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Has Mermaids collapsed though? Are we getting a bit ahead of the game? I truly hope they do, but it has yet to happen.

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One can talk a thing into existence :)

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Oct 12, 2022Liked by Dennis Noel Kavanagh

Discursive construction

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Oct 14, 2022Liked by Dennis Noel Kavanagh

They may financially collapse. The National Lottery has suspended a Β£500k grant. Looks like Tesco has also suspended a humungous payment.

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Interesting

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When the Brelaw scandal broke I am pretty certain that Mermaids was listed as a Tesco charity partner on the corporate PLC website. Unfortunately I did not think to capture the image. No mention today..googling the only reference to Tesco and Mermaids is historic..references to a Β£80K donation in 2020 on mums net. I see from GL that Β£1.6 million out of a total income of Β£1.8 million last year was from donations and legacies. So with the NL and corporate sponsors getting cold feet I cannot see how they can survive. I have switched my shopping from Tesco to Sainsburys. Of course Sainsburys are down the LGBTQ+++ rabbit hole but do not appear to contribute to Mermaids and similar organisations.

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Oct 12, 2022Liked by Dennis Noel Kavanagh

Dennis, I just love the sanity you bring when I listen to you speaking or read your articles! Big fan here πŸ™ŒπŸΌ

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Oct 13, 2022Liked by Dennis Noel Kavanagh

Really brilliant interview. Thank you. I so agree that if we all do what we can, maybe the change will come sooner. In competitive cycling I think it's called the aggregation of marginal gains!

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I think I may adopt that phrase it’s rather elegant Jules!

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Oct 13, 2022Liked by Dennis Noel Kavanagh

Yes, I wish I'd thought of it but I think it was Dave Brailsford the British Cycling coach!

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Oct 13, 2022Liked by Dennis Noel Kavanagh

This was a great listen, thank you Dennis. Although the topic makes me feel a mixture of sadness, anger and despair, this chat between two intelligent, compassionate people, stating truths without fear, ultimately left me feeling hopeful. Gender identity ideology relies on people not pointing out its lies, so I am glad there are voices as eloquent as yours to hold those who peddle it to account.

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I was wondering when Tesco would wake up!

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Dennis have you seen that LGBT+ Labour are standing in 'solidarity' with Mermaids.

https://mobile.twitter.com/LGBTLabour/status/1579794353119449089?cxt=HHwWgsDSvYKmx-wrAAAA

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Yeah I saw this genius PR move earlier and the wonderful Labour Women's declaration women calling it out

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There are some great interviews on the Lesbian Labour YouTube channel, including one with Bev - have you seen? Sadly not many views. If you're mentioning this tweet on Queen's Speech maybe you could mention the Proud Lesbians interview series?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xpYAiXr4ez4

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Oh I didn't know they had a channel, sure thing will mention

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Dennis, is this Pink News promoting rape by deception?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q4bgwNOhYA

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