Bread Of Heaven
Update 582. Enforcement Special. #BeMorePorcupine.
The aftermath of the Supreme Court judgment keeps pouring in to Dusty Towers, so here is another update about that. The Equality Act covers not only England and Scotland but also, of course, Wales. Many readers will know that the Welsh Government are completely captured by the Gender Woo but they are going to have to seriously backpedal. So here is the Welsh anthem, Bread of Heaven…sung at a rugby game, of course.
We now need to get this enforced on the ground. Unfortunately, more legal cases may be required against those such as Wetherspoons who are doubling down. See EDI Jester below.
By the way, many congratulations to the English Red Roses for winning the Women’s Six Nations.
Thanks to three wonderful readers for suggested pieces.
Some of the linked pieces below may be behind a paywall.
The For Women Scotland Judgment - The Aftermath continued…
It should be remembered that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) argued alongside Amnesty International against For Women Scotland before the Supreme Court. So they don’t have a great track record here!
They have now produced an interim update. Due to the regulations, they point out that workplaces and schools need to provide single sex toilets and ( where necessary) changing rooms. In terms of service providers they state the position as it is under the Equality Act but I feel they are not being anywhere near strong enough on those organisations that may persist with, for example, unisex or mixed-sex toilets:
It is not compulsory for services that are open to the public to be provided on a single-sex basis or to have single-sex facilities such as toilets. These can be single-sex if it is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim and they meet other conditions in the Act. However, it could be indirect sex discrimination against women if the only provision is mixed-sex.
I think that, following the Supreme Court judgment, it should be stated that: ‘It is difficult to see how the provision of unisex facilities would not amount to indirect sex discrimination.’
All thoughts gratefully received.
EHRC conclude:
Our updated guidance will be available in due course. We are working at pace to incorporate the implications of the Supreme Court’s judgment.
We aim to provide the updated Code of Practice to the UK Government by the end of June for ministerial approval.
The Code will support service providers, public bodies and associations to understand their duties under the Equality Act and put them into practice.
We are currently reviewing sections of the draft Code of Practice which need updating. We will shortly undertake a public consultation to understand how the practical implications of this judgment may be best reflected in the updated guidance. The Supreme Court made the legal position clear, so we will not be seeking views on those legal aspects.
The consultation will be launched in mid-May and last for two weeks. We will be seeking views from affected stakeholders.
You will note that there will be a (disappointingly short) consultation period in mid-May.
The full interim update is here:
Maybe they should get EDI Jester to write the guidance😊 He has a warning for the pubs, clubs and restaurants on Canal Street in Manchester.
Maya Forstater of Sex Matters is interviewed on Triggernometry. She provides a useful analysis of the judgment and of the implications of the judgment. Konstantin Kisin does ask that annoying ‘what about the men’ question but I think Maya deals with this quite well.
Mr Menno was at the Supreme Court for the handing down of the judgment and he interviewed a lot of people on the day.
Nutmeg on the Glinner Update devotes most of her latest post to the Supreme Court judgment, the crass misreporting of her favourite channel ( 😂 ) , the BBC and the unhinged protests.
https://grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/nutmegs-week-0e8
Kellie-Jay Keen and Graham Linehan were interviewed on GB News Free Speech Nation about the judgment:
Meanwhile the British Medical Association are doubling down!! You couldn’t make it up!! Action required from BMA members!
.https://x.com/genspect/status/1916549108455657630
One piece from yesterday’s Women’s Rights Network newsletter.
Norfolking Around with the Receipts
WRN Norfolk challenged its police force to meet the terms of the Equality Act – finally
WRN’s report on State Sanctioned Sexual Assault highlighted the importance of recognising women in legal settings and the widespread failure of police forces to do so – even after the National Police Chiefs Council withdrew its guidance to allow officers to declare their “gender”.
