Simon A Foster

10) Collectivist 11) Victim blaming/othering 12) Hierarchy 13) Anti human rights I may add more. Fascism: A violent extreme right wing nationalist ideology based on xenophobia, and obedience to the state through 1 leader. 2/Thread

The numbers are out.. Girls sexually assaulted by transgender people in UK toilets: 0. Women and girls sexually assaulted by men in the UK every year: over 160,000. (Source: ONS, Crime Survey for England and Wales) So why are we still letting bigots spread fear about the wrong people? Why is anyone more outraged by a trans woman washing her hands than by the fact a woman is raped every five minutes in this country? It’s not about safety. It never was. It’s about control. It’s about hatred. It’s about distraction. These people don’t want to protect anyone. They want someone to punish. We see it. Trans people are not going anywhere.

@Matt_Pinner A spot.

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@_onlyscott Swindon Town.

Name a football club without letter "E" Impossible

Taking a Twitter break until further notice. I need to surround myself with more positive energy, and be a nicer person when I disagree with someone. Ttfn.

1/x I'm extremely pleased for the Netherlands, where the @Libdems sister party @D66 has made spectacular gains and the far right PVV party has gone into reverse. A D66-led coalition excluding the PVV is now likely

@realTheoElliott 2) Christians may have no basis to discriminate against homosexuals. Of course then there is Jeb Bartlett’s spot on arguments: Watch until the end, it’s worth it :) youtu.be/AIHjoT19XpE?si…

@realTheoElliott AI summary: “its inclusion in English translations was the result of a mistranslation and the conflation of two Greek words (malakoiand arsenokoitai). These Greek terms are better translated as specific abusive or exploitative behaviors rather than a general identity.” Ops.

Contrary to what the Left might have you believe, same-sex "marriage" is far from a settled issue. Support for traditional marriage between a man and a woman is growing, especially among Gen Z. America needs to #RepealObergefell and the UK should follow their lead on that.

@realTheoElliott Speculation that the original translation was the against the Greek practice of Greek older men sexually dominating younger boys. In which case: 1) Christianity isn’t doing so well on this front with the number of paedophile Priests across many countries. AND….

@kendmacgregor @benonwine They can’t without wrecking the Good Friday agreement. This would be a huge issue.

“We shall defend our Island whatever the cost shall be” -Winston Churchill 🇬🇧 ✌️

@realTheoElliott I do love how many people have loved my posts here. Lgbtqai+ friends and allies: I see you and stand with you :)

@realTheoElliott Extending personal freedom and encouraging more people to marry sound like right wing values to me? Most Conservatives get that. Most of the UK gets that. Don’t like gay marriage? Don’t marry someone of the same sex. Unless you’re against freedom of expression?

@realTheoElliott Oh no I’m very religious and tune into to Upstairs on a daily basis :) I do have some problems with Christianity but I’m not afraid of it. The number of paedophile priests, the burning of innocents and forced adoptions in the past and the homophobia are certainly issues.

@sfosterld Marriage is between a man and a woman. I'm opposed to redefining it, on more than just religious grounds (not that there's anything wrong with that). Unless you do think there's something wrong with religion, in which case you'd be a Christianphobe, on the subject of "phobia".

@CultureCoastUK @EddieHotrod58 @defossardf How can you set up a court and not be subject to its jurisdiction? Bye.

He's posted this two days after a refugee murdered a British person in broad daylight. To be clear.

@CultureCoastUK @EddieHotrod58 @defossardf Yes, under ECHR in 1951. You said ECHR bought in no new rights: I’ve demonstrated in 5 areas this is NOT true. Regards, a human rights author.

@EddieHotrod58 @CultureCoastUK @defossardf In addition, if you repeal or alter the Human Rights Act you wreck the Northern Island peace agreement which is based on it and signed into Treaty with Island. You need to do a lot more research.

@CultureCoastUK @sfosterld @defossardf You try to make the point that the rights now established under the HRA of 1998 were already in law and available to all. They were not. What you've posted is not law just some random ideals. Stop embarrassing yourself.

@DianeTreeLover @JohnGlenUK You cannot join ECHR if you are not in Europe. So his argument they didn’t need it is false: they simply couldn’t sign the Treaty of London, drafted by British Conservative lawyers and backed by Churchill which set it up.

@sfosterld @JohnGlenUK Im absolutely certain he knows that 🙄 So what? Geographical proximity has no impact on our, or any other countries, ability to manage its own human rights laws effectively

Today I voted yes to a ten-minute rule motion which would bring forward a Bill to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Contrary to some of the rhetoric that surrounds this debate, this is not a vote for fewer rights or weaker protections under the law, it is a vote to put power back into the hands of the British people and their Parliament. A Government is elected on its manifesto, but if governments cannot deliver on their promises because of the ECHR, then we have reached an impasse - major infrastructure projects spend decades tied up in red tape, public services and social housing cannot be for British citizens first, veterans face endless prosecutions over historic allegations. Other mature democracies such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand have never needed the ECHR to ensure that their political systems function effectively, their rights are respected, and their parliaments remain sovereign. This country has a centuries-old common law tradition of liberty under the law that is the envy of the world, exiting the ECHR is about stating our own belief in the highest standards of human rights, while regaining control of the operation of our own laws.

@EddieHotrod58 @CultureCoastUK @defossardf Those are 5 areas off the top of my head. Parliament did legislate in 1998 with the Human Rights Act, meaning rights were strengthened in UK law, The ECHR was drafted by British Conservative lawyers, backed by Churchill and passed under the Treaty of London. It’s very British

@EddieHotrod58 @CultureCoastUK @defossardf 4) Discrimination. Whilst some legal redress was possible in 1951, the gaps identified helped pave the way for the later race relations and sexual discrimination acts. 5) Legal redress against public authorities, none previously. Eg: Hillsborough, Post Office, infected blood.