They were literally told "no debate". Your original comment was that "those saying there
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@zoesqwilliams
It's called "Woman's Hour", not "Trans Hour". This was an important case for the rights of women to speak about their sex-based protections without discrimination. WH have interviewed plenty of TW and 'allies'. You just can't bear it that Jo won her case, can you?
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@SamFowles
"You should look at the individuals and the individual's situation"
This data looked at the individual situation of 129 individuals, re. offences committed, and found that 76 of them had committed at least one sex offence. What else would you like us to look at, Sam?
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@StevHarveyTeeth
And you think the gay men and lesbians who were around 30/40 years ago all want to be lumped in with the TQ+? Where have you been?
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@MrsNickyClark
@RosieDuffield1
Unbelievable. But entirely predictable.
"Rosie Duffield said that only women have a cervix. Do you now agree with her?"
"Well, I agree with Tony Blair "
@Keir_Starmer
agrees when a man says it, not when women do.
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@WingsScotland
If the person holding the "Decapitate terfs" sign *is* actually Cameron Allan, then
@PoliceScotland
should take those threats seriously. He has previously appeared in court accused of murder.
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@Melaniet74
@KirstieMAllsopp
@jk_rowling
She wasn't talking about *her* experience here. She was denying that there was ever any "no debate" and saying that others are wrong to have said that this was *their* experience.
That is the point JKR is addressing. With receipts.
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@LBC
@NickFerrariLBC
"Don't put me in a room with men. I'm not equipped to be in a room with other men"
(But I expect women to be in a room with men if those men say they are women).
So... a transwoman's need for dignity, privacy and safety must be respected but any woman who asks for the same is
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@soniasodha
Jolyon Maughan now claiming that this is on a par with the Post Office scandal. Pretty big claim to make. Let's hope he can provide some evidence for all the people he is asking to give him money.
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@SamFowles
1. The rate of prisoners self-identifying as transwomen who have been convicted of at least one sexual offence is far higher than the general male population. This is a fact. What is your explanation?
2. There is no evidence that these prisoners "born with male sex organs" are
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@10DowningStreet
@AnnelieseDodds
@FCDOGovUK
@educationgovuk
You had a chance here to show that you had *really* been listening to women and our concerns. And you just blew it by appointing Dodds.
You may have a huge majority of seats. But remember that you only got 34% of the votes (on a low turnout).
Women are not going to go away, Keir.
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@stuartf100
@angelaeagle
@Jebadoo2
@HeadWarriorTWM
Or she is deliberately trying to mislead viewers? I can't make my mind up whether she is disingenuous here or just plain ignorant.
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@theDykeProject
You're thriving. That's great. Nobody is trying to stop you meeting or having your own community. Why do you want to stop the Lesbian Project having their own community? Isn't that rather authoritarian of you?
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@billybragg
@jk_rowling
Cos there are no right wing bigots to be found on the trans activist side at all, are there Billy?
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@kewgardens
@Psychgirl211
When I came a couple of weeks ago, the lift up to the Treetop Walk was out of action. I understand that this is a frequent occurrence. How committed are you to making Kew an inclusive environment for disabled people?
Do you have any events or special placards/signs to celebrate
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@jk_rowling
@NorwichMatt
But it was ALL about her!
India Willoughby is mentioned once in an 11 post thread. But "It was ALL ABOUT ME!"
Not a narcissist at all.
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@LukeDudley1
@bbc5live
What I find disgusting is Starmer, yet again, using the tragic murder of a teenager to score political points.
I am not a fan of the Tories but Sunak was not making an "anti-trans joke", he was joking about Starmer constantly changing his mind on what it means to be a woman.
Jane
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@mcashmanCBE
@mimmymum
How about you do the decent thing and condemn this kind of abuse and threats against women? Or you do not care for the safety of a female MP if she is one you do not agree with?
And you know perfectly well that she will be meeting constituents.
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@rejserin
@ShahrarAli
@MForstater
@HJoyceGender
So, if a whole crowd of GC women followed you, a trans woman, down the street chanting "Fuck Rejserin!", or did the same to any other TW, that would not be harassment, that would just be them exercising their freedom of speech? Just so we're clear.
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@DawnButlerBrent
@metpoliceuk
You are seriously tagging in the Metropolitan Police because a group of Mums on an internet forum think you are scoring political points from the tragic death of a child?!
You do not believe that women have a right to voice their opinion about politicians?
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@HeadWarriorTWM
"Joanne Rowling dares to call men men. So we'll call HER a man! That'll teach her!"
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@DreyfusJames
According to some, not only are we not allowed to support another woman if her politics do not perfectly align with ours, we must outright condemn and shun her. This is mean-girl bullying and belongs in the playground.
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@TheDailyShow
@SportIsARight
Now invite
@Martina
or
@sharrond62
on to the show to give their views please.
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@SusieCottee
@Waterstones
@hannahsbee
Displayed prominently in their Piccadilly store when I was in there last week. Seems to be managers in certain areas that have a problem.
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@JessicaLBarnard
Every single person who claims to care about children should be out supporting Wes Streeting.
No excuses.
@Frances_Coppola
@WomanRoaringXX
@sundersays
Puberty blockers are called "chemical castration" as they suppress the natural sexual urges that should be experienced as a normal part of puberty. They are the same drugs as are given to sex offenders in prison.
Puberty blockers are ONLY a "temporary delay" in puberty if they
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This report is shockingly ill-informed and misleading.
To take just 3 examples:
1. The "experts from Yale Law School" are a group of activists who have a vested interest in not exposing the harms of GA care. Unlike Dr Cass, who is a world-leading paediatrician who had no vested
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@DreyfusJames
"Reading porn in a 'public space'!!", "where CHILDREN could see it!!" ..... when even the one creepy stalker sat across from her couldn't even capture what was on her phone with his zoom lens? ...
