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Honesty & integrity have a cost. Lib Dem Home Affairs lead in House of Lords. Ran for Mayor of London 2008 & 2012. Met Police 1976 - 2007. m. Mr Petter Belsvik

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    Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Apr 25

    Can I remind everyone I started by tweeting why I support trans rights, that I still support trans rights, that I am trying to understand all the arguments & I am not taking sides. BUT I am taking sides against lies, distortions, intimidation & hate FROM WHEREVER IT COMES

    2:56 PM - 25 Apr 2018
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      2. James Baillie‏ @JubalBarca Apr 25
        Replying to @brianpaddick

        Then why are you tweeting supportively about, rather than condemning, the tactics of groups like "Woman's Place", which explicitly seek to use aggressive, lying smear campaigns against trans women? I honestly don't understand how you can support them and claim to oppose lies.

        2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
      3. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Apr 25
        Replying to @JubalBarca

        Please show a tweet where I am supporting what they are saying. I am supporting their right to meet & discuss. I met 2 of them, together with 4 others. I have made no statement of support for what the group believe. I am being attacked for listening & upholding fundamental rights

        1 reply 2 retweets 54 likes
      4. James Baillie‏ @JubalBarca Apr 25
        Replying to @brianpaddick

        You retweeted someone earlier claiming that "only one camp wants to shut down discussion". This is provably false. Woman's Place want to prevent self-declared trans women from joining in women's spaces, which is exactly where many of these discussions need to take place.

        7 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      5. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Apr 25
        Replying to @JubalBarca

        I know self-declared trans women who have not only attended their events but have spoken at them. Your assertion is simply not true.

        1 reply 4 retweets 76 likes
      6. James Baillie‏ @JubalBarca Apr 25
        Replying to @brianpaddick

        By invitation, Brian, not by right. It is WPUK's position that, fundamentally, gender identity is not a subject of discrimination - see for example their model motion that they want CLPs to pass which has this as point 1. Can you not see how damaging that is for trans people?

        4 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      7. Brian Paddick  👨‍❤️‍👨‏Verified account @brianpaddick Apr 25
        Replying to @JubalBarca

        As I say, I have made no comment yet about the group as a whole and as I have consistently said, I do not want to comment on the substantive issues until I have learned enough from all those who want to engage with me.

        1 reply 1 retweet 22 likes
      8. James Baillie‏ @JubalBarca Apr 25
        Replying to @brianpaddick

        Would it not, then, possibly be a good idea for you to remove & avoid tweets on this issue until such time as you feel able to discuss it in more depth? You have a significant public platform, and your wording and framing of tweets *matters*.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      9. James Baillie‏ @JubalBarca Apr 25
        Replying to @JubalBarca @brianpaddick

        You can see that many of us - your own party colleagues - are worried that your making interim statements on this without a clear view of the issues risks presenting a harmful distraction to Lib Dem efforts as a whole in this area. You have a responsibility to the party here.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Rhys McKavanagh  🇬🇧  🇻🇦‏ @RhysMcKavanagh Apr 26
        Replying to @brianpaddick

        Brian I am trans myself- please know that not all of us are extreme trans activists. Many of us would welcome a more sane dialogue. Don't let people bully you. You're doing fine.

        2 replies 7 retweets 68 likes
      3. Amy Desir‏ @akmd87 Apr 26
        Replying to @RhysMcKavanagh @lisamuggeridge3 @brianpaddick

        Good for you Rhys.

        0 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
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      2. Zoe O'Connell‏Verified account @zoeimogen Apr 25
        Replying to @brianpaddick

        You are publicly tweeting in support of an organisation that hosts people who make violent threats against trans people and works with people trying to associate us with paedophiles. This is not supporting trans rights. You are supporting hate.

        12 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. Won't Be Silenced‏ @radfemsheff Apr 25
        Replying to @zoeimogen @brianpaddick

        Neither of these things are remotely true. It is really sad to see such distortions of the truth happening amdist a genuine chance for dialogue. Have you visited the website of @Womans_Place_UK? Or read their position? Point to me one statement that backs up the claims you make.

        0 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
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      1. Junk Male‏ @JunkMale101 Apr 26
        Replying to @brianpaddick

        Currently showing @SFPublicLibrary celebrating the violent movement of transdykes and the Genderettes - includes axes and baseball bats taken on pride marches- Brian you won't believe your eyes- https://gendertrender.wordpress.com/2017/06/27/transdykes-the-anti-lesbian-antifa/amp/ …pic.twitter.com/78th6Hm5Ef

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      2. Baddy Sea Lion Misha Ramendik MC1R‏ @ramendik Apr 25
        Replying to @brianpaddick

        "Support trans rights" sounds good at a public rally. The question, however, is "which rights". There are certain particular trans rights to which that group is opposed to. Some of them are in fact already in UK law but they pretend reform is about them - or want to abolish them.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. H Owen‏ @HeidiOwen12 Apr 25
        Replying to @ramendik @brianpaddick

        No, they don't want to abolish the law allowing the right of, say, transwomen to use female spaces. They want to discuss if the law is being used correctly. It should be used to balance the rights of the respective groups, where these conflict, which they sometimes do,that's all.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Baddy Sea Lion Misha Ramendik MC1R‏ @ramendik Apr 25
        Replying to @HeidiOwen12 @brianpaddick

        Current law defaults to allowing it, and then allows organizations to opt for disallowing after proving the need. If they want disallowing trans to be the default in some cases, not a limited option, that would require a change of the law.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Baddy Sea Lion Misha Ramendik MC1R‏ @ramendik Apr 25
        Replying to @ramendik @HeidiOwen12 @brianpaddick

        If they are saying that some organizations opted to disallow trans people, but their proof was denied as insufficient, they have to show these cases to start with.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. H Owen‏ @HeidiOwen12 Apr 25
        Replying to @ramendik @brianpaddick

        Have a look at their leaflet, it makes v clear what they want. This is the trouble with not talking, you can't really understand people. Better to engage, honestly.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      7. Baddy Sea Lion Misha Ramendik MC1R‏ @ramendik Apr 25
        Replying to @HeidiOwen12 @brianpaddick

        I saw their leaflet. It is totally disingenuous and there is not a single valid concern in it. Not a single one.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. Dr FondOfBeetles‏ @FondOfBeetles Apr 25
        Replying to @ramendik @HeidiOwen12 @brianpaddick

        Will you come to a meeting and talk about why it’s wrong?

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      9. Baddy Sea Lion Misha Ramendik MC1R‏ @ramendik Apr 25
        Replying to @FondOfBeetles @HeidiOwen12 @brianpaddick

        If I were in Britain, I would. "Crossdressed" to boot just to spite everyone, I guess. There's a logistical problem though, I'm in Ireland. We have no such meetings here and no need for them, we have self-ID and it works fine.

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