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Wow!! Thank you Jackie Doyle-Price 👏🏽

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RenGreen · 06/01/2022 00:25

Sex matters: government needs to stand up for women

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/22962836-6e46-11ec-a1b8-3009dadbed4f?shareToken=e36e58102046a0da908fa7a3f914f7ca

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Carriemac · 06/01/2022 09:27

I'm
Sending the article to
My MP

ArabellaScott · 06/01/2022 09:11

Excellent.

I feel like sending this to my MP and MSPs.

Datun · 06/01/2022 08:53

Good article. Down to earth, rational, obvious.

I'd like the addressing of the issue to also take into account the terrible persecution of women who have spoken up about maintaining their rights, too.

Its not enough to sanction sex segregation when even talking about it makes women a target.

Helleofabore · 06/01/2022 08:51

Jackie has been brave for a very long time. Just like Rosie Duffield. They hold fast against the abuse they get to uphold women’s rights.

Thank you to them both.

Beowulfa · 06/01/2022 08:34

It's like a grown up has calmly entered the room, turned the TV down, hushed a screaming toddler, pulled a baby away from the Lego it was about to eat and cleaned up some sick.

Needmoresleep · 06/01/2022 08:30

I suspect that it is less about being Tory, but about JD-P being a normal intelligent woman with real life experience and a desire to contribute constructively to society.

She was good pre-Boris when she held a ministerial portfolio that included teenage mental health. (Indeed I wonder what happened to her promised study on ROGD.)

We have some good women, including in the HOL. JD-P, Baroness Nicholson, Baroness Tanni Grey, Baroness Kishwer Falkner, Liz Truss, Kemi Badenoch, Rosie Duffield.

Being GC is not an obvious career move for a politician. I would prefer to see more in all parties whose politics come from a place of honesty and common sense, even if I, with my different background and experience, disagree with them.

I hope JKR can be given what is needed to sit in the HOL.

Lemonyfuckit · 06/01/2022 08:24

Feel exactly as @BlibBlabBlob said, have never voted Tory in my life and never intended to, but this article sums it all up perfectly in a nutshell. Excellent, sensible and clear article. I'm genuinely struggling with who to vote for as I can't vote Labour whilst they continue to throw women and girls under the bus (and it's not like Greens or Lib Dems are any better on this issue).

ohfook · 06/01/2022 08:23

Christ I'm the most left-wing person I know, but this was amazing. It's just so fucking rational - I love it.

SweetGrapes · 06/01/2022 08:17

@Blessex

Another Tory vote all the way here until Labour get their act together. Brilliantly clear. She gets it 100%. Why can’t Labour get it?
Because they don't want to allow women and girls their rights.
GraceMelbury · 06/01/2022 08:17

What an excellent article! Really clear, spelling out all the issues.

ThePrionOne · 06/01/2022 08:16

Very clear, very important. Thank you to Jackie Doyle-Price. A breath of fresh air in the face of the fug that Stonewall Law has created.

WomanStillNotAFeeling · 06/01/2022 08:12

Well said Jackie, and a sea of comments under the article agreeing with her

Bonhex · 06/01/2022 08:11

"want to see an unambiguous statement from government that the Equalities Act protects single sex spaces like hospital wards, prisons, refuges and rape crisis centres as well as women-only sporting competitions."

This bit. Absolutely nails it. Simple and direct.
Brava Jackie Doyle-Price!

Iwishihadariver · 06/01/2022 08:04

Also another good piece from The Times newspaper

KohlaParasaurus · 06/01/2022 08:03

Superb. Clear, concise, utterly factual.

AgathaMystery · 06/01/2022 07:58

Well that was bloody refreshing. I think I’d vote for her.

BiologicalRealist · 06/01/2022 07:47

Brilliant article, clear and truthful.

RaininSummer · 06/01/2022 07:46

Thanks for sharing the link. Great article.

ChubbyNinja · 06/01/2022 07:45

That's amazing.
So clear and covers all major areas. Hurrah

Palladin · 06/01/2022 07:39

Excellent article!

OperationDessertStorm · 06/01/2022 07:29

Very accessible

DontTellThemYourNamePike · 06/01/2022 07:27

Nice one! Who would have thought that telling a simple truth would be such a cause for celebration? What a world we live in.

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RenGreen · 06/01/2022 07:21

You’re welcome

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BlibBlabBlob · 06/01/2022 07:18

This. Is. SUPERB.

Sending applause and also strength for the Twitter onslaught that will presumably fall upon Jackie for this statement.

From someone who has never voted Tory in their life and never ever planned to either. But I am genuinely wavering now as I can't give my vote to a party that throws the sex-based rights of women under the bus.

Totalwasteofpaper · 06/01/2022 07:15

Yes Jackie!!!!!

Eloquent and simply put. An amazing article
Hope this gets significant traction.