Baroness Faulkner is embroiled in a battle with her civil servants at the EHRC who filed a dossier of complaints. Photo: Geoff Pugh for The Telegraph
Peers back Britain's equality chief after she was 'irresponsibly attacked' in a coup d'état attempt by trans-activist civil servants.
Baroness Faulkner of Margravine, 68 years old, chairman of the organization “Equality and Human Rights”. The Commission (EHRC) received the support of 54 colleagues from different parties, including Lord Frost, Baron Roberts, Labor and the Liberal Democrats.
In a letter to Ofcom, they accused Channel 4 of being “involved” in trying to “undermine” a cross-rival by airing a series of “emotional, one-sided and unfounded” claims against it from more than 20 disgruntled current and former quango employees.
The dispute centers on a dossier of 40 allegedly vague allegations of “bullying”, “harassment” and “discrimination” drawn up by an unknown number of government officials and senior EHRC executives. about Baroness Faulkner and the empowered experts on his decision-making board, with one lamenting a “lack of mental security.”
Allegations investigated by labor litigation attorney Gavin Mansfield KC using $100,000 taxpayer cash pounds, coincide with Baroness Faulkner, who is committed to ensuring women's representation in the transgender debate since taking office in 2020.
Colleagues said the Channel 4 News report Tuesday night didn't even “attempt to present both sides of the argument” with Cathy Newman, the anchor who interviewed obscure trans activist Emma Laslett and left-wing Conservative MP Caroline Noakes, without any votes in support of Baroness Faulkner.
'I am of the same opinion'
“Instead, in our opinion, viewers were presented with material so unbalanced as to potentially lead to prejudice,” the letter says, adding that employees interviewed in the ten-minute report “appeared to be of exactly the same opinion.” They claimed it violated Ofcom's code of impartiality and fairness.
Ofcom has confirmed that it is investigating received complaints about the program to determine if there is a potential rule violation that merits a full investigation. A spokesman told the Telegraph: “We are evaluating complaints about our broadcast rules before deciding whether or not to investigate.” there was no proper presentation of opposing viewpoints” nor any mention of “the sheer amount of abuse that Baroness Faulkner was subjected to, both on social media and in real life.”
This included masked trans activists placing bottles of urine outside the EHRC office in Westminster on May 15, which reportedly led police to cordon off and carry out a controlled explosion after months of fury from trans campaign groups. about their actions to strengthen same-sex relationships. protection in equality law.
Baroness Jenkin of Kennington was among the colleagues who signed Ofcom's letter. Photo: ROGER HARRIS
Colleagues who signed the letter include Lord Frost, former Brexit negotiator, Baron Roberts, renowned historian, Lord Dobbs, author of the House of Cards trilogy, Baron Triesman, Blairite minister, Baroness Thornhill, MBE, Liberal Democrat. and Britain's first female mayor and Baroness Jenkin, who is working with Theresa May to increase women's representation in Parliament.
Channel 4 said “we support our reporting” and said “the invitation remains open” for Lady Faulkner. will appear on the program.
A colleague told the Telegraph that Channel 4's report “clearly has a goal of silencing women.”
Their letter concluded that it was an “irresponsible attack” on “Baroness Faulkner, [who] has an outstanding personal record of opposing discrimination and prejudice of all kinds.
“It's high time we needed frank and public debate on issues of gender and gender, but it is clear that this article did not contribute to this, rather, it was an accomplice in publicizing the views of a small group of employees who clearly seek to undermine the board and the chairman, who enjoys our full support.”
Lord Sandhurst, former chairman of the General Council of the Bar and another signatory, told the Telegraph he was “amazed by Channel 4's actions”. behavior”, while Baroness Hayter, a former Labor shadow deputy leader of the House of Lords, said that “instead of impartial and fair coverage of the news, Channel 4 personalized the issue by making it about one woman, not about a key issue “.
“Do not represent all gays and lesbians”
The Telegraph understands that numerous campaign groups have also complained to Ofcom, including the LGB Alliance, which told Ofcom in a letter that “the allegations against Baroness Faulkner went unanswered” and that high LGBT turnover was presented without explaining why “that those who 'identify' as LGBT.” do not represent all gays and lesbians.”
The LGB Alliance letter to Ofcom states: “No one from various LGB, lesbian or gay groups was asked to comment. Unfortunately, this is an all-too-common omission in Channel 4 news. This material sounded more like a deliberate hit than serious news coverage.”
Baroness Faulkner said in a statement that she was “very confident that she is being rehabilitated,” and she had no interviews or official complaints about employment. against her. These last two points, as well as her statement that she is “submitting a detailed rebuttal”, were excised from her statement to Channel 4.
Complaints include someone rolling their eyes and employees “worried that the commission is becoming an unsafe place to work.” Baroness Faulkner's allies called them “trivial”, “ideological” and out of context, and said she was “determined to fight it”.
New guidelines for transgender people
This comes after the Minister of Education confirmed that schools will tell parents if a child is in doubt about their gender.
Parents “should definitely be informed,” Gillian Keegan told Mumsnet.
A middle school teacher was asked to respond, who said she was told to immediately approve the student's new name and pronouns, keeping this a secret from the parents, Mrs Keegan said, “I don't agree with that. I think transparency is really important. I think the role of parents is really important.”
The Minister of Education said that the requirement for schools to inform parents will be set out in a new guide for schools on transgender people, to be published this semester.< /p>
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