Category Archives: Sex & Gender

Difficult transition: Jolyon Maugham KC’s identity crisis

Posted on May 6, 2025 by wonkypolicywonk

As noted on this blog last month, it was always going to be fun watching Jolyon Maugham KC and his Good Law Project try to re-invent themselves, following the demise on 4 July last year of the Tory cash cow … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court: Enemies of the (trans) People!

Posted on April 29, 2025 by wonkypolicywonk

The Supreme Court is comprised of very able and mature minds, aware of the law and of their duties. The case brought by For Women Scotland concerns a pure and straightforward matter of statutory reading and I have no doubt … Continue reading →

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Trans rights: Help us keep the Good Grift Project going

Posted on April 25, 2025 by wonkypolicywonk

We believe that the so-called Supreme Court – which disgracefully refused to hear from a man with titties and a woman with a beard before handing down a decision with the profoundest possible consequences for our executive director Jolyon Maugham … Continue reading →

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Good Law Project: JoMo v MoFo

Posted on April 11, 2025 by wonkypolicywonk

In September last year, Jolyon Maugham KC and his (Not Very) Good Law Project announced, in an email to supporters, that they will no longer be bringing legal challenges on transgender-related issues, as It’s getting harder and harder to win rights … Continue reading →

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Jolyon Maugham v Trump, Putin and, er, Wes Streeting

Posted on July 23, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

As previously reported on this blog, on 5 June, having already crowdfunded more than £20,000 in May for legal advice on challenging NHS correspondence with parents of trans-identifying young people on puberty blockers, Jolyon Maugham KC and his Good Law Project (GLP) … Continue reading →

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Good Law Project: Dr Jolyon Maugham FRCPCH loses the plot over puberty blockers ban

Posted on June 7, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

On 5 June, having already grifted more than £20,000 for legal advice on challenging NHS correspondence with parents of trans-identifying young people on puberty blockers, Jolyon ‘I used to be a KC’ Maugham’s midlife crisis plaything, the (Not Very) Good … Continue reading →

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Toxic Truss and the Chamber of Horrors

Posted on March 19, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Since Friday, there’s been some argy-bargy between MPs over which party – the Conservatives or Labour – was responsible for “talking out” an attempt by the shortest-serving Prime Minister in history, Liz Truss, to progress her Private Members’ Bill (PMB) … Continue reading →

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A general election crib sheet for candidates

Posted on August 26, 2022 by wonkypolicywonk

Yesterday, Guardian columnist Martin Kettle argued persuasively that, if Liz Truss wins the Tory leadership contest on 5 September and becomes Prime Minister, she will have to call an early general election. And, a few hours later, woke Twitter was … Continue reading →

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The fall and rise of Jamie Wallis MP

Posted on March 31, 2022 by wonkypolicywonk

In a week when our elected politicians have seemed ever more detached from the (biological) reality in which we mere voters – unqualified to have an opinion, apparently – are forced to live our dreary cis lives, the highlight was … Continue reading →

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