H Brunskell-Evans - resigned from WEP

It has dawned on her that the WEP has no legitimacy anymore with a lot of women. The cancelled subs must be making a dent.

Nor did I but I'm not surprised!

Thanks, Empress. (I didn't know she was there on Tuesday!)

Open access link from The Times: Janice Turner on the WEP. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/even-a-party-for-women-won-t-take-on-trans-lobby-hncf8ljnn?shareToken=8b5aef5635cbbc8973df44a64600b96f

Here is a statement in favour of Heather and against the decision: www.transgendertrend.com/statement-in-support-of-heather-brunskell-evans/

Didn't a male Violence Against Women and Girls spokesperson get appointed shortly after that, and say he wanted to focus more on violence against men?

Another thanks mimi some sanity does prevail.

Thanks for posting that statement Mimi. Freedom of speech is critical.

The Butterfly and the people that some are too frightened to listen to are simply women with views about what is important to biological women and their rights and equality. What is frightening about that? Why would anyone who wants to live their life as a woman be afraid of listening to that?

www.transgendertrend.com/statement-in-support-of-heather-brunskell-evans/

The WEP have lost my support over this as well. We need people like HBE speaking out for women. What were they thinking?

@ChattyLion I think the entire ethos of university seems to have changed in one generation.

When I was there we were expected to read, consider and understand primary sources like the writings of Sinn Fein members, South African apartheid architects and Nazis. What happened to 'know thine enemy'? Now it seems to be 'we've banned thine enemy so you no longer have to hear the mean people'. Don't consider their position or try to understand it. #nodebate

I’ve cancelled my WEP membership too. And, incidentally, my dog’s. I didn’t consult her, though. I’ll break it to her in the morning.

A curse on their houses - 'women's ' equality party my arse

They obviously think they will get more support with this decision than supporting Heather. I think they are forgetting that they need feminist activists. Feminists who care enough about women to donate money and put time in. Those supporting men are not going to do this. I really think this is the beginning of the end, although I suspect it will be a long slow death.

You had ONE job

Fuck them. HB-E was wasted on them. She still has her audience and now it's bigger than ever.

We were warned about the dangers of discrimination in the name of equality. That is what we are seeing here.

"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." Anatole France
George Orwell — 'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
All people are equal but "transwomen" are more equal than others.

Their twitter What a car crash.
My favourite comment is You had ONE job

Brava HB-E.
this ‘safe spaces’ censoring to protect students from being able to hear (..depending on your politics, and at the very worst..) perhaps dislikeable ideas, baffles me.

It is sad. I heard about them when ST left the news quiz. I was hopeful then they didn’t seem to be doing anything. Then this. Wasted opportunity.

I didn't ever think I'd be smirking at watching their twitter feed implode but here we are

Cwenthryth
I'm not convinced that comment means anything other than 'we've noticed support and money haemorrhaging away and are desperate about the mess we're in'.
The natal women in the party will NEVER be allowed to stand up for the rights and safety of women and children. The trans activists will not allow it.

ST's tv career will be in danger if she speaks up

She’s no stranger to controversy, she publicly came out at a time when she could fully expect being open about her sexuality would cost her her career. She’s also patron of the Humanists UK - which is strong on defending freedom of speech and expression. She’s weathered worse than whatever trans rights activists could threaten her with for stating that lesbians do not have penises.

WEP’s statement includes the following: However, the party has more work to do to respond to challenging questions about how to maintain sex as a protected characteristic, while finding better ways to support trans women and other trans people.

One, teeny, tiny shred of hope.

It is the Whatever Equality Party, Whatevers being not men.

Thing is, if - as they hold - that a “woman is they who defines themsleves as such “ , then surely that’s rendering womanhood notional , rather than physical , measurable and recognisable ?

Given that , then who’s - exactly - equality do they claim to stand for ?

It becomes the “nonsensical word’s equality party “ .

Seriously , this socialist feminist feels like a political orphan now .
I can only hope this party set up to oppose Brexit , modelled on the “en marche” movement , has got the sense and intergrity to stand for actual womens righs , as well .