The law has failed a woman and her child β fight back
No survivor should face harm from the very system that is meant to protect them. No child should have to carry an abuserβs name.Β Itβs time to change the system.
A High Court judge has forced a six-year-old girl to keep the surname of the man who raped her mother. We think this is an outrage and are putting together a legal team so D's mother can take her case to the European Court of Human Rights.
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
18.11.2025 19:44 β π 697 π 225 π¬ 25 π 10
How have we found ourselves here as a country? A supposedly centre-left government unable to rule out child detention.
Will Labour MPs now ask β how have they found themselves here as a party? And, more importantly, what do they plan to do about it?
17.11.2025 20:39 β π 156 π 33 π¬ 3 π 0
Proof, too, that how you are towards trans people is compelling evidence of whether you are a good quality human being.
17.11.2025 18:44 β π 418 π 81 π¬ 5 π 1
Mark rightly identifies here one of the most concerning but thus far underdiscussed elements of this white paper β it seems to imply that Article 3 (which prohibits torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) should be made a qualified right. That is, in my view, genuinely terrifying.
18.11.2025 09:43 β π 93 π 30 π¬ 5 π 1
A policy that will raise virtually no money (what, is the Home Office going to have an eBay & Pawn Shops Officer now?) and has historical resonances that, at best, leave most people feeling a little uncomfortableβ¦
Plus, the far right will still say βWoke Open Borders Labour.β
17.11.2025 08:19 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
The Politico briefing on the proposals is absolutely terrifying, eg "the Home Office would need to review the status of up to 1.4 million people between now and 2035."ππ»
17.11.2025 07:49 β π 61 π 13 π¬ 4 π 2
Headline on the FT website. "UK to curtail asylum seekersβ automatic right to accommodation.
Home secretary on a βmoral missionβ as she battles clandestine migration"
This makes me feel physically sick. No MP should support any of these measures until they have spent a month each working in asylum detention and with unhoused people.
How dare she call this 'moral'? It's disgraceful.
17.11.2025 05:37 β π 19 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0
I know itβs not the point, but full on:
βDid you make you make them hot in the photos like I asked youβ¦
Yes boss, one of them looks like youβve just blown him and the other smoulders, like you asked.β
Vibes.
17.11.2025 13:30 β π 81 π 12 π¬ 6 π 0
"We charge 10x the standard hourly rate to look over your slop. We charge 50x the standard hourly rate to 'work together' on the defence."
15.11.2025 15:01 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
I am glad that you do not ingest bats
17.10.2025 18:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Definitely take time to look after yourself π«
20.08.2025 07:53 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I'm glad you and the car are OK!
17.08.2025 19:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I laughed :3
17.05.2025 20:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hope he fixes it!
06.05.2025 15:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Congrats to you both!
01.05.2025 08:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Selfcare is important. Please eat if you haven't already.
26.04.2025 15:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Good luck!
16.04.2025 12:38 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Wow...
20.01.2025 00:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Serves a family of 10?!
19.01.2025 22:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
βOverall, our research suggests that purporting to save womenβs sports is more of a (gender) ideological project and political strategy than a concerned and concerted effort to support, promote, and enable further watching of girls and women playing sports.β
19.01.2025 12:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Literally what I said when I read this. They only seem care about women's sports when a trans person is involved somehow.
19.01.2025 12:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
βOverall, our research suggests that purporting to save womenβs sports is more of a (gender) ideological project and political strategy than a concerned and concerted effort to support, promote, and enable further watching of girls and women playing sports.β
I'm shocked I tell you. *Shocked*
19.01.2025 12:41 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Pomelo also inhibits CYP3A4. Discovered this the "oh π©" way.
18.01.2025 15:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
There's plenty to be incensed about (SorryNotSorry)
16.01.2025 23:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Happy complete orbit of the local star day!
16.01.2025 17:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
On the Elizabeth line train and staff member has trolley with tins of tea and hot chocolate, cartons of milk and orange juice, bottles of water and washing up liquid yes that he's handing to staff at stations. Tea room restock?
09.01.2025 16:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
When social media sites tell you moderation has limits I want you to know there was a time when you could only find the worst people on obscure forums created for being offensive because everywhere else moderated them into those corners.
13.12.2024 19:20 β π 12314 π 3113 π¬ 110 π 120
That's more hot water than it's designed to give and a kettle would be more convenient. You're really looking for a proper water heater but of course those are much more.
10.12.2024 22:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I have an old Tefal one which basically is a coffee maker without the coffee part. Dispenses measured trickle of hot water as fast as it can heat to 95Β°C or so. I quite like it instead of boiling a kettle for one cup. Water comes out instantly but slowlyβit's still heating as fast as a kettle.
10.12.2024 21:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1
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