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@jk_rowling
@Martina
Gay man, who became "the first out gay man to become a national sports editor in the UK in 2015" blocks sports icon and gay rights activist who paved the way for him, and others like him, to be openly gay in the world of sport. What a shameful lack of respect.
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@zoesqwilliams
@SoniaRGallego
It is ironic that equating gender critical beliefs to "attacking trans people" was found to be discrimination and harassment in this tribunal. That was the whole point of the case. You don't quite seem to have grasped that. Take some time to read the judgement and have a think.
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A cropped tweet to imply that this is what JK Rowling was saying to someone, rather than the truth - which is that she was paraphrasing what had been said to her.
The lengths they have to go to...
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@RajanBarot24
@jk_rowling
@IndiaWilloughby
I have to ask IW why it is OK to fantasise about kidnapping women, constantly insult women (especially lesbians) for their looks and misgender them, suggest putting up a barbed wire fence to keep out immigrants. Does IW not see that this is wrong?
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@jk_rowling
@DrPamSpurr
That's a whole lotta pictures taken from space. I can't even be bothered to look at them. Why can't you just believe the Earth is flat? It's weird.
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@LabWomenDec
@RosieDuffield1
@BBCWomansHour
@YvetteCooperMP
Outrageous. How can we have any faith in crime data?
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@BevJacksonAuth
@RadFem52
@PompeySteph
The funniest part of that tweet is "told her I was a trans woman".
As if that needed pointing out.
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@PatrickStrud
This is a lie. Even the article you link to is clear that it was 30 MEN from the NSN who performed a Nazi salute.
@ThePosieParker
and Moira Deeming have made it clear that they did not know these men, did not invite them to the Let Women Speak event and have CONDEMNED THEM.
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@mcashmanCBE
@vicderbyshire
A member of the House of Lords who spends his time belittling the concerns of women or shouting at boats. Embarrassing.
@mcashmanCBE
@thamesclippers
You posted this 5 hours ago, Michael, and not a single like (even though likes are anonymous now!). Your original post from 9 hours ago only has 2 likes.
Do you think that perhaps even the LBGT+ community thinks that shouting at boats is a bit mad?
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Interesting that
@BWC_NHS
feel the need to turn off commenting on this post and hide replies.
I wonder how many of their staff feel like my friend?
I wonder how many of them had to do the mandatory training to achieve Stonewall's 'gold' status and feel that they cannot express
You may have noticed that we didn't change our social media logos after Pride month ended in June? Why?
Well, it wasn't a mistake. It's because we take pride in supporting everyone, including our LGBTQ+ patients, families and colleagues, every day (1/3) 🧵🌈
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@Roolockwood
@piersmorgan
Rosanna
If you feel the need to challenge your guests for "abhorrent views", may I ask why you did not challenge a guest who has posted a song online with the lyrics "Punch a terf in the fucking face"?
Do you not think this abhorrent?
@Aja02537920
@Serena_Partrick
@Roolockwood
Freda works for the
@NHSEngland
and wants to punch women in the face
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@Jebadoo2
@PeterTatchell
If you have "women/straights in a gay male bar," isn't it just........ a bar? 🤔
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@elizamondegreen
An excellent, and fair, analysis. Interesting that this professional feels the need to remain anonymous and to post on Reddit. I hope more professionals will start speaking up publicly. THIS ⬇️ is so important.
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@JacquesOeuf
@JamesGilesRBK
"LGA does not endorse how this recent communication was sent, nor the hurt, worry and distress that this has caused.
Pending investigation, Cllr Giles has stood down from all formal positions within the LGA and all upcoming speaking opportunities"
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@JoPhoenix1
@LabWomenDec
@EdinburghUni
@OU_GCRN
He/She/They wants people to add their own signature to this open letter but hasn't got the guts to include their own name as organiser??
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@Provokatov
The school have de-activated their Twitter and Facebook accounts, so presumably they are (rightly) facing some backlash over this. Let's hope some action is taken over this assault.
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@michaelpforan
Great analysis of the law here.
However, when you say that the decisions of Sall's legal team were "incomprehensible", I think that may be because you are not fully comprehending their longer term political strategy. They always expected to lose this case. The aim was never to
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@SpitfireCannon
@HJoyceGender
@IndiaWilloughby
@PoliceScotland
Oh, bless you. You don't need to travel across any border. You can submit an anonymous report online. Go on - I'm sure Helen is not worried in the least. But so kind of you to give her "fair warning" as well as "up to midnight tonight" to delete her posts 😆
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@TheOxfordMail
Such dishonest reporting. If you are too scared to say "man", at least report this this is a transwoman and not an actual female.
#notourcrimes
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@KatyMontgomerie
Except that this was not a discussion about the rights of trans people. It was a discussion about a female academic winning her case for discrimination, harassment and unfair dismissal for speaking up about the rights of women.
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@MeMyselfOnline
All that performative sobbing and wailing but not quite a good enough actor to manage any actual tears. Needs to do better.
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A video is circulating claiming that a Ukrainian gov minister is announcing emergency assistance payments only for vaccinated individuals. The gov website shows this to be completely false. Website link below.
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@obsolete__units
@blablafishcakes
@judgejules75
@networkrail
The 'LGBT' champion has some rather lovely tweets on lesbians too..
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@billybragg
What?? Billy Bragg hates women so much that all he can do is comment on what clothes they are wearing instead of actually listening to them.
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@narindertweets
Only 4 years ago, this wonderful episode was hailed as a moving tribute to female solidarity and empathy. Now, you would no doubt condemn these women as bigots.
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