CLP proposing motion for conference at a meeting this week calling for the Labour Party to oppose any updates to the GRA unless women's groups are consulted.

The charge to call us all bigots is being led by a 17 year old boy.

It would be amusing if this stuff didn't have real life consequences.

Wow this is fantastic! Thank you Bromley & Chislehurst CLP

Good luck Jann! I can't make the meeting but I'll email you (from the official Labour party pages) if ok? Your words are so carefully chosen that anyone opposing will appear quite unreasonable. I hope! Yes please keep us posted.

Good luck Janniblueeyes, l am in Jeremy’s ward, there is zero chance of any discussion on this. The woke bros wouldn’t have it.

In fact there are other CLPs who have proposed similar motions - some successfully, such as Tottenham a year ago. There was opposition of course but most members agreed that proper and full consultation was crucial and proper impact assessments undertaken. Good luck Bromley & Chiselhurst!

Good luck janniblueeyes & other Bromley & Chislehurst CLP members. As others have said, how can a women's officer oppose discussion with women's groups?

how poorly Labour did in the recent elections how much that is to do with losing women's votes.

Coyoacan That is an interesting point. Women switching to Labour was a big reason why they won in 1997. A few years ago I would have said there would have been huge attention in Labour to analysing if the party was becoming less popular with women. Doesn't seem to be the case now.

Both local and Euro elections have lower turnouts so it's hard to make a judgement about Labour's appeal to women without any inside information but it's a possibility. There is also something called the British Election Studies which reports in detail on electoral turnout. Not sure if they have released 2017 results yet. However, the hashtag #Labourlosingwomen suggests that it might be a problem.

It's only one constituency party, though - I'd be more heartened if this happened in at least a few more.

Thanks very much all of you! I’ll keep you posted, if you don’t hear from others before. x

I'm not in the UK, but I was wondering when I heard how poorly Labour did in the recent elections how much that is to do with losing women's votes.

Good luck tomorrow night, this is long overdue.

I'm pleased to see there are some GC women in the area (I was beginning to wonder if I was on my own ).

Watching with interest but I am very sceptical of this working.
I'm not convinced Labour have the backbone to stand up to the TRAs.

Maybe I won't leave the party after all. I'd decided that women like me, who think that female bodies should be centered in feminism, weren't wanted any more. But perhaps it's possible to find ways to connect with other women in the party who think we matter.

Watching with interest. About time the local groups made their views felt and changed the bullying culture that exists on this topic

Thank you, Bromley & Chislehurst CLP. You're in my neck of the woods, although I'm not a labour member. This gives me hope though
Please keep fighting the good cause for women and girls everywhere (whether they agree with you or not!)

Good luck Jann
I've recently left the party over this, it still makes me feel so bad. 26 years I was a member. Hopefully Labour will speak for women again soon.

Welcome janniblueeyes. I must admit I was very cynical about what women’s groups you were referring to, until I read that line about including women that don’t believe people can change sex. Good luck and I hope it goes well.

Evening Jann. I'm sure you probably anticipated reaction coming from certain quarters and are prepared for it - I hope the motion is given proper consideration and isn't derailed by the usual nonsense. Wishing you all the very best with this.

I really hope Lily publicly opposes this.

Nothing would better indicate their unsuitability for the job.

Good evening ladies! I’m Jann, I’m the Secretary of Bromley & Chislehurst Labour Party and am heartened to hear such good, supportive comments from you about our motion. We welcome any members-new & old. Please come along, you’ll be very welcome.

Snapespeare and frazzled1 would you mind updating this thread if you go? I have work tomorrow evening that I can't get out of. Sorry, I would have liked to attend to support.

This so clearly highlights why Lily should not be in the role of womens officer....when the adults take responsibility and remover them from the post.

17 year old Ben doesn't want to see women being consulted on something which dramatically impacts their rights and will do "everything to ensure it fails resoundingly"

Thanks Ben. Very progressive of you.