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Sorry JL collaborated with me on this and I forgot to credit. Sorry, Hildy! Have updated!

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Does Cashman even listen to himself? Threatening to kill yourself if you get sent to prison does not entitle you to walk free when you commit a crime, any more than threatening to hold your breath until you turn blue. You don't get to pick what sentence you'd prefer, either. Prison is not Burger King. You cannot 'Have It Your Way'.

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Jan 11, 2022Liked by Graham Linehan

The noose is tightening around the neck of Dr James Barrett, the Charing Cross Hospital GID specialist (who treated my ex-H!)

He was asked in 1999 for his views on the likely consequences of male prisoners being accepted into the female estate. Maya Forstater describes the case at hand: https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1480673955316969474, then Dr Barrett's reply: https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1480673957665722373 which includes the following gem: "there will probably always be a small number of [female] prisoners who will choose to make an issue of the matter because they are the sort of women who enjoy conflict." AND: https://twitter.com/MForstater/status/1480673959016341506: Barrett: "If this patient is able to cope with protracted close proximity [with] women of that sort I would judge her able to cope with the less prolonged, more avoidable, travails of the civilian world"

Women's distress = a feature not a bug.

A helpful diagnostic aid for the doctor. (Heavy sarcasm!)

Dr Barrett may not realise this, but he is a sadist to women.

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On the day that the desperately sad incidence of stillbirth experienced by a female prisoner in her HMP Styal cell toilet has been in the news, the thought of imprisoned women being even less safe than they currently are is beyond appalling 😞

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Donated. Horrifying awful clueless irredeemable fuckwits. :(((((

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"...he claimed that he’d spoken to trans people who “would rather commit suicide” than be accommodated in the correct prison for their sex."

He should try speaking to the ones in the Scottish Prison survey who - surprise! - realise they're not women after all, which coincidentally always happens after they're released.

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The elephant in the room is that the House of Lords is full of paedophiles, those who enjoy immunity over anything vile they’ve ever done. We are further reminded of the boys club existence within Westminster and collaborators from those secret clubs they all belong to, like the freemasonic lodge.

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Oh all these ridiculous titles held on to from day's gone by....but now these old soaks think you can change your sex!

Politics falling apart at the seams!

Just your normal people who haven't a clue.

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Jan 12, 2022Liked by JL

Just signed up to your site Graham. Just wanted to say how sickened I am by the way you've been treated for addressing such an important issue. I've got nothing but admiration for your dogged refusal to lie down and accept the bullshit narrative. Anyway, thanks for continuing to keep churning out content which will impact lives across the globe.

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I am but poorly student with little to offer in terms of financial support, but after learning of your unfair and ceremonious targeting from the cancel culture generation I couldn't help but subscribe for a month worth of content. I appreciate your consistency and unfaltering dedication to women who do not wish to be cast in the same net as those who think women's troubles are a trivial matter. I will continue to subscribe where possible (Rent in Ireland is has gone to the dogs right now)

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Anyone know did Charles Dickens have the same problem of people not believing him about the grim stuff happening then? Really interested - one reason is I can’t quite believe I’m reading this in 2022- like being transported back in time

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So far, I haven’t met a solitary man, who agrees with this garbage, so I have to ask, what do these ‘so called’ men see, that… and I’m generalising now, that the majority don’t ?

I’m sure you realise any theories I hold, are kept safely in my thoughts 🤔🤔

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Once again I am feeling apoplectic after reading your update. This perfectly demonstrates the need to completely reform the house house of lords.

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So disgusted by this situation I can hardly contain my anger !! They are , in effect ,sentencing women to be raped if these men, pretending to be women , choose to do so !! I used to think we lived in a civilised country ,but not any more. Shame on these Stonewalling supporters ( aka peers ) and I hope they get their comeuppance some day very soon !!

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Ignoble lords and ladies. Good list though! And their failure of imagination and courage is on record forever.

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I feel sick. I can't even bear to look at their faces.

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