WRN’s Norfolk group has addressed Norfolk and Suffolk police with their failure to respect women’s right to a same-sex officer for intimate searches, failure to take female staff into account in their “Equalities Impact Assessment” when declaring that men should have access to women’s changing, showering and toilet facilities, and failure to recognise women’s right to assembly and speech.
This week, the group has used its receipts to remind the police they have statutory obligations, and now the Supreme Court has provided unequivocal support for women’s rights, there is nowhere to hide. Women must be recognised and considered in all policies that affect any female – staff or public — and the law must be applied even when men object to women having the right to say things they don’t like.
The group addressed their force saying, “The women in Norfolk, your staff and residents, want you to give us our privacy, safety and dignity back.”
Thank you WRN Norfork for your clarity and persistence.
Terf Vibes on her substack Til Sex Do us Part looks at the New Zealand Prime Minister avoiding the possible implications for NZ of the Supreme Court judgment.
Fascism dressed as child's play: 'Support our rainbow communities' 🏳🌈 🤡💚
NZ's political Left doubles down with the goofy smiles, hearts and rainbows in a plea for MORE $$ for already overfunded 'rainbow communities' hell bent on eradicating women's rights. 🙄
Apr 27, 2025
Okay, so I’m still subscribed to the NZ Labour Party and I know I shouldn’t be, although it has proved useful for spying on the enemy; the enemy who used to be the ally and friend, which the NZ Labour Party did.
But after they openly supported the violent mob of mostly male counter-protesters attack on Posie Parker and her supporters, mostly older women like me, at Auckland’s Albert Park in 2023, they don’t deserve my subscription, let alone all the volunteer hours of labour I gave them prior to their all-out endorsement of trans rights against women’s rights.
Worse than that, in some ways, they also passed sex self-ID with hardly any public consultation and much opposition. They tried and only just failed to pass it without ANY public consultation, hoping to avoid the pushback from women they knew they would get.
And perhaps even worse than that, Hipkins (pictured,) who became PM after Jacinda Ardern quit, when asked at a press conference: ‘What is a woman?’, badly fumbled and admitted the question had thrown him and ‘come from left field’, an extra fumble when he is leader of the political Left.
But most recently, after the UK Supreme Court decision last week clarified a woman in UK equalities law is defined biologically, NZ Labour said nothing in support of the decision and then this against it on the 23rd, a doubling down support for the conveniently vague ‘rainbow communities’, repeating the lie that ‘rainbow’ people are extra oppressed and vulnerable and needing even MORE public money to facilitate their further grooming and medicalising of our children.
Hipkins and his party are trying to pretend like nothing has happened when in fact the scam is up. The UK’s highest court that has legal bearing in NZ has declared that no man can ever be a woman and existing equalities legislation uses the biological definition of ‘woman’ so letting men in women’s spaces, sports, etc., is illegal in the UK. Currently it is not only effectively legal here but one is condemned for suggesting it’s not right or fair for women and girls.
The full piece is here:
Endpieces
As regular readers know I’m a rugby fan so I’m joining in with highlights of the decider between England and France for the Women’s Six Nations and what a great game!
From Liz
From Tenaciously
#BeMorePorcupine
#EndGenderAffirmingCare
#AdultHumanFemale
#LetWomenSpeak
#FightForFreeSpeech
#NoMenInWomensSport
#WitchesRUs
#NHSTheGameIsUp
#KeepOnKeepingOn
#NeverForget
Fantastic souvenir reminder of a wonderful day, with a great piece from the wonderful Mr Menno, thanks for posting it Dusty. And good interviews from Glinner and KJK.
The BMA should be ashamed of itself and the EHRC, what weasel words. I agree with your point about sex discrimination. As for male strip searches! How the hell did any sane person sit in an office and pass that as a perfectly reasonable thing to do!!! But at least we can gird our loins for the fight now that the law is clearly behind us.
And well done the WOMEN’S #AdultHumanFemale rugby team. 🎉🏴