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Read More…: Peggie v RCN Day 3: unProvan
I want to focus my Day 3 report on a specific passage of cross-examination which to my mind went beyond the (undoubtedly very important) rights and wrongs of Sandie Peggie’s claim against the RCN. It demonstrated the effectiveness of using a courtroom to hold power to account. Norman Provan was today’s only witness. He is the Royal College of Nursing’s Associate Director for Employment Relations and he has been in the job for 18 years. He sits on the senior management board of the RCN and reports directly to its executive director. He is a big man in the world’s…
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Read More…: Peggie v RCN Day 2: Trans-Organisational Madness
The witnesses who gave evidence today were not directly connected to Sandie Peggie’s case, but they all had direct experience of dealing with the Royal College of Nursing. They painted a picture of a union which had happily waved gender ideology into their organisation, and when it started causing chaos,…
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Peggie v RCN Day 1: Getting Taken Seriously
Read More…: Peggie v RCN Day 1: Getting Taken SeriouslySandie Peggie was back in the witness box today for the first time since her epic tribunal against NHS Fife. Peggie is claiming discrimination against…
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Peggie v RCN: “I want this to be a wake-up call”
Read More…: Peggie v RCN: “I want this to be a wake-up call”This is an expanded and re-edited version of the interview which appeared in the Sunday Times on 20 September: Although she seems a little weary…
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NHS Wales to review “paused” surgeries by Christmas
Read More…: NHS Wales to review “paused” surgeries by ChristmasAround sixty people whose gender surgeries were cancelled by NHS Wales are expected to have an investigation into the necessity of those surgeries completed by…
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Former Gender Clinician: “It’s pseudo-medicine”
Read More…: Former Gender Clinician: “It’s pseudo-medicine”Shortly after publishing the piece which flagged the Welsh Gender Service as a potential Service of Concern (now a fully fledged Actual Concern) I received…
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A transsexual writes…
Read More…: A transsexual writes…Over the past couple of years I’ve been corresponding with a couple of older male transsexuals. They are courteous types who have watched in horror…
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BBC Gender Apology Row
Read More…: BBC Gender Apology RowNow they’re in trouble. I am not a defund the BBC sort, but I can understand the frustrations of those who are. I have spoken…
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WGS surgery referral free-for-all
Read More…: WGS surgery referral free-for-allOn Tuesday this week, 29 year old Sion Jewell told the BBC about the cancellation of her double mastectomy. “It was just the most heartbreaking…
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Bash Back Threaten NHS Staff
Read More…: Bash Back Threaten NHS StaffOn Friday, NHS Wales confirmed they had cancelled all scheduled surgeries and paused all surgery referrals made by the Welsh Gender Service, pending an investigation.…
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