Jolyon’s (requiescat in pace) Good Law Project has launched a campaign against group Sex Matters which is running a standard letter-writing effort aimed at MPs in the Council of Europe. Jolyon’s outfit is aghast that Sex Matters are “infiltrating the vote” and “bullying them to uphold transphobic ideas and asking them to vote against a ban”…
The GLP is therefore launching a counter-letter campaign: “Email the MPs and let them know they don’t have to bend down to Sex Matter’s transphobic threats, they can stand up for what’s right.” So upset are they that they’ve illustrated their big campaign with a photo of the European Commission not the Council of Europe. If even the Euro-crazies can’t get it right…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”