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Emily Thornberry MP web chat

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midclegs · 04/02/2020 21:37

Sorry for my fairly lame question to Emily for the webchat tomorrow. Hope you managed to get in better questions?

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Thenagainmaybenot · 05/02/2020 13:54

Saved this screenshot in case it goes

Emily Thornberry MP web chat
MrsSnippyPants · 05/02/2020 13:48

Our final comments were almost all deleted. How convenient. If any of Emily's staff are lurking here, OPEN YOUR EYES

Emily Thornberry MP web chat
HairyPotter · 05/02/2020 13:47

I’ve just been deleted within a nano second because I asked why she brought everything GC related to being kind to transwoman. Perfectly polite and a fairly pertinent question I felt.

ScrimshawTheSecond · 05/02/2020 13:47

Silly Penguin, we can't have too many questions about women on Mumsnet!!!

I did get a screenshot of that. Trying really hard not to swear. Not sure why I fucking bother.

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 05/02/2020 13:47

The irony of the "safeguarding" has made me cringe so hard that I think I've turned into a pretzel.

ScrimshawTheSecond · 05/02/2020 13:45

this is all about safeguarding.

ahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

PenguindreamsofDraco · 05/02/2020 13:45

What on earth was wrong with the question asking what about the WOMEN?

Bloomburger · 05/02/2020 13:45

Could you ask her is she is aware that she pulls a face and makes a noise like a 4 year old has asked her the same fucking question about stones or dinosaurs or something else as fucking obvious every time anyone with a different view point to her own asks a question.

MrsSnippyPants · 05/02/2020 13:45

Emily>>>>>>women>>>>>>bus

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midclegs · 05/02/2020 13:44

Bloody hell. For someone sounding so knowledgeable on other subjects she either knows nothing about what is going on or she has drunk the Kool Aid. Not impressed.

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WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 05/02/2020 13:44

"I hope that I've given an insight into the sort of leader I would be and future PM"

Yes indeed you have. Thank you for that.

Sillydoggy · 05/02/2020 13:43

How can she go from her good understanding of women’s issues further up the thread to this complete mess?

BovaryX · 05/02/2020 13:42

Scrimshaw
That's an excellent point. I also think her assessment of the Brexit vote is deeply flawed. No chance of recouping ex Labour heartlands if the party doesn't understand why they lost them

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 05/02/2020 13:41

Talk about reading the room....

PenguindreamsofDraco · 05/02/2020 13:41

The emphasis, time and time and time a-bloody-gain, is on the men. Why?

< hits head against wall repeatedly>

Sillydoggy · 05/02/2020 13:40

So it’s all about poor vulnerable trans prisoners , no respect for vulnerable woman at all and no point in posting this comment on that thread.

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 05/02/2020 13:40

"There will be no way that a transwoman could possibly be safe in such an institution. And this is all about safeguarding."

Well fuck me.

MrsSnippyPants · 05/02/2020 13:39

Oh ffs, on the question of 'transwomen' in women's prisons, she is all about the 'poor transwomen'. Not a word about women, not a fucking WORD!

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 05/02/2020 13:39

BUT WE WERE MEAN TO DAVE THE DINNER LADY!

FML.

ScrimshawTheSecond · 05/02/2020 13:38

There are no Labour politicians willing to discuss this topic. Not one.

BovaryX · 05/02/2020 13:38

by people who want to avoid answering any of the pertinent questions

Scrimshaw
Well said. I have to be honest, I didn't have much time for her before this. And it has confirmed my previous negative assessment....

ScrimshawTheSecond · 05/02/2020 13:38

I didn't think it was just dismissive, Bovary. I read that as supportive of the hate speech laws, so supportive of Harry the Owl getting arrrested for wrongthink, etc. Chilling, really. But here we are.

Winecheesesleep · 05/02/2020 13:38

I'm really disappointed by the gender identity response. I don't expect everyone to agree on this but it was so simplistic. Just "don't worry dear, everyone just needs to be nicer to each other". For such a big topic on mumsnet I expected more depth even if I didn't like the answer.

WeBuiltCisCityOnSexistRoles · 05/02/2020 13:38

Quick deletions again, didn't even get a chance to screenshot that comment asking Emily for the definition of 'woman'. Couple of others went as well.

The definition one was me, I also said I appreciated her answers being about women, so it was polite and not negative. It was deleted in about a tenth of a second Hmm

Redshoeblueshoe · 05/02/2020 13:37

So don't laugh at David the dinner lady
Ok.
Now I know where she stands

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