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This is of very great concern. Labour has effectively declared war on trans academics and students. By defining transphobia as a “free speech” issue it is going to protect transphobes in higher education while preventing trans-inclusion. This is the opposite of “free speech”.

submitted 21 days ago • 29 comments

Labour's idea of 'free speech' is freedom to make trans people feel unsafe on campus, but not the freedom to criticise Israel.

submitted 21 days ago • 12 comments

Just the sheer, obscene spectacle of a Government minister on £160K+ plus expenses and all the freebies, coming for the sub £10K per year that my son gets in PIP - being autistic & learning disabled in a deeply unequal, discriminatory & hostile society is not a “lifestyle choice”

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

This country is awash with money. The very rich are rich beyond imagination. So when Starmer wants to stay within his arbitrary fiscal rules, who does he decide to take money from? The very rich? No, from people with disabilities who depend on benefits for the bare minimum of a decent life.

submitted 29 days ago • 135 comments

How are women recruited by the far right online? Join us and Lois Shearing on March 27th (next week!) to dive into this very question. And check out our new reading list in honour of Lois's book Pink-Pilled: Behind Enemy Lines! lighthousebookshop.com/posts/behind... @manchesterup.bsky.social

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments