Kieran Wellington

He’s talking about ‘values’ when he needs to rapidly operationalise 100 things which grab media cycle and make every part of the country better. Go after dodgy vape shops, give local authorities cash to remove chewing gum and graffiti *now*, ban high street charity ‘bins’, pigouvian tax on cans of spray paint, give Met a bollocking over de facto decriminalising phone and bike theft, bring back Burnham, reduce the size of the Lords, announce full northern powerhouse rail, have more bins in public spaces, refund BTP, promise to remove all those stupid benches that people aren’t really meant to sit on within 18 months. Have all unused phone boxes gone within 6 months. Move, get things done! But no, ‘values’.

UNDEFEATED.

“Imagine getting booked for celebrating… fucking sad, you know what I mean?” 😡 David Moyes hit out after being booked for celebrating Everton’s late equaliser and joked he’d have done a knee slide too if he was more mobile saying he’d do it all again 🏃‍♂️💥

A judge has blocked an anti-trans group’s attempt to challenge Hampstead Ponds’ trans-inclusive policy. Campaign group Sex Matters brought a case to the high court last year, claiming that the ponds’ admission of transgender people into single-sex spaces is discriminatory. Yet Mrs Justice Lieven said that the high court was not the proper forum for such a case, which they said should instead be brought by an individual in a county court, rather than by an organisation at the high court. Sex Matters based its case on the supreme court ruling, handed down in April last year, which found that sex as defined in the Equality Act 2010 refers to “biological” men and women, rather than gender, even if one has a gender recognition certificate. The high court ruling keeps Hampstead Ponds in line with public opinion. A recent public consultation by the City of London Corporation, which manages the ponds, received over 38,000 responses, 84% of which were people who use the ponds. 86% of consultation respondents said they supported the ponds’ existing trans-inclusive policy, while 90% rejected the idea of segregating trans swimmers in any way. Maya Forstater, CEO of Sex Matters, told the BBC the result was “deeply unjust”. The group has said it is “considering its legal options”. Trans advocacy group TransLucent said: “Trans inclusion is the norm across the country; now, the government must provide decisive legal clarity, empowering service providers to act inclusively without being held hostage to costly litigation.” The City of London Corporation has allowed trans people to use the ponds – whether mixed, ladies’ or men’s – that best aligns with their gender identity since at least 2017. The corporation is awaiting updated guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the inclusion of trans people in single-sex spaces.