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Labour's Marsha De Cordova resigns as Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary

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GreenUp · 14/09/2021 15:13

Just saw this on twitter:

Marsha de Cordova MP
@MarshadeCordova
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1/2 It has been an immense privilege to serve as the Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary for the past 17 months.

It therefore comes with much sadness that I am resigning with immediate effect.

2/2 Having only been elected in 2017 for the historically marginal constituency of Battersea, I would like to focus more of my time and efforts on the people of Battersea.

I will continue to support Keir Starmer from the backbenches.

twitter.com/MarshadeCordova/status/1437775078389948423?s=20

Wonder if she was pressurised to resign after declining to go to the Stonewall LGBT event at the Labour conference....

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/labours-equality-secretary-marsha-de-cordova-snubs-trans-event-6jkfztz76

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GCYY · 27/09/2021 16:08

@ArabellaScott

I look forward to hearing who will be taking on the new role.

Dreaming of Rosie Duffield.

Anneliese Dodds
teawamutu · 16/09/2021 23:18

Worst case scenario: useful idiot like Nandy, bleating on about her one trans constituent while she merrily gives away the rights of 51% of the population.

ArabellaScott · 16/09/2021 10:35

I look forward to hearing who will be taking on the new role.

Dreaming of Rosie Duffield.

somethinginoffensive · 16/09/2021 08:01

I do think it's the nail in the coffin of Starmer's on the fence

Starmer isn't on the fence, he made a statement pro self id in June.

Anyone in Battersea constituency should email Cordova with their views on self-id and women's rights. Let her know you support her if she is pro women's rights.

gncq · 16/09/2021 06:45

Well it's a bloody Shame because the two that resigned were actually sensible on women's rights. Obviously Starmer wants people who drink and serve the Kool Aid only. I simply can't vote labour.

GCYY · 15/09/2021 18:24

I've heard rumours that her departure might actually be because she's not really committed to abortion rights? Apparently she once voted for abortion rights in NI in 2018 but ever since then has been silent & abstained and dodged the issue on everything about women's right to choose. She's a "committed Christian" (leads prayer meetings with other committed Christians in Parliament etc) and the suggestion is that since that first vote, she's had pressure and/or "conscience" issues. Don't know if it's true but it sounds believable ,and if it was true they obviously wouldn't be saying anything about it

SpindleWhorl · 15/09/2021 17:30

@Violetparis

The last line of an article in The Guardian about this is interesting;

'One senior MP said the role would be difficult to fill, citing tensions at a senior level over the party’s stance on transgender rights.'

Yes, I clocked that as well, tucked away right at the end of the Guardian article.

Interesting.

PronounssheRa · 15/09/2021 09:38

If you stand silent when one of your own female MPs is too scared to attend conference you are part of the problem.

teawamutu · 15/09/2021 09:27

Oh that is very, VERY interesting.

ArabellaScott · 15/09/2021 09:23

@Violetparis

The last line of an article in The Guardian about this is interesting;

'One senior MP said the role would be difficult to fill, citing tensions at a senior level over the party’s stance on transgender rights.'

Hm. That is interesting.
teawamutu · 15/09/2021 09:22

Give Rosie Duffield the job

JoanOgden · 14/09/2021 22:51

Interesting. I'm not convinced that anyone would really resign a shadow cabinet job just to spend more time with Battersea, 3 years before the next general election.

BraveBananaBadge · 14/09/2021 22:48

I do think it's the nail in the coffin of Starmer's on the fence

Unfortunately so. He didn't sign that stupid pledge and that was the only thing that kept me hanging on. As a leader he's very obviously between a rock and a hard place, but his approach just isn't going to work.

This issue poisons absolutely everything it touches now, and it is simply not fair on women.

EwwSprouts · 14/09/2021 21:33

I hope she's jumped and was not pushed. Maybe she has the insight to think this will prove a better track record in the long run.

I do think it's the nail in the coffin of Starmer's on the fence, well maybe second nail after the silence over Rosie Duffield. I really struggle with the fact an elected MP can't be safely accommodated at conference.

Violetparis · 14/09/2021 20:25

The last line of an article in The Guardian about this is interesting;

'One senior MP said the role would be difficult to fill, citing tensions at a senior level over the party’s stance on transgender rights.'

Violetparis · 14/09/2021 19:00

I know loads of pro Corbyn gender critical people too, mainly in their 40s/50s, old school lefties.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 14/09/2021 18:53

It's shocking isn't it LangClegsInSpace that Starmer can't manage even a whispered "stop it" to all those in his party who are openly threatening so many women?
Why on earth he thinks women will vote for a party that nurtures and celebrates such toxic masculinity I can't imagine.

andyoldlabour · 14/09/2021 18:52

At a time when we need a strong opposition, the Labour party is tearing itself apart. Labour is delusional and I don't see them improving any time soon.

LangClegsInSpace · 14/09/2021 18:41

@MrsOvertonsWindow

Maybe's she's hoping not to go to the LP conference? It's apparently too dangerous for Rosie Duffield MP to attend with Starmer's extended silence clearly demonstrating that he doesn't give a toss about the safety of women MPs, so perhaps she's decided it's not worth the risk to her safety?
This is horrifying to read. What a bunch of totalitarian shits they are.
AnotherLass · 14/09/2021 18:40

I was pro Corbyn. I've been gender critical since the first time I saw gender ID bollocks online. There are loads of us.

Freespeecher · 14/09/2021 17:16

I saw this - I assumed that, being in the pro-Corbyn camp, she'd be fully signed up but a pleasant surprise to find this isn't the case. I do like it when people make up their own minds on the issues that matter to them rather than thoughtlessly accepting that, since they're in favour of A, it automatically follows that they're also in favour of B, C and D.

ArtemesiaK · 14/09/2021 16:54

I wonder if she thinks only women have a cervix? It would be good if she'd say so but can understand why she might not want to.....

donquixotedelamancha · 14/09/2021 16:34

I found Cordova's position interesting. She supported 'reform' of the GRA but also women's rights to single sex spaces:

mobile.twitter.com/MarshadeCordova/status/1311993483973062661

She was certainly less madly TWAW than some in her party.

AnotherLass · 14/09/2021 16:28

Times article on the thing she refused to attend. It looks like she had peaked.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/labours-equality-secretary-marsha-de-cordova-snubs-trans-event-6jkfztz76

ArabellaScott · 14/09/2021 16:27

That is a real shame.