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Great blog from David Davis on changes to GRC

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TimbuktuTimbuktu · 09/10/2017 20:43

I just saw this shared on Facebook and thought it would be of interest here. I don't think it's been posted already.

www.david-davies.org.uk/news/transgender-rights-versus-womens-privacy

It's very well reasoned and would be great for directing other MPs towards.

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SpaghettiAndMeatballs · 10/10/2017 06:57

I fucking hate that this ONE ISSUE puts us on the same side as scum like him

It's going to happen though isn't it - sometimes - I know very little about this guy, but it's completely feasible that we might hold the same opinions on the national curriculum, or pensions or the national health service.

I worry about this idea that if someone holds an opinion you disagree with, that all their opinions are bad. Sure, it's an indicator that you should examine what their actual position is before declaring you agree with them, but it's not necessarily excommunication time.

DamnDeDoubtanceIsSpartacus · 10/10/2017 06:46

Well done to all the feminists who have done the legwork to point out how this issue impacts on women and girls. It's a good blog and as he is a bloke people may listen.

MadreTranquillitatis · 10/10/2017 03:42

I fucking hate that this ONE ISSUE puts us on the same side as scum like him
Yes to this. Angry

HeatedCatFurniture · 10/10/2017 03:29

Ugh, he's a climate change denier and voted against equal marriage. I fucking hate that this ONE ISSUE puts us on the same side as scum like him.

hangry · 09/10/2017 22:51

got confused with Philip Davies there and had a massive moment of, hang on, are we the bad guys? then realised it wasn't thunder twat.

MyNameIsInigoMontoya · 09/10/2017 22:49

Wow. I am VERY impressed that he has managed to cover so many of the issues, so clearly, logically and concisely! (I would have ended up wittering on for about 10 pages trying to cram everything in from my head...).

That would be really hard for anyone to argue against, surely.

busyboysmum · 09/10/2017 22:37

I feel exactly the same way. If the Tories get behind this kind of thinking I won't just vote for them I will campaign for them having never ever voted for them before in my life.

CocoaIsGone · 09/10/2017 22:34

Wow, that is well-reasoned and sane. I think it is good that he asserts men and women both need same sex privacy; it is not just a women’s issue. Good comparison with body building and anorexia too.

MillicentFawcett · 09/10/2017 22:18

Good grief. I wonder if he realises the utter shitstorm that's about to crash down on his head?

Good for him. This isn't a party issue though. I think Brexit man is Davis rather than Davies

PeasAndHarmony · 09/10/2017 22:11

Bloody hell I thought you were telling me David 'Brexit' Davies had written an excellent article on this..... I was rather shocked!

OlennasWimple · 09/10/2017 22:09

Round of applause for David TC Davies (as you have to call him, to distinguish him from the Brexit bloke)

Ereshkigal · 09/10/2017 22:05

Me too, Rum.

Rumandraisin1 · 09/10/2017 21:54

Excellent blog. I can't believe these words are coming out of my mouth (or out of my fingers on the keyboard) but I would actually consider voting Tory for the first time in my life if this man was my MP. At the moment, I'm thinking that, if a general election was called, I would have to spoil my ballot because there is just no party which is representing women's interests.

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