The EHRC: A Tory Front Organisation
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February 7, 2022
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<p>he Equalities and Human Rights Commission is supposed to be Britain's official equalities watchdog, but after u-turning on trans rights - after a series of Tory appointments and its former chair warning it was under political pressure to back the government agenda - it's been engulfed in scandal.</p><br /><p>Investigative work by journalist Ben Hunte has uncovered private meetings between the EHRC and anti-trans rights organisations, while whistleblowers have told him about an anti-LGBTQ culture at the organisation and a failure to recognise racism, leading to an exodus of staff. </p><br /><p>Ben Hunte joins us to tell us the details, and we're joined by trans commentator Katy Montgomerie to put it all into context.</p><br /><p>Plus: after author Kate Clanchy piled on a reviewer who pointed out racist and bigoted passages in her books - which she falsely claimed she hadn't written - the author has been turned into a martyr, while women of colour who spoke out about it - and the racism of the wider British publishing industry - have been vilified and dogpiled. We speak to celebrated author Monisha Rajesh who has been viciously trolled online over the saga to tell us the truth.</p><br /><p>Please subscribe - and help us take on the right wing media: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbW9YQ2hHdmMzSTVSWFRRTXZxcWlPaVFzTEJrUXxBQ3Jtc0trekhPY2pDNVlGd21CdGk1QTRnM0FvbURObW9tMFc3Rm1SdW9LQW4zYUpscFhsRjg4NERnVVMtRjV1NE1rQnVpb0FhSzRwbk1xVTF4ZTMwbTRvM0hZV014eHVsaVVORklUeVhEZGR2UThRTDVDYzJxTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpatreon.com%2Fowenjones84" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://patreon.com/owenjones84</a></p><p>Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast</a>.</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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