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What about a Mumsnet MP?

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BlytheByName · 21/06/2018 18:54

I've been reading, learning and posting occasionally here for nearly a year now and believe the issue of the erasure of 'woman' and the attack on women and girls' rights is the biggest threat I've seen in my lifetime.
This community is virtually the only place where the debate is being had, but I think we need to prepare to take it to the next level.

Have the Man Fridays or the very eloquent posters that I read, and some of whom I've met at various meetings, considered standing as an MP ?
It seems the next logical step. Imagine the coverage if a Mumsnetter stood in Jeremy Corbyn's constituency on this single issue of the threat to women's rights?!
Its not as if the issue is going away. The long-term repercussions are enormous. I'm sure it would get plenty of media attention and would highlight how lacking every mainstream party is in its thought for our sex based rights.
What do you think?

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spontaneousgiventime · 21/06/2018 19:16

From my point of view? Absolutely no chance. GC is one issue and yes an MP could get a discussion. However there are a million and one other things an MP would have to decide and being as FWR is a huge broad church of women and views no person could represent us all on all the other issues. Sorry.

RubyShooFan · 21/06/2018 19:12

WEP threw Heather BE and all other women under the trans bus a long time ago.

redexpat · 21/06/2018 19:10

Id like to agree with you, but there are usually quite a lot of protest candidates in the pms constituency. They get no coverage. And they dont win. Womens issues simply dont get coverage. Why would this break that cycle?

Try sandi toksvigs party. Is it called the womens equality party or something? Although I dont know where they stand on trans issues.

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