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Layla Moran on Nick Robinson's Political Thinking on Radio 4

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nauticant · 25/07/2020 18:03

He asked her "What is a woman?" You can imagine how that went. "Word soup" would be a kind assessment.

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Michelleoftheresistance · 25/07/2020 20:16

She's put herself forward to lead the LD party so maybe someone should tell her that single sex spaces ALREADY EXIST and that their protection IS WRITTEN INTO LAW.

And the problems only happened when less than 1% of males started to argue that no female people should be allowed nothing males couldn't take away and own for themselves, and twits like Moran rushed around encouraging them.

It's no problem if you have even the most basic respect for female people and the needs specific to their being female.

Childrenofthestones · 25/07/2020 20:14

I wonder if he asked her about her attitude to domestic violence?

truthisarevolutionaryact · 25/07/2020 20:13

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Thingybob · 25/07/2020 20:06

funnily enough I think that phrase has recently been banned on MN

Whoops I think that was me, sorry Layla if you are reading. However if you want any respect from oldies like me then please try to do or say something of interest, the self applied, navel-gazing labels are just so boring and won't impress any grown-up

EmpressJKRowlingSpartacus · 25/07/2020 19:59

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Binterested · 25/07/2020 19:50

Wow so brave and stunning

funnily enough I think that phrase has recently been banned on MN Hmm. I got a strike for using it. Obviously this thread isn’t being monitored closely by our external moderators because it’s about Layla Moran and nobody cares about her plus she’s a women so double plus reasons not to care 🤷🏼‍♀️

NewYearNewTwatName · 25/07/2020 19:20

I mean has anyone been asked what a man is in the media?

ThatsHowWeRowl · 25/07/2020 19:19

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NewYearNewTwatName · 25/07/2020 19:19

thing is, presenters need to start asking MP what a man is? then ask what a woman is.

SerenityNowwwww · 25/07/2020 19:15

Can’t - cant imagine...

ThinEndoftheWedge · 25/07/2020 19:14

She did a whole bit asking how we expect to protect single sex spaces, do we need to check inside everyone's pants, make everyone carry id cards etc.

When I was a child, somehow society seemed to manage. She is so clueless in how she actively emboldens men who were once kept in check.

Also - as a girl, if you had any concerns, you knew you could go to a passing police officer.

Not now. They need the hate crime stats.

SerenityNowwwww · 25/07/2020 19:14

I can imagine anyone over the age of 17 desperate to be ‘something’ different.

Deliriumoftheendless · 25/07/2020 19:13

@SerenityNowwwww

How many people say “this it my partner x - easy on the eye but I have absolutely no attraction to their personality...”
To be honest I’d be up for that 😂
SirSamuelVimesBlackboardMonito · 25/07/2020 19:02

It puts a whole new spin on one of the main characters from The Faraway Tree series, that's for sure.

Ifawl · 25/07/2020 19:01

She did a whole bit asking how we expect to protect single sex spaces, do we need to check inside everyone's pants, make everyone carry id cards etc.

Ahem She's put herself forward to lead the LD party so maybe someone should tell her that single sex spaces ALREADY EXIST and that their protection IS WRITTEN INTO LAW.

Such an utterly pathetic attempt to be interesting.

DisappearingGirl · 25/07/2020 19:00

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Thingybob · 25/07/2020 18:52

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SerenityNowwwww · 25/07/2020 18:51

How many people say “this it my partner x - easy on the eye but I have absolutely no attraction to their personality...”

nauticant · 25/07/2020 18:49

I think the pansexual label is intended to convey different things to different groups of people. For the gender identity crowd it's to say she's one of them. For the Radio 4 audience it was "it's just a label I like because it's about being attracted to the person".

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Melroses · 25/07/2020 18:47

I think all the pansexual hype was just a smokescreen to divert attention from the fact that her new lover was dumped by LDHQ after being caught out making up e-mails that she hadn't sent.

SerenityNowwwww · 25/07/2020 18:46

She has a female partner now (as far as she/we know) and had a male one before. That’s bi in my book surely?

Thingybob · 25/07/2020 18:42

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SerenityNowwwww · 25/07/2020 18:36

It tickles me to think a bisexual can’t define ‘woman’ (and presumably ‘man’).

How does she/they know that she/they is gay/bi/whatever?

WinterAndRoughWeather · 25/07/2020 18:33

Mind you, she was on The Political Party podcast a couple of weeks ago and interestingly she rowed back quite a bit on the pansexual thing, saying she basically thinks it’s the same as bisexual and doesn’t really care about the label much.

ThePurported · 25/07/2020 18:31

I always imagine Layla Moran as a character from The Thick of It.