#uk fascism

[earhartsease]

if anyone still harboured any fantasies that the BBC is not the Mouthpiece of Sauron, behold this latest bolox

#fuck the bbc #fuck the tories #uk fascism

[bpdnchill]

#uk politics #uk fascism #Coronation #abolish the monarchy

[ladymazzy]

Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary after article criticising police

#uk politics #uk fascism #never tory #fuck braverman #how many hours b4 she challenges sunak to become PM

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“COMMUNIST UNDER P0LICE ESCORT,” Kingston Whig-Standard. November 2, 1932. Page 1. ---- A pair of London bobbles leading a Communist demonstrator from the scene when Communists and Fascists clashed in Trafalgar Square. "The Heart of the Empire" during a rally of Sir Oswald Mosley's new Fascist party. The occasion was the first meeting of the Mosley group.

#london #trafalgar square #fascism #anti-fascism #communists #new party #uk fascism #oswald mosley #political demonstration #unemployed demonstration #acab #law and order politics #british history #great depression in the united kingdom

[yeltsinsstar]

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#world news #politics #uk politics #uk #united kingdom #britain #scotland #england #westminster #trans rights #transphobes #lgbtqa+ rights #constitutional crisis #tories #snp #tories are scum #equal rights #uk fascism

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

So, the DfE have released their non-statutory guidance for schools on "gender questioning children". I know much has been made of the idea of outing trans children to their parents, but I think the guidance actually has far more concerning sections. And by concerning I mean "deeply transphobic and fucked up".

I know some people are happy it's non statutory, but let's be explicit, this document is transphobic, it's dogwhistle politics, and it's existence will directly harm trans people.

Ironically, the DfE's own lawyers have advised that this guidance is likely illegal and contravenes the equality act.

I think the idea that there are lots of students who are fully transitioned in school but not out at all at home is a bit of a strawman from both sides. In my experience (and I've mentioned this on tumblr before), a school would not normally encourage this if a student was genuinely at risk at home if outed, because even if all the teachers knew not to out the students, you can't control the behaviour of other students/parents etc. I think it's a bit of a right wing scare tactic "Schools are transitioning your kids without your consent". It's a fascist dog whistle.

In my experience as a teacher, the vast majority of trans kids I've taught were transitioning socially at home and school. Some did only use their chosen name/pronouns in school, but parents were aware.

But this straw man has been used to build a document which is deeply transphobic and wide reaching and will defacto exclude some trans kids from school, or from school sports, or from attending a school where they feel comfortable.

Trans kids exist. Kids can know they are trans from a young age, and there is no harm to anyone from allowing social transition at a young age. Some kids transition back to their assigned gender at birth. That doesn't mean anyone was harmed. But this guidance explicitly presents the idea of transition as both harmful to the person transitioning and those around them. Which is fucked up.

The new guidance has some really concerning bits in it which will seriously negatively impact all trans students. Here are some quotes below, with my comments in italics. Please note I'm quoting directly from a document that uses transphobic language:

-Primary school aged children should not have different pronouns to their sex-based pronouns used about them. (This is fucked, I cannot stress how fucked this is. These kids exist and simply pretending they don't is awful in the extreme. The idea that children can't socially transition at primary school is really messed up. )

-schools and colleges should only agree to a change of pronouns if they are confident that the benefit to the individual child outweighs the impact on the school community. It is expected that there will be very few occasions in which a school or college will be able to agree to a change of pronouns. On these rare occasions, no teacher or pupil should be compelled to use these preferred pronouns. (How does a child using pronouns of choice impact the school community? It doesn't? In my experience, teens are much more accepting of trans classmates than some adults. Also giving teachers explicit permission to misgender kids is fucking dangerous).

-schools and colleges should exhaust all other options, such as using firstnames, to avoid requiring other individuals having to use preferred pronouns. (My initial response to this was "why the fuck" but a trans friend commented that the purpose is to make trans people's lives as difficult and as miserable as possible, and they're going after the most vulnerable trans people- trans kids)

-If a child does not want to use the toilet designated for their biological sex, and the school or college has considered all the relevant factors outlined above, they may wish to consider whether they can provide or offer the use of an alternative toilet facility. (this is weird because I'm pretty sure it contravenes the equality act, I'm pretty sure there is a legal duty on schools, and certainly colleges where over 18s attend to provide gender neutral toilet facilities if required. Also, not having an appropriate toilet defacto excludes children from school).

-Schools may have different uniform requirements for girls and boys. Some specify which uniform items are for girls and which are for boys, and similarly some schools have hairstyle rules which differ by sex. A child who is gender questioning should, in general, be held to the same uniform standards as other children of their sex at their school and schools may set clear rules to this effect. (So some schools could, for example, force a trans boy or non binary student to wear a skirt. Which is unfair and messed up. To be honest, I think sex segregated uniforms belong in the dark ages anyway, but this is just ridiculous.).

-There is no general duty to allow a child to ‘social transition’. (Firstly, there legally is. Secondly, why would a school not want to? This just gives licence to transphobic heads to say "oh, no, we won't allow you to transition", which is illegal, but the whole thing is just such a fucking mess. And again, why? Why would you not allow a child to transition socially? Unless you want to pretend that trans children don't exist?)

