A feminist campaigner has spoken out after being ejected from the recent ‘Pride in Surrey’ event.
Jo Bartosh, a veteran journalist and long-time advocate for women’s rights, said she was ordered to leave by four security guards after raising safeguarding concerns. Ms. Bartosh had been recording conversations for a podcast when security closed in and escorted her from the premises.
The Spiked Online journalist maintains she was calm and respectful, speaking with attendees and Zöe Franklin, Liberal Democrat MP for Guildford. It was shortly after her exchange with the MP that ‘security staff’ insisted she leave.
“This is what ‘no debate’ looks like in practice,” said Jo Bartosch. “Asking polite questions about the safety of children should never be treated as a threat.”
Political intervention raises questions
So what was the role of MP Zöe Franklin in the expulsion of Jo Bartosch? The journalist alleges that her removal followed the intervention of Ms. Franklin, both present at and supportive of the event. A Liberal Democrat spokesman said: “This is entirely false – Zöe did not ask officials to remove anyone from the pride event.” She may not have ‘asked’ but she appears to have reported her conversation to them. The Bible condemns those who side with the wicked:
Psalm 71:10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
Rom 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, … have pleasure in them that do them.
The MP insists she has no official ties to ‘Pride in Surrey,’ so her intervention is an even more worrying sign of politicians protecting the wicked from scrutiny.
Ezek 11:2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
Why are our elected representatives more concerned with protecting the reputation of an event like ‘Pride’ where pederasty became embedded? The same attitude among our arrogant elite has also put multiculturalism ahead of protecting young girls in the Muslim grooming scandal. Has MP Zöe completely lost her moral compass in departing from the ways of the Lord? The Bible says:
Isa 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
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Disputed claims on safeguarding
The row has been fuelled further by conflicting statements about police oversight. ‘Pride’ organisers declared on their website: ‘Surrey Police have made it explicitly clear that there are no concerns’ about the organisation.
Lisa Townsend, Surrey’s Police and Crime Commissioner, swiftly corrected the record, stating that Surrey Police had never made such a declaration. That clarification is welcome, especially as the force previously welcomed ‘Pride’ predator Stephen Ireland into their operations and painted patrol cars in rainbow colours. The Lord Jesus said:
Luke 15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
It remains to be seen whether Surrey Police are truly repentant, while ‘Pride’ event organisers are prepared to lie about safeguarding assurances and throw out anyone who dares them questions. Truth, transparency and accountability appear as vanishingly small among the LGBT network as those qualities are among today’s elite in general:
Isa 59:14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
A legacy of scandal
The backdrop to this controversy cannot be ignored. ‘Pride in Surrey’ returned this year despite the jailing of its co-founder, Stephen Ireland. He was convicted in March then sentenced in June 2025 to 24 years for buggering a 12-year-old boy he groomed on homosexual contact site Grindr. This predatory history should place safeguarding at the centre of discussion. That it is instead used to silence those who raise legitimate questions speaks volumes about the extent of the web of depravity in Surrey Pride.
The predatory paedophile both ran Pride in Surrey and was its safeguarding officer before his conviction. Watch our video:
Stephen Ireland’s conviction should have dealt a devastating blow to public confidence in the organisers’ commitment to safeguarding. Even Surrey County Council withdrew its support in July, saying the event could not credibly claim to represent the entire LGBTQ+ community. Yet despite these concerns, the festival went ahead, buoyed by the support of Guildford MP Mrs Franklin. For survivors of abuse and those campaigning for child protection, the decisions of both ‘Pride’ and the MP are a slap in the face.
Free speech and the fight for safeguarding
At its core, the Bindel incident speaks to a broader climate where legitimate safeguarding concerns are branded as hostile, and campaigners are vilified rather than heard. In an age which professes heightened awareness about child protection, this reversal of priorities is hypocritical and alarming.
Instead of dismissing critics, organisers and their allies in Parliament should welcome scrutiny as a sign of accountability. But they don’t. Nevertheless, the Lord Jesus said:
Luke 8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
And the psalmist assures us that judgment will fall on all those like Zöe Franklin and her many colleagues who think they know better than the almighty lawgiver:
Psalm 119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
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