RESEARCH: (Current Affairs) Lobbyist against women's rights being made a peer

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/09/can-you-imagine-a-lobbyist-against-womens-rights-being-made-a-peer/ 

Article published: 12th September 2019

I decided to read this article as it is in the current news. The article was published by the Spectator on the 12th of September 2019. Because of this, I regarded the information the article was to portray as up to date.

The article is a "thought experiment", where the reader is expected to imagine the following scenario:
"A Conservative Prime Minister is dishing out peerages. Among the people given lifelong right to sit in the House of Lords and vote on new laws is a lobbyist who has conducted a long campaign to diminish women's rights under the new law.
"The lobbyist, leading an organization that describes itself as a 'professional lobbying group', has particularly target the Equality Act 2010 for change."

A "quicker primer on the law" is then given:

• The Act is the basis of most equality law and practice in the UK.
• Says that in general, "people should be treated in the same way whatever their sex, race, sexuality, age, religion, gender assignment or disability."
• Contains "expecptions" that allow organizations to restrict some services solely to people of one particular sex, and to exclude people of the other sex. (This is regarded as "discrimination" but it is legal; not all "discrimination" is bad.)

In conclusion, the post is ended with a very informal comment towards Baroness Hunt. This is considered very unprofessional, and gives me the view that the article's validity isn't strong. The bias behind this article would be. The owner of the magazine is also the owner of the Daily Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph is typically considered a Conservative source of media, which aligns with the beginning of the article, where it is clearly stated about the political party of the PM.

In regard to using this article, I may possibly use it to identify the influence from the media on the influence of politicians. I did, however, find the "quick primer on the law" very interesting as it was a summarized version of the Equality Act 2010 which I am planning to look into further, in the up coming weeks.

(In the post above, I have noted my findings for further use, all information is from the link at the top of this page.)