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The more I think about St Hilda’s and Matt Rattley, the more frustrated I feel that staff and students are reluctant to speak - even off the record.View quoted post on X
My concern extends to Rattley himself. I sincerely hope he has people around him offering honest advice and support. Because I believe he has been badly let down by those around him, including his colleagues and employer.
If my son, brother, friend or colleague were wearing enormous prosthetic breasts to teach students, I would tell him: this is not acceptable in the workplace and it's going to land you in trouble. You need to stop doing it.
Had people felt able to raise concerns - and had those concerns been addressed - perhaps this would never have become a matter of public controversy.
I understand that jobs, livelihoods and reputations are at stake. Speaking to a journalist can feel daunting, even with assurances of confidentiality.
But isn’t the fact that people feel afraid to speak concerning in itself?
It wouldn’t take the entire college speaking publicly to get this addressed. It would just take enough people raising concerns - including through confidential channels - to make it impossible for the college to ignore them.
Silence can feel like kindness, or self-preservation. But who is it helping here?
My inbox is open: janet@janetmurray.co.uk
All messages treated in confidence.
I have to say I'm increasingly of the view the government doesn't understand its own conversion bill.
Clause 5 unambiguously extends corporate liability to all companies.
The government thinks it only applies to "companies that provide conversion therapy"
This is nuts.View quoted post on X
