women's equality party

sackrifice
AGP must not laugh*
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oh no, this is really disappointing.

I was wondering about them a while ago as I couldn't find anything definitive. Guess that's that then.

It's just had a new leader elected, hasn't it? Mandu Reid, IIRC. I was hoping she'd get a handle on things.

Alas.

Which gives the rather unfortunate acronym AGP.

Priceless.

When the WEP said that it would do politics differently, they meant that we needed to be kind, compassionate and inclusive of any Tom, Dick and AGP.

They meant that we needed to share space with the fragrant, fragile but stockily built battleships who traipsed into the Ladies without so much as 'by your leave'.

WEP may still have its backers but it lost women when it handed power over to non-women.

I resigned from the party this month after realising their stance. I should've done a bit more research but assumed that it was sex-based rather than gender. Shame, as I don't much want to vote for anyone else either and they field candidates in my area of Manchester

Nice one Always. I'd certainly like to self-identify as a whippet-owner. All the class cred without having to pick up poo.

It’s like asking a socialist party to define ‘class’ and they dismiss a relationship based on the ownership of the means of production, and propose instead self identification based on whether you play bridge or own a whippet.

HM Revenue and Customs should gather data through PAYE and Self-Assessment forms on gender, age, ethnicity, disability status, industry and working hours. This should be anonymised and published to allow researchers to develop a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between gender, race, age, disability status and pay.

Load of drivel from the Women-plus-anyone-who-says-they-are-a-woman's Equality Party.

If you can self id your 'gender' (think you mean sex..) WEP then why not self-id your race, age, disability status and pay ? Any stats gathered via self-id won't reflect a true picture of the lives of biological females. Comprehensive understanding my arse.

UKIP opposes self-ID

I am no fan at all of purity politics, but having seen that utter bellend from UKIP last night announce that he'll bloody well joke about rape if he wants to...

We have brought together the experiences and ideas of people of all genders from across the country – including those doubly or trebly disadvantaged by their gender and other factors such as ethnicity, age, disability, family background, sexuality or religion

Seriously. What proportion of the electorate do they really think is going to read that thinking 'oh goody! How great is this!' and what proportion is going to read that thinking either 'I have no idea what they're on about, these people can't even talk plain English', and 'what the actual fuck are you burbling about? Life is too short for this head up the bum rubbish'?

tbfair actually, the people they would expect to go 'oh goodie! Bravo! ' will actually go 'omg according to the rules of 30 seconds ago you said it wrong you evil transphobes, die in a grease fire while we lynch you all over Twitter'. Either way really they're fucked.

I think I'd be responding to that shit email of theirs with

"Right. Got it. Your definition of a woman is 'anything at all'. Thank you for your response, it has lost you my vote.'

support the right of all to define their sex or gender or to reject gendered divisions as they choose

If everyone can opt in and out of being a women, why do we need the WEP?

The founders know why women need a party to focus on their rights,yet at the first hurdle caved into male people's demands.

This just shows that they are not capable to carryout any of their aims,because at the first sign of resistance the WEP will fold and allow men to dictate the terms.

Their statement makes their party irrelevant.

The 'Agapes'

In the Platonic sense?

popchyk it won't make me vote UKIP but glad to see them speak up!

sackrifice tsk tsk ;-)

Which gives the rather unfortunate acronym AGP.

Must not laugh, must not laugh, must not...

LOL.

UKIP opposes self-ID.

www.ukip.org/national-ukip-news-item.php?id=101

I believe the Communist Party rejects self ID. They acknowledge that women are oppressed by virtue of their SEX.

As for the other political parties, words fail me!

Sounds like they are just using the word 'women' or rather, misusing it, as most people do these days.

Personally I wouldn't give them the time of day.

A Women's Equality Party should focus on women. Not on men.

Alas, that is not the case at the moment.

It has failed in the one thing it aimed to do.

Too many men calling the shots.

I'd prefer people who recognise the fact of biology and history across the world

Definitely a few too many people with lady-penises in there, calling the shots.

They can't be saved - Sophie was the best hope, and threw the towel in.

Love the suggestion of the All Gender Party.

There could be an excellent logo.

They don't know what a woman is . . .until they need them for photo calls and then they pop on here and expect everyone to jump at the opportunity.