Any Questions Radio 4 @ 8pm tonight

[Awning10]

I think I just heard that Lisa Nandy will be on and one of the topics will be trans rights. Questions can be emailed in.

[FindTheTruth]

Thanks @Awning10

presume it will be on catch up tomorrow?

[StandWithYou]

Anyone for bingo? ‘The trans person in my constituency.......’

[Xanthangum]

Joanne Cherry is lined up as well.

I wonder whether an outbreak of common sense might suddenly strike Nandy...

[FindTheTruth]

Bingo 2.... irresponsible pitting women's rights against trans rights

[FindTheTruth]

2020 article: Speaking on Sky News’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme, Nandy said the call for those who support organisations such as Woman’s Place to be kicked out of the party had given her pause before signing the pledge.

“I have to say, that was the part of the pledge that gave me pause for thought about whether to sign it,” said Nandy. “I decided to sign it in the end because I think that the sentiment of the pledge about protecting trans rights

[giletrouge]

I heard the same trailer, and I've been listening to AQ for fifty years - they were not announcing topics, they are ASKING for YOUR questions - get in there! The topic will only come up if someone actually submits a good question which gets selected!

[StandUpStraight]

Thanks for the heads up. Will think on a suitable question. But I am very, very annoyed that the BBC is only deciding to have these debates now, after the government has made its decision on self ID.

[FannyCann]

Ooh. This is going to be good.

[EdgeOfACoin]

I'm not able to tune in tonight. I would love it if someone could ask whether they agree with the definition of 'woman' as 'adult human female' and if not what definition we use.

[EdgeOfACoin]

we should use

[persistentwoman]

Agreed that Lisa will fall back on all her anecdotes about her constituent - because one example is always what MPs use to make laws.
I suspect we'll all be disappointed as TWAW will be repeatedly trotted out alongside 'be kind' - but maybe someone will challenge her on her desire to place paedophiles and rapists in women's prisons?

[FindTheTruth]

they are ASKING for YOUR questions - get in there!

@giletrouge do you have a link? can only find the programme description

[MaMaLa321]

I would be delighted if they chose to put forward a question on this. But extremely surprised. I've listened to the program many times, but I don't think I've ever heard a question on it, even when trans issues are high in the news agenda.

[highame]

A good question would be about the percentages of ordinary people who do not support self i-d.

Lisa will probably say we need educating and might come out with some incorrect stats as she has definitely been Stonewalled.

I think asking what a woman is, is too narrow a question and might baffle some of the audience

[giletrouge]

@FindTheTruth Email: [email protected]

[giletrouge]

The trailer is on the Today prog just before 8.00.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_fourfm

[highame]

submitted mine

[OhHolyJesus]

I haven't heard it yet but for the bingo can I suggest "what is needed is less heat and more light in this debate", seems to be her tag line.

[highame]

👍

mine is about lack of support for self i-d therefore should LT have gone further

[Abitofalark]

Thanks for the thread.
Though a long-time listener to 'Any Questions?' I've often given it a miss in recent times - so many politicians are unbearable or boring - but I will definitely listen to this one, despite the presence of Lisa Nandy.

[CaraDuneRedux]

"Questions can be emailed in."

Who wants to bet that they'll weed out all the gender critical ones?

[stumbledin]

Would anyone be up for asking whether the GRA had been a big mistake as it isn't actually possible to change sex (and the issue of same sex marriage is no longer an issue) so surely it is more about building a society where people aren't forced into gender boxes, something DoE now recognises.

And the issue is how well orchestrated caucuses can capture MPs to the point that they start talking as thought Mermaids are real.

[stumbledin]

Joanna Cherry MP, Alexander Downer, Lisa Nandy MP, Helen Whately MP

Any Questions?

Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Broadcasting House in London with a panel including the SNP's Home Affairs and Justice Spokesperson at Westminster Joanna Cherry MP, the Chair of Policy Exchange and former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer, the Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy MP and the Health and Social Care Minister Helen Whately MP.

Contact us www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3vtcXXpPWV3xLcHhvj6lmbN/contact-any-questions

[happydappy2]

Now that same sex marriage is legal, why is the government issuing Gender Recognition Certificates to male bodied people giving them the legal status as a woman? Clearly this is problematic for women. Sex is a protected characteristic-there is no other protected characteristic a person can ‘identify into.’

Not holding my breath though....

[Abitofalark]

Helen Whately could have become my MP some years back but failed to get elected against the sitting Lib Dem, now the Dear Leader of his party. She was a doctor at the time and one of Cameron's modernising list to get more elected women in his party. She then got a seat in Kent, in, I think, the 2015 election.

With her medical background she has a ministerial post in the health and social care department, which hasn't done well lately with the pandemic crisis and she has taken some heavy flak in interviews.