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Times Article on All Women Shortlists and SNP rule breaking

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Alicethroughtheblackmirror · 22/10/2020 06:13

"Mridul Wadhwa, a trans rights activist who has no gender recognition certificate, appeared at a Stirling hustings, prompting allegations that SNP headquarters was ruling “by diktat” and had broken the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act, 2002, designed to promote all-women shortlists."

Also links to the FWS Judicial Review:
"The SNP government already faces a legal challenge amid growing anger that a man who identifies as a member of the opposite sex will be legally recognised as a woman under the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018.

For Women Scotland, the campaign group granted a judicial review of the 2018 legislation, said the Stirling case showed the SNP was “playing fast and loose with women’s rights and the very definition of what it is to be a woman”."

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www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/scotland/anger-over-trans-woman-on-all-female-snp-shortlist-092x6jw9t

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BetsyM00 · 22/10/2020 08:52

And archive for when the sharetoken expires:
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I love the quote: "To then have a biological man rock up and say, ‘I’m a woman and I’m going to represent you’, well, the answer is, ‘No. You can’t possibly’."

teawamutu · 22/10/2020 08:52

@persistentwoman

I think that the SNP (& all political parties) think that women as a group don't really matter. They believe that women are passive and won't protest as born males start taking our jobs, awards, team places, funding and the rest. They believe that women will accept what is doled out to us. I think they're in for shock as the implications of all this for women and children become more and more evident and women speak out in increasing numbers.
I'd be surprised if that much thought went into it. I'm not sure it ever even occurred to them.

This is what the males want, this is what they must have. No need to consult the support humans, we'll be happy to budge up.

happydappy2 · 22/10/2020 08:43

Always interesting to see how long comments take to be approved, on any articles like this in The Times.

persistentwoman · 22/10/2020 07:30

I think that the SNP (& all political parties) think that women as a group don't really matter. They believe that women are passive and won't protest as born males start taking our jobs, awards, team places, funding and the rest. They believe that women will accept what is doled out to us.
I think they're in for shock as the implications of all this for women and children become more and more evident and women speak out in increasing numbers.

highame · 22/10/2020 07:14

A really good article. Hope the SNP start to take a good look at what is going on, or do they think the women's votes don't matter

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