#andy burnham

just as a reminder: it's the transphobic shift under the tories, the hostile environment heightened by reform and restore, but most of all the cruelty and cowardice of the labour government that got us here. that includes Burnham too, by the way. he had the chance to stop this, or even say anything in opposition to it, yet he chose to do nothing and tone down his opposition to transphobia.

another name to mention: Liz Truss, the woman who sabotaged the EHRC to follow her right-wing, hateful tendencies. the woman whose changes, despite being implemented by the worst ever PM we've had, stayed in the EHRC for long enough to allow the institution to lose its purpose entirely.

also in part to blame: the UK media. channels like GB News, TalkTV and even BBC News, as well as newspapers like the Telegraph, Daily Mail, Times, The Sun, The Express, next to all of them (hell, even the Daily Mirror celebrated the ruling the day after it happened) have been pushing this skewed, hateful view of the trans community for years, growing transphobic movements until they had the power to do that.

but then there's the instigators: the "gender-critical" groups and individuals. Sex Matters. For Women Scotland. J.K Rowling. many others that i either forgot to name or don't care to remember that pushed for this draconian, cruel, flawed and and, let's face it, misogynistic guidance.

just remember: next time you tick a ballot paper for labour, the tories, reform or restore, the next time you see a piece of Harry Potter merch or tune in to watch a new piece of HP media, this is what you're condoning. societal exclusion. alienation. dehumanisation. v-coding. bigotry. misogyny. allowing bigots who "can always tell" to decide what a "real woman" looks like.

one wizard story is not worth the safety of an entire community.

no party that condones or performs this can be the "best option".

Why is this not a headline on every front page? Why is this not the top story on every news channel?

Before Farage dragged ALL of his activists to Clacton to help him defend his seat, it was a near certainty that Reform was going to take the Mayorship that Burnham had vacated to run for Parliament.

And yet no one - not the papers, not Sky and (it is definitely worth noting) not the BBC - is commenting on the fact that Reform have lost another election.

Farage's vanity project, and his actions to try to secure his position in parliament, have cost his party their chance to gain one of the more important Mayorships in the country and to win a huge propaganda victory.

And not a single newspaper, not a single news station is reporting on this fact.

If their candidate had won - if they had taken this seat - you know the news would never have shut up about it. They would have talked about it until the by-election in Clacton.

So why are we not hearing that REFORM LOST! REFORM WERE HUMILIATED! FARAGE'S FINANCIAL DEALINGS COST THEM MAYORSHIP OF MANCHESTER!