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Just had a call from the Lib dems

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Patnotpending · 07/09/2019 17:40

Sam Bennett has just called me from the Lib Dems, seeking my support. This is him:

whocanivotefor.co.uk/person/26849/sam-bennett

Note 'he' is 'they' even though he described himself to me as a gay man. Perhaps he's a transman? Who knows in the wonderful world under the trans umbrella.

I said I wouldn't vote for the Lib Dems while they were supporting the idea that TWAW. He responded that he disagreed with me. I said did he really think that any man who declared himself to be a woman was a woman? He said he did and he also believed any woman who said she was a man was a man. He seemed to think that this display of trans equality solved the problem – a complete lack of insight into the women's rights issue.

I said I couldn't possibly vote for anyone who believed that and put the phone down. Anyway: if you're GC and you see Sam Bennett, Lib Dem on the voting slip, don't put a cross against him.

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donquixotedelamancha · 07/09/2019 22:50

Note 'he' is 'they' even though he described himself to me as a gay man.

I don't think he's a plural. All candidates in that election have the same text on that website. I think the 'they' refers to the party and is just poorly written.

Artesia · 07/09/2019 22:45

Ooh- I had fun with this too! Mine came to see me the other day. We are in a marginal Tory/lib dem seat. I explained that I was keen to find a party to vote for, that generally I was aligned to Lib Dems, but that i had been told I wasn’t welcome to vote for them. He looked puzzled so I explained that I didn’t believe TWAW. He still looked puzzled, then gave up and wandered off.

In the spirit of fair play, I followed up with an email, attaching Lynne Featherstone’s comments and asking his personal views. Strangely, he hasn’t replied to me!

MrsFogi · 07/09/2019 22:40

Oh good idea about the Fair Play for Women leaflets by the door! Generally I can't wait for the canvassers to come over - dh is under instructions to invite them in for a coffee with me (although we never see anyone because we are safe conservative......at the moment but given the area voted remain...who knows).

Fallingirl · 07/09/2019 22:29

I finally got around to leaving the labour party last week. I told them why, in the faint hope that now could be the moment they’d actually care about #labourlosingwomen.

Cuntysnark · 07/09/2019 22:23

Ffs

Campervan69 · 07/09/2019 22:21

My top tip is to have a stack of Fairplay for Women leaflets by the front door ready to hand to canvassers.

(And how concerning it was just writing the above when my phone corrected stack to suck then instantly the words "lady dick" popped up as suggestions...)

truthisarevolutionaryact · 07/09/2019 19:57

Thanks OP. We need to be prepared for lots of this.
All the political parties will be expecting our votes despite having spent the last years handing over the rights and safety of women to men with a feeling in their head (or elsewhere).

We've had the Labour party canvassing - I told them that if the candidate knew what a woman was and would say it out loud in public, they could have my vote back. But otherwise they can go whistle.