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Lily Madigan - to celebrate 300 women leaving LP with a party

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LaSqrrl · 13/05/2018 00:49

The facebook event now seems removed, but Feminist Current does have the screenshot before it disappeared.

Constituency Labour Party Women’s Officer for Rochester and Strood, Lily Madigan, a trans-identified male, plans to host a party to celebrate women leaving the Labour Party in protest of Labour’s policy allowing men to self-identify their way onto all women candidate shortlists.

(Sorry if this one has been posted before, I looked, but could not see a matching thread)

I am posting this to illustrate that TRAs do not want to join 'Class Woman', but to take over 'Class Woman' and throw out the existing inhabitants, then celebrate their victory over women (eg 'enjoy your erasure'). This is why 'we cannot get along' and have zero in common with them.

Lily Madigan - to celebrate 300 women leaving LP with a party
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PoulaFisch · 13/05/2018 07:05

As a life long Labour voter I don't understand why they have done this. Why not have LM as an LGBT or T rep or trans youth or something? It's just kicked up a fuss unnecessarily. Corbyn dropped the ball on this one. Despite the obvious, LM is only 19 and should be learning or working

AngryAttackKittens · 13/05/2018 07:04

Even if you agreed with Madigan's politics surely there are some sort of party standards as far as how they want people affiliated with them behaving on social media. Madigan is a PR disaster waiting to happen.

ElizaDontlittle · 13/05/2018 06:59

It's heartbreaking and infuriating and... I am running out words for the feelings about Labour, on this front. This aside I believe in the party and have made it my political home for years, was on the doorstep from primary school with my parents. But this is huge and LM is becoming the catalyst for damage - they aren't solely responsible, the rot is wider and deeper than that, but certainly in terms of visibility they stir up so much bad feeling.

Springnowplease · 13/05/2018 06:58

Labour should be ashamed of itself.

bananaramasllama · 13/05/2018 06:50

'They didn't belong here anyway' tells you everything you need to know. Unbearable that Labour supports such blatant misogyny and the eradication of women's rights.

wishiwassizeeight · 13/05/2018 06:02

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loveyouradvice · 13/05/2018 03:19

really great you posted... did see it mentioned on another thread here but no harm in doing again... seriously unbelievable that labour havent harnessed LM ....

bottleblue · 13/05/2018 00:57

Really can't understand why Labour is letting this go on so long. Even a quiet word telling LM to step down for 'personal reasons' or something.

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