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Tempest v Rural Payments Agency Tribunal Thread 4

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myladydisdainisyetliving · 02/07/2026 09:58

Previous thread: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5549122-tempest-v-rural-payments-agency-tribunal-thread-3

TT substack: https://tribunaltweets.substack.com/p/tempest-vs-defra-and-rural-payments

Tempest (a TW) is claiming discrimination, harassment and/or victimisation on grounds of gender reassignment. Central to the claim is the existence of the Sex Equality and Equity Network in the Civil Service (SEEN). SEEN has been granted right to intervene. Parts of the original claim against the co-chair of SEEN (Elspeth Duemmer-Wrigley) and another party (Andreas Mueller) were struck out or narrowed. Another claimant, PQ, is no longer part of the case.

I will also note that Elspeth still has a garden in need of seeds and water to support the ability of SEEN to be an intervenor in this case. The claim originated because she said "only women menstruate" and a search with her name and those terms at the usual gardening website should point you to her plot.

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TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 02/07/2026 11:34

Silly question I'm sure but why has His Majesty's Land Registry employed this person, what about her job has anything to do with registering land. ?

anyolddinosaur · 02/07/2026 11:35

This time the judge may just be fed up of bungle issues. I dont see that as bias, I imagine everyone is fed up of bungle issues. We might not agree on who causes them.....

moto748e · 02/07/2026 11:35

MoistVonL · 02/07/2026 11:19

"I asked everyone in the Agrees With Me club if they agreed with me, and 167 said yes"

Reminds me of that 'survey' about the Hampstead Ponds, with tens of thousands of happy replies.

Shortshriftandlethal · 02/07/2026 11:35

Mmmnotsure · 02/07/2026 11:33

Re a comment in the last thread - Alex Line, the R barrister, is male. A man. Although obviously can't be sure, having not checked his chromosomes or asked him how he identifies.

Yes, certainly looks to be a man - from his chambers page.

WeareBeyondSupplementalBundles · 02/07/2026 11:36

I think our Alex is getting the hang of things. Ideology, orthodoxy, we will not be adding to the supplemental bundle pile of your nonsense.

He's in the same chambers as Naomi. Maybe he's learning a thing or two.

Emma Dunn is a dunce - I don't know how many members we have, most of them are friends of members, one might be the ally of a friend of a member .... but lets agree out of the entire civil service of 442,770 it is in the hundreds. Lets be kind and assume 500.

Equation: (\frac{500}{442,770} \times 100)
Result: ≈ 0.112925...%

So 0.1% of the Civil Service are members of a:gender and they seek to silence nearly half a million people from saying facts or expressing a legal opinion.

FOR GOODNESS SAKE MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!

Shortshriftandlethal · 02/07/2026 11:36

ADOBE HAS CRASHED!

On the ropes right now.

WeareBeyondSupplementalBundles · 02/07/2026 11:37

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 02/07/2026 11:34

This mornings thread unroll for anybody that wants a full recount

Thanks @Jimmyneutronsforehead - moochass grassyasss. 😁

BettyBooper · 02/07/2026 11:37

Can I just ask, who is responsible for the... bundles?

WeareBeyondSupplementalBundles · 02/07/2026 11:37

Even adobe objects to their absolute nonsense.

WeareBeyondSupplementalBundles · 02/07/2026 11:38

BettyBooper · 02/07/2026 11:37

Can I just ask, who is responsible for the... bundles?

The claimant. Stuff added in the courtroom will be added by clerks.

Naomi produced her own bundle. It will be impeccable.

murasaki · 02/07/2026 11:38

I thought if we said the b word too many times, RMW appears. Let's not do that!

MarieDeGournay · 02/07/2026 11:39

WeareBeyondSupplementalBundles · 02/07/2026 11:37

Thanks @Jimmyneutronsforehead - moochass grassyasss. 😁

And mercy buckets😁

Boiledbeetle · 02/07/2026 11:39

BettyBooper · 02/07/2026 11:37

Can I just ask, who is responsible for the... bundles?

No idea. But I know who I identify as being responsible for all and any bundle issues, in any legal setting in the entire world, despite his protests over the years that the original bundle fiasco wasn't his cock up.

