Labour Party Mass Resignation Letter

Labour doesn't seem to stand for either freedom of speech or naming reality at the moment.

Without those, women's rights and vulnerable people's rights are screwed.

I'm not voting for that, thanks - it's on Labour to turn that around, not me to blindly support them.

Men on the left will shaft women, just as quickly as men on the right.
Although lefty dudes will do it with 'concern face'. sweet

I do have some sympathy with the people arguing to remain and fight from within. I've tried and found it utterly hopeless. They are brainwashed. I'm fuming that the party has completely abandoned women. Throwing the most vulnerable under the bus for a fucking trend. It's clear that Labour don't give a fuck about women's rights. At the bare minimum the party of so called 'grass roots democracy' you could expect them to defend free speech and condemn the violence and intimidation that women are facing. But no, the only MP willing to speak up is a male Tory. Tells you all you need to know about today's Labour party.

It is possible to add your name to the mass resignation if you have already resigned. Please consider emailing your details to mayday4women - it will make the case stronger to show how many members have left over the party's utter contempt for women.

Kyanite the conservatives look like they will be keeping sex based exemptions and have recognised the GRA reforms are more complicated than they thought. A few senior conservatives have made comments that indicate they value women's rights and concerns should be discussed.

Although yes Maria Miller did propose the whole thing, ignore and ridicule women's concerns and appears to be stuck in denial of all this.

Labour's leader has said self-ID is their policy, implemented it 'ahead of the law' and broken promises to meet women to discuss it. He has been pictures with transwomen who openly advocate violence against women who disagree with self-Id and failed to condemn that.

Labour need to sort themselves out.

Kyanite, every month when that bloody £4 leaves my bank account it grieves me. I will be so much happier when I have resigned and that money is going to an organisation that

a) is competent
b) doesn't hate women

It's the Tories who are in power and currently making Self ID their policy. We're losing the NHS and hundreds of thousands are dying due to their policies. If you leave Labour, you can't create change in their policies. This is the worst thing you can do.

Brilliant!!!
I wish I was a member just so I could sign it !!!

I used to be a member for many years and have decided against renewing. Showed this thread to two other mums yesterday. They were labour voters too.

Lang

Someone in membership told me that it takes approx 6 months to come off the membership lists.
I resigned about four months ago and have just had a pleading letter asking me to reconsider and re- join.
Pff

Left a long while ago, but do wish I could leave again.
I did leave the Greens over this though.

I'm on the list too. I'm in good company.

Anyway, re... "But then don't wonder why no one is listening to you shouting from the sidelines" - that would only work if women were being listened to from the "field", wouldn't it...? If people felt listened to, they wouldn't be retreating to the "sidelines" in the first place!

I had already gone, but good luck with the letter and the numbers!

(By the way - it's actually quite difficult to leave. I cancelled my direct debit and emailed my CLP to let them know. They didn't respond. I emailed membership to delete my data. They sent me a letter expressing surprise about the cancelled DD. I'm still getting membership emails.)

Are there any women left in Labour ?

Well, there's Claire, who's been backpacking in Thailand for the past 6 months and who just got back to find that her local CLP now consists of 5 beardy blokes shouting at each other about who's most loyal to Corbyn and Dave, who occasional tries to raise the subject of austerity. At which point the beardy blokes call him a Blairite. It's all very exciting!

(cries)

I have already resigned from Labour Party otherwise would have added my name to your letter. I did vote for them in last election but probably won't vote for them next time. I am a lifelong Labour supporter but cannot support the Self ID madness. Labour has lost the plot.

I emailed the campaign as soon as I saw the decision. When is the letter going?

Probably a good idea not to use words if you don't know what they mean, Bespin.

I've already resigned or I would have signed it. Not just over the anti-woman stance: Brexit and the ant-Semitism did it for me too.

Too late DJ, already done.

Are there any women left in Labour ?

Have never been a member of the labour party so there's no resigning for me. BUT I have always voted for them in the past. Not going to now. The anti-Semitism and the blatant misogyny is too much for me.

@trans1976 I'm not sure what your point is

They are posting goady posts to try and get an anti-trans response to show how anti-trans Mumsnet is.

There are a few around at the moment.

How is it disenfranchising to leave a particular political party? It does not remove you from the electoral register. You are still free to vote and to join another party if you wish to.

If you choose to disenfranchise yourself thats fine

The majority of people aren't members of a political party. They're not disenfranchised