I have no words…
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I daren’t reply for fear of someone making a complaint about hate crime.
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You might be committing a hate crime by ignoring them so rudely 
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LOL I’m reminded of the episode where Larry David is socially shamed for not adding an x to his text messages.
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Most days I scroll through the curated bullshit on some or other platform, it always makes me howl with laughter.
The BBC story uses scare quotes to make it clear how beyond the pale this man is for not respecting his colleague’s feelings.
Totally unrelated I watched a few minutes of a pile of shite on Netflix called Cuffs. Within the first fifteen minutes it’s completely clear that the police are all really hardworking nice people who divulge their sexual predilictions and approved pronouns at every opportunity. It’s set in Brighton. I should have known.
Media retreat for me this December while the enterovirus scam is focus-grouped for launch when the Ukraine scam collapses and the debt mountain implodes, sometime soon.
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Let’s just call them all firewomen. Problem solved cause only the unrealistically sensitive would complain about always being referred to as a gender that they’re not.
If the guy was fired over it, that’s a problem unless he’s really a bigot and a bully. They do exist, especially in male dominated fields.The story says he was reprimanded and then resigned so that doesn’t mean forced out. It could mean going off in a snit (which I’ve done myself in the past).
The woman getting a payout for it seems unreasonable to me unless it was to cover legal expenses for challenging unprofessional treatment on the job.
I worked my whole life in a male dominated field where besides being female, I had less education and fewer credentials than most of the people I worked with. I can say that once they saw that I could do my job, I was accepted and well treated.
Women make up half the population and have as much right as men to fully participate in employment opportunities in all fields.
I think the right wing press have sensed an opportunity here.
There is a link to the tribunal verdict below. I skimmed it and can’t see where there is any indication of why he should have been disciplined.
He wasn’t accused of bullying. As far as I can tell his behaviour wasn’t being questioned.
A tense argument between the woman complainant and a male colleague, both subordinates of his, was later said to have been badly handled by him. This seems a bit of an odd focus. It could be management being opportunistic over a (disabled) employee who they think is taking too long to return to work.
I couldn’t see much in the language thing. No-one called the woman a fireman and in the worst language sexism claim the woman couldn’t remember who had said it, and no-one else could remember it being said, despite the (later sacked) guy in question investigating the matter on an individual written basis. He seemed to perform some of his management duties adequately, the ones featuring here. I could only see subjective post-event criticisms - not the kind of failures you would expect to see if a person was sacked for them.
I didn’t quite get to the end of the document, maybe there was late drama.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69242d7e367485ea116a55e7/Mr_S_Bailey_-vs-Avon_Fire___Rescue_Service-1400336.2024-_Judgment.pdf
The plot thickens. Can’t find a date for this piece, but it does mention that she was working for Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue at the time.
This article mentions sexual misconduct and that the man was days away from retirement (Cameron laid off 100’s of soldiers that were days away from their pension. Redundancy payments cheaper than pensions)
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/firefighter-wins-harassment-and-discrimination-case/
Finally, searching for Sasha Acheson Wikipedia spits out browser AI text (when did you get a box?) but no wiki page.
“Sasha Acheson is a former England rugby player and firefighter known for her achievements in both sports and community service. She has also taken on coaching roles and is recognized for her resilience and dedication to helping others, especially after overcoming significant injuries.”
Searching Alexandra (her real name) Acheson gives a linkedin page for a charity (ain’t on linkedin, so cannot view)
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/sasha-alexandra-acheson-a50479103
Finally, poorly written article that mentions both rape allegations against Dean Davis (stopping him from attending the tribunal) and allegations of poor performance from the brigade itself.
All I can really take from this is were all down £60k plus as taxpayers. That and her choices of career are… unusual for someone sensitive.
Edit. Absolutely nothing can be found past allegations of rape against Dean Davis.
It’s actually more than half. Women are also beginning to dominate higher education and employment.
But reality bites. Can’t see many lingerie shops employing men for fittings, can you? Discrimination or common sense?
Yeah everything is poorly written, may be because of selective leaking of newsworthy incidents in isolation, in order to justify actions or outcomes.
Peering through the murk, it’s getting a bit curiouser. The linked tribunal finding I read read (most of) yesterday to the whole judgment has been taken down.
Your new link gives a summary of the award made to the woman, but none of the personal accusations and stories.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66f2942e8cd0464135f12b83/Ms_A_Acheson_-vs-Avon_Fire_and_Rescue-1400826.2022_1400825.2022-_Judgement.pdf
Mr Bailey is not mentioned and nothing was brought against him in relation to the complainant.
There are two stories - the guy - Bailey the Daily Sceptic (and the Heil I think) sacked for “firemanwoman” terminolgy - something of a distortion, as the bosses seem to make use of this and other matters in which (according to what I read yesterday) the substance seemed to be elusive and I had the impression there was talking up going on in ordert to get shot of him.
And the complainant who seems to have been the beneficiary of the suffering of other people. Her tyres were slashed after a colleague told her she had been raped by Mr D (DD in the full tribunal report on Bailey’s sacking, whose conflict with the woman ) and she blamed this on DD, only then does the tribunal mention the rape accusation but not how that was dealt with. This might have provded a good off the record tidbit against Bailey for his sacking tribunal - everything was his fault after all.
With such sketchy details I might have it all wrong.
Time to bow out - it was interesting!