A council worker who protested against the use of woke pronouns has been hit with a £12,000 legal bill. Jim Orwin has been ordered to pay £12,000 in legal costs after challenging his sacking by East Riding of Yorkshire Council The row started when an email was sent out to all staff by East Riding of Yorkshire Council's chief executive …
Mr Orwin said he thought the only way to challenge the policy was “to adopt deliberately provocative pronouns”. He was suspended and eventually sacked after repeatedly refusing to remove his protest pronouns after bosses warned that they posed a “serious risk” to the transgender community and the council’s reputation. The footer was designed to provoke and, we think given his …