CompleteGinasaur · 02/07/2026 11:40

If I recklessly type "Bungle, Bungle, Bungle" will a huge cuddly bear suddenly materialise and start screaming at me for misgendering him?

<Waits>

Great, we're safe. As you were.

Shortshriftandlethal · 02/07/2026 11:40

WeareBeyondSupplementalBundles · 02/07/2026 11:36

I think our Alex is getting the hang of things. Ideology, orthodoxy, we will not be adding to the supplemental bundle pile of your nonsense.

He's in the same chambers as Naomi. Maybe he's learning a thing or two.

Emma Dunn is a dunce - I don't know how many members we have, most of them are friends of members, one might be the ally of a friend of a member .... but lets agree out of the entire civil service of 442,770 it is in the hundreds. Lets be kind and assume 500.

Equation: (\frac{500}{442,770} \times 100)
Result: ≈ 0.112925...%

So 0.1% of the Civil Service are members of a:gender and they seek to silence nearly half a million people from saying facts or expressing a legal opinion.

FOR GOODNESS SAKE MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!

Yes, she's totally used to relying on her being part of the special crowd whose every word is righteous and true. That may have worked a few years ago when this claim was first proposed, but it has worn incredibly thin now.

Does anyone know the name of the judge?

MyAmpleSheep · 02/07/2026 11:40

MarieDeGournay · 02/07/2026 11:39

And mercy buckets😁

Dunking shine?

janeszebra · 02/07/2026 11:40

MarieDeGournay · 02/07/2026 11:39

And mercy buckets😁

And the participants on Reddit have the audacity to say we're not using English on this forum.

Boiledbeetle · 02/07/2026 11:41

murasaki · 02/07/2026 11:38

I thought if we said the b word too many times, RMW appears. Let's not do that!

I think Rob got bored of us.

WeareBeyondSupplementalBundles · 02/07/2026 11:41

Shortshriftandlethal · 02/07/2026 11:40

Yes, she's totally used to relying on her being part of the special crowd whose every word is righteous and true. That may have worked a few years ago when this claim was first proposed, but it has worn incredibly thin now.

Does anyone know the name of the judge?

EJ Stuart Robertson

www.judiciary.uk/appointments-and-retirements/regional-employment-judge-retirement-robertson/

AmaryllisNightAndDay · 02/07/2026 11:41

janeszebra · 02/07/2026 11:21

Stop with the B word, please.

Careful indeed! You know what happens if we intone the words "messy bundles" three times while stirring our cauldrons widdershins. It conjures an Unquiet Spirit to post on FWR.

Hyenana · 02/07/2026 11:41

WeareBeyondSupplementalBundles · 02/07/2026 11:36

I think our Alex is getting the hang of things. Ideology, orthodoxy, we will not be adding to the supplemental bundle pile of your nonsense.

He's in the same chambers as Naomi. Maybe he's learning a thing or two.

Emma Dunn is a dunce - I don't know how many members we have, most of them are friends of members, one might be the ally of a friend of a member .... but lets agree out of the entire civil service of 442,770 it is in the hundreds. Lets be kind and assume 500.

Equation: (\frac{500}{442,770} \times 100)
Result: ≈ 0.112925...%

So 0.1% of the Civil Service are members of a:gender and they seek to silence nearly half a million people from saying facts or expressing a legal opinion.

FOR GOODNESS SAKE MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!

my favorite part was her saying the number of full members (so excluding allies) is "special category data" 🙄

(Edited to clarify what full member means)

WomanInnaWoods · 02/07/2026 11:42

(To the tune of Heartaches By the Number)

Bungling the bundles
Troubles down the court
Where's that one, Adobe has crashed
The judge is getting bored

Yes, we are bungling the bundles
Disclosure incorrect
But if we'd done it right and proper
We'd have been way sooner f...

😁

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 02/07/2026 11:42

I would have liked AL to have responded to assertion she was living proof that sex is not binary, with at least a Oh does it.

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 02/07/2026 11:43

We're still waiting for updates. This extended break time has meant I've eaten 4 chocolate digestives instead of 2.

I hold the claimants personally accountable for my lack of willpower and their disorganisation which has opened up more time, and packets of sweet delicious biscuits.

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