Translucent's Steph Richards to sue the labour party.

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https://x.com/i/status/2040492200266477936

Note that its not just TRAs donating... 😁

Brava ActualWoman!

So, this large donation means:

• he has now met his original target (£25,000)
• which means he no longer has to return all the donations so far
• which means he can go ahead with instructing a solicitor, etc, knowing that none of the money has to be given back

I reckon he has lent it to himself, as the brotherhood was not digging deep.

Either way, as PPs have said, the legal spectacle will be amusing 😄

Maybe he’s remortgaged his house or something just to stop me gloating. He certainly hates me enough to do it.

I think that, with Crowd Justice, the money gets released directly to the law firm running the case. If Steph put in £15k, he would be able to get it back. This doesn’t mean it wasn’t him, it could be an amount he was intending to / is willing to put in.

It really wouldn't surprise me if a gender critical woman had made that donation.

I suggested JKR should, a while back in this thread. It probably took her a day or two to get around to it. She’s quite busy, you know.

I would absolutely love it if she had. Can you imagine! 😂

So now he's changed his page to "Challenging the EHRC's Code of Practice". It's nothing to do with the Labour party any more.

He's clearly had legal advice that his challenge to Labour actually following the law was a complete non-starter.

Is he allowed to just change the cause like that, under CrowdJustice's rules? 🤔

People donated for one reason, and now it's a completely different reason!

Has anyone archived the original version of the "About" section on CrowdJustice and this new one, so that they can be compared?

Oh crikey, that surely can't be allowed!

You don't donate fifteen grand to sue the labour party, and the person says ooh thanks, we're suing someone else instead now tho.

Unless the fifteen grand was conditional upon suing someone else.

But where does that leave all the fivers and tenners people?

While thing seems a bit, um, unprofessional.

It might be worth checking to see if it was saved on archive.ph

Screenshots of Steph's X post.

The end of the X post.

Archived at least three times! Showing the previous text clearly.

April:

'Challenging The Labour Party’s Ban on Trans Women'

https://archive.ph/wdsy4

That damn head tilt. 🤢

I know. Have this as a cuter version.

Also this.

Not forgetting the characteristic AGP smirk.

So the original said "I have sought legal advice and representation on challenging the lawfulness of the Labour Party’s ban."

It now says "If the [Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Draft Code of Practice (CoP)] is not rejected or substantially revised, I am willing and intend to pursue a judicial review. You can help me do that.

I am now seeking support to fund this legal challenge..."

There is currently a note at the end "Note: This case page was originally titled 'Justice for Steph: The Fight for Political Inclusion' and was updated 3rd June 2026." How long has that been there! Is it since the comment by ActualWoman was posted?

Current page archived:

https://archive.ph/hwwRW

'Challenging the EHRC Draft Code of Practice'

Many comments from donors referencing the challenge to the Labour Party. Which is no longer even mentioned.

I'm not a lawyer but I do know that you can't take money for a particular cause and then channel it into another one without getting agreement from the donors, which is pretty unlikely with a crowdfunder.

What would the point of a JR of the code of practice be? The GLP have already done this for the interim guidance and are now planning to appeal the result.

Do Crowdjustice allow people to do this? Seems pretty fucking surprising if so.

'I am willing and intend to pursue a judicial review.'

What happened to the other aims? As stated:

'We are currently engaged in the pre-action stage of proceedings. To be clear: the challenge will not be easy, and there is no guarantee of success, but I am someone who believes in open, democratic participation and in standing up when those principles are challenged.
To help me, I ask for your support in raising £70,000 (initial target: £25,000). Funds raised will go directly towards:

• Legal advice and representation
• Preparing and filing a claim
• Court fees and associated costs'

What the fuck has he done with the 25k?