Rob Dee

Northern guy in London. Pro-EU, love Britain, cricket, beer, books and theatre

[Rob Dee @RobertDevaney5]

@keithjones84 Was the fete at the church?

[Coach @rowinggeek]

Sports writer Jessy Park Humphreys has channelled her inner Megan Rapinoe with an opinion piece of drivel on sex-verification tests (and for some reason turned off the replies 🤷🏻‍♀️).

Message to Humphreys: the cool money is on Sophie Cunningham @sophaller nowadays. Women’s sport is for women-only, get over it.

And by the way, a bit of fact-checking wouldn’t go amiss. Cheek swabs were cancelled by the IOC after the Atlanta Games because the IOC misogynists listened to the trans-lobby. If they’d listened to the women athletes 90%+ of those competing at Atlanta wanted sex tests to continue (they didn’t want sex tests at the Games, they preferred to have testing before they got to that level - as has just been introduced by the IOC)

Oh, and your science is a bit adrift too. Maybe read the IOC document, or some actual science or listen to @FondOfBeetles or @cathydevine56

[Nick Cohen @NickCohen4]

In 2023 the right forced NatWest, owner of Coutts, to apologise for closing Farage's account. Its chief executive, Dame Alison Rose, had to resign.
Given what we know know about Farage, she should ask for her job back
Piece from me
https://t.co/9UI4salbma

[SeannnHLM @ShaunHLM]

@baz_2939 @Saltburncc @NorthallertonCC @bri_devine1987 opinions?

[Lola @thefempire50]

Girls who deserve female only sports:

Girls that are shit at sports
Girls that come last place
Girls that train really hard
Girls that could train harder
Girls that don’t know they will get into sports as an adult
Girls that come fifth place
Girls doing races that aren’t a race but are timed and record first finishers
Girls that are mediocre
Girls that excel

All of them deserve fairness.

[Emma Hilton @FondOfBeetles]

@runthinkwrite @jessyjph @ObserverUK No replies on social media, and I can’t see a way to leave a comment on the article?

Hello @ObserverUK How do those who, despite the accusations, wish to engage, actually engage?

[Lawrence Whittaker @ListerLawrence]

The sale of my 1959 SII Landy with only 1 family owner from new has fallen through.

Therefore if you’re looking for a totally original 1959 Land Rover with many period SII features and a split rear tail gate this is your lucky day.

The first £10k buys it. Despite its appearance it runs and drives absolutely bloody fantastically.

[Colin Wynter KC @QcWynter]

Here we go.
Black women & genital inspections were used as the crutch last week.
Now, we shift smoothly to "Nazi Germany".
Just like that.
All because women's tennis, by cheek swab, is going to ensure that no blokes are able to cheat as faux "women".
Desperation is now sky high.

[Rosie Duffield MP @RosieDuffield1]

Ah, oh-kay...! I see the vacuous, commercially-sponsored sex toy MP is now desperately trying to pivot it as some sort of stance against VAWG. Yeah, good luck with that.
Funnily enough, most of us women in Parliament have managed to avoid the mention of dildos in the same sentence as rape for a good many years...

[Rosie Duffield MP @RosieDuffield1]

@bindelj Just a man, who *cut off and ate* his own genitalia in prison, and who yells "Punch a fucking terf!" outside my workplace.
Here posing with MPs, including Angela Eagle, just promoted to a Cabinet role by @andyburnham as a Secretary of State.

[Sam Morgan @CrunchAlias]

Women: "We don't want to undress in front of men."
The men: "You should be gassed to death, like pigs."
Disgusting cowards: "Both sides are toxic."

[Jon Pike @runthinkwrite]

So, @jessyjph I argue for this policy. I'm very keen to engage with you about this, including the extent and the nature of the harms involved.
But I can't, because you're turned off replies.
So please suggest another way to engage.
Because this 👇 is dishonest. @ObserverUK

[Steven Ertelt @StevenErtelt]

At 11, this girl believed she was trans

At 14, doctors gave her puberty blockers & testosterone

They cut off her breasts at 16

Now, still a child, she’s gone bald, has a deep voice, regrets transitioning, can’t stop crying, and is “really really scared.”

This is child abuse!

[Sidonie @feministbirther]

1. Nazis didn’t sex test. WTF are you fantasising about? 2. Wait till you hear about how they do urine tests in sports if you think a once in a lifetime cheek swab is invasive. 2/10 because you spelt your name right.

[Rob Dee @RobertDevaney5]

@LouiseWluddite I have written to the Editor. It's beyond disgraceful

[Louise Webster 🤖 @LouiseWluddite]

Comments turned off. Casual link of women who want single sex sport with Nazi Germany.
That’s an awful lot of athletes you are slurring as Nazis, Jessy.

[Michael @Michael_AW77]

Millions of sports competitions have been divided by sex over many decades & it had nothing to do with the Nazis @jessyjph

Isn't it amazing how you don't harass MEN'S leagues over not having any trans players, it's only when WOMEN want things of their own @ObserverUK

[Louise Webster 🤖 @LouiseWluddite]

@Anthonysmdoyle They are men, in law and in reality.

[Jimmy Doyle @jdoyleDoyle1]

It’s a cheek swab. Apparently this genius has written sports reports for the Observer?

[Charles Arthur @charlesarthur]

People with a scientific mindset are interested in what the *science* has to say, not anecdotal experience outside a study design. Well-designed (longitudinal) studies show advantage is retained.
If you want anecdote: Lia Thomas retained male advantage. https://t.co/QUbG50YcYW