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The podcast is a game changer. Have absolutely relished it and been shouting “YES”, to an empty room. Wish Magdalen was here to witness her vindication. Well done Nolan and Thank you. I doubt a woman bbc journalist would have got this far.

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It was a slow start but fantastic when it got going. If like to see it converted to a tv documentary as it would get even wider reach. And new episodes to cover mermaids, the cancelling of various public figures, the violence and threats against grass roots women’s organisations and, as it is topical why a regulator with someone from stonewall on their exec committee might recommend that women’s representation on Boards could come from men identifying as women - yes FCA, looking at you

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Woman's Hour's Emma Barnett interviewed Raquel Rosario Sanchez this morning and gave her room to expand. Starts at 35.06minutes in. Are they beginning to strive for a bit of balance? Perhaps

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Is there a plan for more episodes? We need an investigation of stonewall. Who is behind it, where their money comes from, etc. Do we have an episode on the way the Scottish government has been captured by stonewall?

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It's an excellent podcast. The tone is pitch-perfect and Nolan doesn't antagonise TRA's or ridicule their beliefs, so any claims of bias or overly-aggressive journalism (or being denied a platform) are negated.

He just let them (try to) explain what they believe, and from that it'll be obvious to the vast majority of listeners what a load of dangerous twaddle gender ideology is.

I hope it creates a momentum although I'm not optimistic. I can't help thinking it'll take some series of ghastly events (such as Loudon County) to bring an honest gender ideology debate into the mainstream, but here's hoping it doesn't come to that. Anyway, excellent podcast - a little oasis in the broadcasting desert.

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In that case I wish him well of his riches. Somebody had to do this to kickstart the end of Stonewsll.

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Stephen is a man of means so he probably thinks whatever...I have a story and I am going for it!

4th highest paid presenter...

BBC pay 2020-2021: The full list of star salaries

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57733127

STEPHEN NOLAN NET WORTH: 15 MILLION

https://www.networthlist.org/stephen-nolan-net-worth-205707

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Re 2019, Penny Mordaunt, Ruth Hunt and others: "Furthermore Stonewall was actively lobbying the government to remove single sex exemptions within the Equality Act, which allowed transwomen to be excluded from spaces such as female prisons and rape crisis centers. "

'Penny Mordaunt and the LGBT Twelve. A Primer.'

https://makemorenoisemanc.wixsite.com/mysite/post/penny-mourdant-and-the-lgbt-twelve

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The welsh mayor - he spoke the biggest load of BS I have ever heard. From how he described himself, hes just a run of the mill bisexual but this description is not special or unique enough for this stunning and brave individual. None of this gender stuff make any sense to me at all, this is why no one wants to be interviewed about it cos it sounds stupid.

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This is like the Jimmy Saville scandal all over again....the BBC investigating the BBC. When will they learn? The public pays for the BBC through licence fees, but when the journalists in this podcast requested information regarding the conversations between the BBC and Stonewall on behalf of the public, the BBC refused. What has the BBC become? Also, I thought it was a good idea to record these interviews in case they get removed.

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Looking forward to it.

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Every day I'm waiting to see if there's any news on tbe Beeb leaving SW. Wish they'd hurry up.

Twitter will go into meltdown..

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I'm on episode 4. Sorry to sound so mean, but I think the Welsh Mayor has not got his leg over yet.

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I have just had my account locked by Twitter. The message says:

"You will be able to unlock your account in:

3 hours and 15 minutes.

Note: you may need to complete some additional tasks to resume using Twitter."

The e-mail notifying me of this was sent at 01.13 our time.

Will they allow me back?

Will I be able to appeal?

My "offence" was to talk truthfully about the anger which my trans now ex-husband displayed first towards all his friends (including some from childhood) and his business associates, and then towards me. My daughter thinks that the GD is an excuse and that he has an underlying psychopathic character. He was sexually abused as a child by his aunt and by a headmaster in a small private school. The consultant psychiatrist with whom I discussed my now ex-H herself, spontaneously, described him as "something of a psychopath". I didn't dwell on this in my Tweet, of course.

Someone, somewhere is watching my account. Who is this narrow-minded, thin-skinned individual? Can I find out and report him (it will be him) for his Tweets, which I am sure are much worse than mine.

Any help or comments gratefully received.

Thank you, Graham!

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I'm dying to listen.

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I've listened to the first six episodes this morning. It's interesting stuff.

It's been fun to hear Benjamin Cohen tie himself in knots trying to explain all of the nonsense surrounding this issue, particularly when he hilariously couldn't define 'Two Spirit'. He's currently asking for polling evidence that the majority of women would object to the erasure of 'mother', yet he supports an ideology which rests on ZERO evidence. He also has an extremely annoying way of speaking.

The 'non binary' episode was a delightful exposé of the inherent contradictions in the narcissism of an otherwise unremarkable group of people's desperate attempts to be noticed.

Worrying, I've just heard that there are Scottish civil servants who have been lobbying for policy change. Surely this is against the Civil Service Code?

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