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Labour party promoting Stonewall

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StuntNun · 17/10/2018 12:56

This tweet from the Labour Party is recommending people complete the GRA consultation following Stonewall's guidance. I'm astounded.

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anotherGCacademic · 17/10/2018 22:03

No Corbyn fan, but didn’t think he’d be so needlessly provocative.

ouda · 17/10/2018 21:21

Why are you surprised? Corbyn has been For the Many, Not the Jew for some time, now he's For the Men, Not the Women.

Labour currently = racist Brocialism. I left the party some time ago, in my case over Ken Livingstone. Not going back till Corbyn leaves. And then only if the party expels its Militant core.

anotherGCacademic · 17/10/2018 21:03

Fucking hell Corbyn. The Equality Act?

herecomesyourwoman · 17/10/2018 21:03

I'm a labour member, in a very very marginal constituency. Life long labour voter. I've been feeling more and more uneasy, but this has tipped the balance. Fuck them. I'm out. And I'll tip the balance away from them next election.

BrashCandicoot · 17/10/2018 20:59

I've just "reported a problem" on my Labour Login page.

"Hi there,
I just went to check my membership information and noticed that it asks a question about my "Gender Identity". I don't have a gender identity, so none of the answers are are appropriate (unless "None" comes under "other"). As gender identity is a belief based identity, should the options not be more like when organisations ask for information regarding religion, which often has "None" or "Atheist" as an option? I would happily choose the "female" box if being asked for information on my sex, which is observable biological fact.

Thanks!"

Stigger · 17/10/2018 20:50

I’ve emailed today asking for them to cancel my membership

GivenuponHumanity · 17/10/2018 20:49

It is time people who support left wing politics stormed their local Labour MP's to protest in disgust

MinecraftHolmes · 17/10/2018 20:45

THE EQUALITY ACT!??!?!

CaptainKirkssparetupee · 17/10/2018 20:40

They will have blood on their hands with this.

CaptainKirkssparetupee · 17/10/2018 20:40

They've clearly made up there minds.

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StuntNun · 17/10/2018 20:36

It gets worse. At the Pink News awards Jeremy Corbyn said, "Labour supports reform of the Gender Recognition Act and Equality Act to allow for self-declaration." So they want to reform the Equality Act as well!
Pink News article link

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MinecraftHolmes · 17/10/2018 20:34

I'm also still a member and I'm fucking furious. I'll be emailing my nominee (SNP area), who is famously a bit pro-Corbyn, with links to FPFW to see what her response is. I may well be resigning.

anotherGCacademic · 17/10/2018 20:12

Is that for real?

TerfAndSerf · 17/10/2018 19:07

One of the local councillors in my area is a trans woman.

www.expressandstar.com/news/voices/opinions/talking-point/2018/10/17/paw-sing-for-thought-on-halting-cat-aclysm/

This sort of twee is not going to endear 'her'.

anotherGCacademic · 17/10/2018 19:05

I resigned from Labour today but told them I'd re-join if they changed their policy. I am a local activist and really like my local MP but this is too much. Beyond disgusted and angry about this.

EverardDigby · 17/10/2018 17:38

On the other hand it might not play out too well with the Tories, which could be in our favour.

Mumfun · 17/10/2018 17:32

Yes Floisme I can see that being used a lot on twitter in the future!

CaptainKirkssparetupee · 17/10/2018 17:32

What happens when men who are worried for themselves women and children take it upon themselves to police this?
Innocent people will be hurt.

Serfisafleur · 17/10/2018 17:30

Must say the comments are practically all GC but unfortunately it has been shared by the borg hundreds of times so will be spreading through the woke chambers.
Anyone here on Twitter, hop on and do this poll in the replies...

Labour party promoting Stonewall
CaptainKirkssparetupee · 17/10/2018 17:28

I'm actually starting to worry that this will create vigilantism and Trans people will get hurt because of it.

Floisme · 17/10/2018 17:18

Some good comments though.
I particularly liked, ’For the men, not the many’.

DeRigueurMortis · 17/10/2018 17:03

Utterly contemptible behaviour from the LP - but frankly unsurprising.

So much for John McDonnell MP on the live web chat listening to women and talking to WPUK...listening and then throughly discounting anything that was said presumably...

Carrrotsandcauliflower · 17/10/2018 16:53

I just saw this on twitter. That’s it for me. Just underlined that I made the right descision leaving. I am seriously seriously worried about who I would vote for. There is nobody representing me and my family. Nobody. I’m getting bloody angry now, somone better come out fighting next week.

deepwatersolo · 17/10/2018 16:34

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'Those skulls.... Are we the Baddies?' Love it. In the current case, one might point at the baseball bats...

deepwatersolo · 17/10/2018 16:31

Identity politics will kill the party.

I agree. I thought Corbyn would not go along with it, just like Bernie Sanders tried to refocus on the economic message (but corporate Dems will have none of it and double down on identity politics, and it will end badly). Obviously not. Big mistake.