Placed on ‘no-fault suspension’ in January 2024 before being expelled in April 2025, Eric’s story was published in the national news and other media:
Eric was Membership Secretary of Green Party Seniors, and a frequent contributor to the Green Seniors email group (a private and informal email group for older Green Party members). In late 2023, Eric posted questions to the group about the identity of the GPRC reps who take the decisions to place party members on no-fault suspension (NFS). Their identity is meant to be kept secret (allegedly to protect them from the risk that they might be harassed or victimised by the people that they put on NFS).
Even though Eric’s questions were posed innocently and he revealed nobody’s secret role, he was placed on NFS in January 2024. The repercussions of this extended to the moderators of the Green Seniors email group, Freda Davis and Nicola Watson. Even though they had asked Eric not to post his enquiries there, they too were placed on NFS. Eric was expelled in April 2025.
Eric is a D-Day veteran, who turned 100 in 2025. He has been active in ecological movement for over 50 years and joined the Green Party in 2014. He runs the educational charity ‘Concord Video and Film Council’ aka ‘Concord Media’ that has been publishing documentary films since the 1970s, including ones on climate change: ‘And on the Eighth Day’ (1970) and ‘Limits to Growth’ (1972). Notably:
- in 1978, he published the film, ‘Trapped inside the Wrong Body – people of both sexes explain how it feels to have a body of the wrong gender’
- in 1989, he published the film, ‘Sex Change – Shock! Horror! Probe! Gender identity and transexuality issues explored’. It was directed by Kristiene Clarke, a well-known transwoman in the documentary film world, with whom Eric has on ongoing working relationship for the supply of material and royalties
Eric Walker was suspended in January 2024 for 16 months until April 2025 when his case was heard by a Disciplinary Committee panel. Although he said he would not in future break any confidentiality rules, the majority of the panel refused to accept his word. It also refused to discuss in what way his postings were transphobic or could be classed as harassment. By a 3 to 1 majority, the panel decided he should be expelled. It should be noted that two of the panel were well-known for their partizan stance on the gender issue. It should also be noted that the people ‘on trial’ do not know who will be their judges until the trial itself and so cannot ask for any of the panel to be recused because of their known previous actions.
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