It’s more sad news for Jolyon. The fox-beater was long due to be the keynote speaker at the 9th “scientific symposium” of the British Association of Gender Identity Specialists. The group says NHS policies to protect children are a result of “populist ideology that seeks to divide society along political lines” and campaigns against the results of the Cass Report…

Now Jolyon has been quietly binned from his speaking role at the conference in Nottingham, which includes workshops on “Anti-trans discourse in British Politics and Media,” in favour of doctor and highly controversial trans campaigner Marci Bowers. Were Jolyon’s renewed mad ravings on Twitter a step too far even for them?

The Good Law Project’s soul-searching post-election period looks like it’s coming along. It now says it “has decided to revert to the model operated by other legal non-profits of procuring legal services through an in-house legal team and is closing its wholly owned law firm Good Law Practice.“ Curious that the practice designed to litigate against the government has closed swiftly after… the change of government…

So long to likely the worst-performing judicial review practice the UK legal system has ever seen. Last week Jolyon’s outfit sent a survey to its supporters asking whether they should attack the government any more now that the election is finished. Looks like they’ve settled on an answer…

Guido has long documented the travails of notorious legal loser Maugham. Jolyon declared seven weeks ago that he was leaving for “the mountains” and would be back in two weeks. Jolyon’s project will continue, though now with less enthusiasm and capacity to challenge the government. Surprise, surprise…

Jolyon is almost losing faster than he can start soliciting donations for new campaigns. After failing against the IEA, GambleAware, Wes Streeting, and the previous government so far this year, the fox-beater has taken another shocking defeat. This time it’s against the Global Warming Policy Foundation…

The Good Law Project teamed up with crank MPs Layla Moran, Clive Lewis, and Caroline Lucas in October 2022 to complain to the Charity Commission that the Foundation “flies in the face of rules that state the outputs from educational charities must be ‘balanced and neutral’” and is funding its trading subsidiary, Net Zero Watch. Jolyon spent months complaining that the Charity Commission was “sitting on its hands” by not investigating his complaints. He must be happy now that they’ve all been dismissed…

The Charity Commission says it “examined how the charity ensures its output meets appropriately rigorous standards of objective analysis and factual research to support the conclusions being presented” and is satisfied, all while finding no evidence to support the claim that “the charity was financially supporting Net Zero Watch and that it had consistently operated at a loss.” It also notes that Net Zero Watch doesn’t as a matter of policy accept donations from the energy industry or anyone with a significant interest in it. Not that it’s a legal requirement…

GWPF Chairman Dr Jerome Booth says:

“There are those who employ moral reasoning with little respect for opposing views. Sometimes they employ heavy handed means to shut down debate and persecute and attack anyone with whom they disagree… We welcome the Commission’s findings and will continue to pursue our charitable objectives.”

Another notch on Jolyon’s belt. Talk about blowing hot air…

Jolyon Maugham and his Good Law Project have faced yet another defeat. Earlier this year, Jolyon’s brigade attempted to overturn former Health Secretary Victoria Atkins’ ban on puberty blockers, raising a whopping £60,000 from gullible donors to fight their case. The High Court has now upheld the ban, citing a study that identified “very substantial risks and very narrow benefits” of puberty blockers. Another one bites the dust…

The Good Law Project took to X to bemoan their loss, promising they are “consulting on next steps.” This marks the second case Jolyon has managed to lose in less than a week. When will credulous donors wake up and realise that when it comes to campaigns, Jolyon seems to be the kiss of death?

The Good Law Project celebrated in May when the Gambling Commission opened an investigation at its request into the charity GambleAware. Jolyon’s crew launched their assault because some of its funding comes from the gambling industry (normal) and its campaigns advocate adult self-control instead of the complete shut-down of the gambling industry:

“GambleAware runs high-profile advertising campaigns which experts say ‘imply that gamblers are a unique category of people who are personally to blame for their losses’, reflecting ‘a discourse promoted by the gambling industry which attempts to shift blame for gambling-related harm away from aggressively marketed harmful products and on to individual gamblers’. Instead of helping people to stop gambling, the charity blames the people it should help and advises them to gamble ‘responsibly’.”

Apparently that means that it is “violating Charity Law” by “failing to meet its charitable objectives” of helping problem gamblers. As you’d expect, the Charity Commission have pretty swiftly opened and shut the case:

“We received the necessary assurance that the trustees have been handling matters as we would expect including taking appropriate steps to ensure its independence from the gambling industry. The trustees have satisfied the Commission that they have the right processes in place to ensure they are furthering their purposes.”

Another doomed campaign funded by gullible donors. Guido doubts he’ll see this update on the Good Law Project’s page. Jolyon declared over the weekend that he would be off twitter “in the mountains” for two weeks. Guido regrets to give him the news…