Mick Hartley

It’s time to speak about the parents of the women who attacked the LGB Alliance conference. I am going to call them women as I do not know if they were under 18. They are apparently part of the same group who occupied a building earlier. Some of those were as young as 13. Calls… https://t.co/3jKJbGB73D

— Sarah Phillimore (@SVPhillimore) October 13, 2024

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It’s time to speak about the parents of the women who attacked the LGB Alliance conference. I am going to call them women as I do not know if they were under 18. They are apparently part of the same group who occupied a building earlier. Some of those were as young as 13. Calls were made for random adults to come and supervise them.

One of the ‘trans kids’ at earlier protest was asserted to be Jolyon Maugmam’s daughter. Another at the LGB Alliance has a mother who is a law lecturer at Kings College. I don’t know the truth of this but it seems that those at the LGB Alliance Conf were clearly not from a working class background.

What does seem to be established clearly is that Alan Baker, a man released on licence for offences of kidnap and attempted murder, was coordinating this attack. He assumes the identity of a woman ‘Sarah Jane’ and was briefly recalled to prison for inciting a crowd of thousands to punch women in the face.

I think the problem is this. Those in high ranking professions are insulated from mad and dangerous people. They can see them as curiosities or even charismatic and inspiring. Mad and dangerous people often can be. But when the mask slips they reveal themselves to be mad and dangerous. I am very worried for the safety of any young person who is being manipulated by such as Alan Baker and whose parents are apparently cheering them on. There are some people and experiences that class and privilege cannot protect you from – particularly not if you embrace them blindly.

We should not be treating any of this lightly. These women are being used and they are at risk of harm when they stop being useful or when they are pushed into even more extreme actions.