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Paul Cotterill

On ‘Requirement T1’ and its implications for the battle against anti-trans extremism

I am reminded by a Bluesky engagement with an informed person, Alison, that I never set out more fully one small but possibly significant…

Oct 30

Oct 30

On the anti-trans threat to parkrun

Something’s brewing

Oct 10

On the anti-trans threat to parkrun

Oct 10

How to make electoral pacts

The problem

Aug 20

How to make electoral pacts

Aug 20

Letter to MP about EHRC Code of Practice process

FWIW, here’s my currently draft letter to MP on above, just in case it’s useful for copy and paste purposes for other MP. It should be…

Aug 19

Aug 19

Beyond section 13: will the government dig itself out of its Palestine Action hole?

What appears to be missing from much reporting on this ridiculous hole the government has dug for themselves into over the proscription of…

Aug 10

Beyond section 13: will the government dig itself out of its Palestine Action hole?

Aug 10

My consultation response to the Equality & Human Rights Commission

Like 50,000+ other people, I took time in June 2025 to make comments on the EHRC’s very bad consultation about its proposed new Code of…

Aug 1

Aug 1

A note on Reform’s attempt to ‘sabotage’ the UK’s energy supply

Worth stressing what an abomination this letter from Reform to CEOs of current UK energy supplier companies is. It largely follows Andrew…

Jul 17

A note on Reform’s attempt to ‘sabotage’ the UK’s energy supply

Jul 17

Local power via the Local Power Plan?

This is a good piece from James Meadway summarizing where the English left is in terms of post-Labour organization, and where it might hope…

May 31

Local power via the Local Power Plan?

May 31

The Supreme Court Judgement on ‘what is a woman’: A Popperian perspective (part 1 of 5)

Back in 2021, when gotcha-interviewed by Andrew Marr [1], Keir Starmer nearly got it right:

Apr 25

Apr 25

Carers’ Agency: Five years on

[I wrote this five year ago today. A heavily sanitized form of it was published in Tortoise, though it’s now gone. So I thought I’d put the…

Apr 2

Apr 2

Paul Cotterill

Paul Cotterill

Secretary General, Habermasian Labour (UK). Indefatigably focused on the promotion of ethical discourse in the public sphere, except when there's cricket.

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