30 Jun 2023

Parkrun records held by transgender male-to-female runners

Being an occasional Parkrunner (struggling to break my personal 30-minute target), I was shocked to hear Olympian Sharron Davies say that course records on Parkrun are now being set by male-to-transwomen. Timestamp 6:09 at Fairness in sports governance: A Sex Matters webinar 28 June 2023.

Two transgender male-to-female runners, Siân Longthorpe and Lauren Jeska, hold Parkrun records in the women's 45-49 age group category and the women's overall category respectively.

5 Jun 2023

Why did the Green Party do so badly in the May council elections in Brighton & Hove?

In the elections to Brighton & Hove City Council on 4 May 2023, Labour won 38 seats, the Green Party won 7 and the Conservatives won 6, with various independents winning the remaining 3 seats. For the Green Party that was a loss of 12 seats compared to 2019.

Why did the Green Party do so badly?