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They’re calling for Rachel Reeves to lose the whip

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achillestoes · 17/07/2022 16:58

Reeves gave an interview to the Times, and was very clear that men and women are biological entities, that women need single-sex spaces, that various sports are taking more sensible decisions about participation, and that she doesn’t think people need to declare their pronouns because their sex is ‘obvious’. She also thinks we should respect the decision to transition.

This is a very brave thing for her to do in the context of Labour Party politics.

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achillestoes · 17/07/2022 17:34

This has to be how it goes. The reality of biological sex can’t end up as a divisive position or we’ll be scrapping over it for decades, and women will have their political positions distorted by who is prepared to defend them on this one issue. We need all mainstream parties to come to the mountain.

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mrshoho · 17/07/2022 17:32

Great news. Hopefully more of this from Labour to follow.

notprincehamlet · 17/07/2022 17:27

RR wrote Women of Westminster

BootsAndRoots · 17/07/2022 17:26

Rachel Reeves has received a lot of Anti-Semitic abuse from within the Labour party, any female Jewish Labour politician who speaks out of these matters always face a torrent of abuse.

dandelionthistle · 17/07/2022 17:25

achillestoes · 17/07/2022 17:12

Marsha has been brave for a long time. Good for her.

Who’s next? Diane Abbott?

Has she? This is good to know - I'd spotted her recent comment on twitter without Pink News pointing it out to me, but I wasn't sure whether it was a consistent thing for her or a first dip of her toes.

Saw plenty recommendations (including from many beardies) for her to educate herself, which made me laugh because for so many of us that's exactly what took us from 'be kind' to 'hang on, this actually should be a feminist priority right now'.

Floisme · 17/07/2022 17:21

Interesting. I don't know enough about Reeves to be able to tell whether she'd only do this with the blessing of the party leadership, or whether she'd go 'off piste'? Either way this is welcome but my vote will be based on what the party manifesto says.

PearlClutch · 17/07/2022 17:19

Stand strong, Rachel.

Faffertea · 17/07/2022 17:17

Meant to add its interesting timing with the focus this has had on the leadership contest for Tories. Are Labour finally seeing it for the abysmal policy it is?

Faffertea · 17/07/2022 17:16

It would be nice to think Labour are finally seeing sense on women’s rights and this looks positive. I don’t believe it’s RR breaking ranks (unless the Tories aren’t going to be the only ones looking for a new leader?) but I will wait for a much more consistent position on it and a clear statement on self ID from Keir Starmer before I can feel comfortable voting for Labour again.

achillestoes · 17/07/2022 17:12

Marsha has been brave for a long time. Good for her.

Who’s next? Diane Abbott?

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zanahoria · 17/07/2022 17:11

Perhaps the worm is turning

Marsha de Cordova upset Pink News last week

www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/07/06/marsha-de-cordova-jk-rowling-maya-forstater-tribunal/

ReneBumsWombats · 17/07/2022 17:04

Go Rachel.

The public response and the Labour Party's response will tell us volumes.

If you want to know who rules you, see whom you are not allowed to criticise.

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