If you want to read the full guidance, it's available here, but trigger warnings etc do apply: https://consult.education.gov.uk/equalities-political-impartiality-anti-bullying-team/gender-questioning-children-proposed-guidance/supporting_documents/Gender%20Questioning%20Children%20%20nonstatutory%20guidance.pdf

Yes, the guidance is non-statutory, so in theory schools could ignore it, but in reality, OFSTED etc can use non-statutory guidance as a stick to beat schools with. At this stage, I think we all know the OFSTED don't give a fuck about anyone's mental health or wellbeing.

Interestingly, even the DfE's own lawyers have admitted the advice could open schools up to a legal challenge. This SchoolsWeek article on the topic is super interesting: https://schoolsweek.co.uk/trans-guidance-dfe-lawyers-said-schools-face-high-risk-of-being-sued/

Anyway, whilst the fact it's non statutory is something, this is not the victory some people are making it out to be, and the fact a document encouraging misgendering children has been published at all is fucked. This document could very much be used to prevent children from transitioning, and will likely prevent some children who have transitioned from attending school.

#uk politics #english politics #education #trans rights #trans children #fuck the dfe #tw: transphobia #tw: fascism

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔑𝔞𝔭𝔞𝔩𝔪 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥

#napalm death #Grindcore/Death Metal #Themes:Political unrest #Hate #Anti-fascism #Social issues #uk #metal #extreme metal #death metal

[leftmusing]

just some of the fucking insane, draconian things taking place in the uk from the last few days.

source: ukfactcheckpolitics on instragram

#monad.txt #uk politics #united kingdom #politics #queen elizabeth ii #king charles iii #poverty #islamophobia #freedom of speech #leftism #uk fact check politics #uk nhs #labour uk #monarchy #anti monarchy #anti fascist #sociology #draconic #fascism

[alternativeulster]

there really is no two ways about it we have to blow up parliament

#im not even pretending to be peaceful anymore like these cunts need taught a lesson and that lesson can be taught with bombs #the cure for fascism is a bullet #ukpol #uk politics

[probablyasocialecologist]

A secretive organisation accused of collaborating with far-right activists has been operating out of the House of Lords for more than a decade, a cache of leaked documents suggests.

The organisation, called the New Issues Group (NIG), includes the former Ukip leader Malcolm Pearson and the Tory former deputy speaker of the House of Lords Baroness Cox.

The cache of documents, acquired by anti-fascist group Hope not Hate, even suggests that a figure who would become one of the UK’s most notorious anti-Muslim activists drafted questions to be asked in the House of Lords by group members.

[...]

Among an array of Conservative party MPs, aristocrats, bishops, businessmen and journalists were high-profile far-right figures including Geert Wilders from the Netherlands, Tommy Robinson and US anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller, who was banned from entering the UK in 2013.

#uk politics #fascism #house of lords #islamophobia

[prussianmemes]

a white english anti-war socialist wins a seat in parliament and the next day the hindi PM says that this is an alarming sign of rising rabid-antisemitism, far-right politics, and islamic fundamentalism.

??? what

#am i missing something here #it is hilarious btw that the most unhinged and deranged tories in the UK right now are british asians #iirc the tory foreign minister who tried drafting up that plan to stop 100% all migration whatsoever by deporting everyone to rwanda #under bojo #was also a british asian #they act like complete spastics trying to put forth policy and saying things that no other group in the uk would ever try #where's that picture of the 'fuck off we do not want your kind around here' where it's the one brown guy next to another brown guy #they're in the political ruling class for barely a year and they've already completely destroyed their party LOL #the english obsession with fascism and anti-semitism (akin to american fears of socialism) despite it being mostly a farce is already funny #but the people actually enacting the most deranged xenophobic policies not being white british alt-right weenies #but other british asians wanting to keep out other colonials they hate from their homeland is beyond hilarious #txt

[earhartsease]

just went to vote in the local elections here in England and it's the first time we've ever had to provide photo ID, and it set off our jewish hypervigilance in ways we did not expect

(yes we know it's the norm in other countries, but here it's a new expression of oppression)

#uk elections #uk fascism

[bpdnchill]

"Hostile, Authoritarian UK downgraded in civic freedoms index."

We now rate alongside Poland, Hungary, and South Africa.

We are already an oligarchy, not a democracy. Now we are apparently going for fascism too.

#tory britian #tory corruption #vote #uk politics #uk fascism

[ceevee5]

#fascism #anti fascist #far right #uk politics #us politics #michael rosen

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“A scene in Trafalgar Square, London, Eng. showing Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of Britain’s new Fascist party, addressing hundreds of his followers. This meeting took place shortly before thousands of London hunger-marchers Iand unemployed staged a riot, in which several persona were injured in the battle with police and many more arrested. It was the most severe riot ever staged in London. Police, mounted and afoot, held off thousands of hunger-marchers from the palace of the King and from official residences on Downing Street in Sunday's outbreak. Some seventy of the rioters have been injured since the first disturbance Thursday last.”

- from the Kingston Whig-Standard. November 2, 1932. Page 10.

[AL: Not entirely clear from this reporting if the New Party participated in the unemployed protests, or was merely trying to steal some valour and recruit from the gathering.]

#trafalgar square #london #new party #oswald mosley #british fascism #unemployed association #unemployed #unemployed protest #hunger march #hunger marchers #riot #buckingham palace #great depression in the united kingdom #british history #fascism #uk fascism

[4chanandchill]

You know it’s bad when the 4chan conspiracy theories are start to feel low-key believable

#uk trans #fuck the uk #fuck the tories #low key fascism #anti psych