Mordaunt out, Sunak in: a good result (I hope)

But probably not share of seats thanks to FPTP.

There are plenty of parties to vote for. It's not a case of Conservative and Labour. Far right parties will increase their share of the vote in the next GE.

after which the Conservative party will be gone. Probably forever.

This is deluded. The conservatives have probably been in power too long, but I see no reason they're just going to disappear off the map forever. They've been a main party in this country for centuries. Like it or not, many people won't ever vote Labour.

There is nothing for anyone to spend. It's really bad and everyone is going to feel it in the next 2 years.

So you are thinking the CP will spend more and Labour would go for an austerity approach?

That seems to be the opposite of what most people are warning of, they seem to think Sunak is going to try and balance the books and Labour would somehow soften the blow.

Balance the books? The Tories have pretty near bankrupted the UK. They are having to scramble quickly to avoid it. Life in the UK is going to get harder over the next two years, after which the Conservative party will be gone. Probably forever.

They destroyed our economy and they destroyed our rights.

Yes curious as to how Labour would be any better and I'm saying this as a paid up Labour voter. What do we think Labour would magically do to fix the economy?

@Alltheprettyseahorses well said
Anyone thinks there is a magic wand and another party would be able to fix all is on another planet
If I was Kier Starmer I would be quite happy waiting a couple years then taking over when books are balanced a little more and there is maybe more to give back
Also a snap GE would not be good for us as a country we have a low pound as it is
A planned GE even a earlier one would be much better
He handled furlough well but tough choices ahead for all of us no doubt

We do have to balance the books though , we cannot keep on as we are
If anyone else got in where would the money come from ? Its always the taxpayers
He did sort furlough etc
I for one am giving him the benefit of the doubt for now and whoever is in , whatever the party the global situation we are in and recovery from covid is going to be a tough few years

The screenshot from stilltish on twitter is a recent discussion in parliament on men's mental health. If you google her name & gender identity you find it. They included trans men in the discussion, but that was the way the questions & remit of the discussion was set up. There definitely wasn't anything alarming from keegan. She just reports what's going on the GI services.

Whichever tory politicians were actually behind commissioning the cass review have done a really good thing. So many sensible developments spring from that point.

Cohen is not happy about David TC Davies being in the cabinet either.

That was brilliant, wasn't it? Not only did the meeting go ahead, but it went ahead inside the 'mother of all parliaments', under the protection of the parliamentarian David TC Davies.

Davies said he didn't like seeing women being prevented from speaking freely, and he wanted to hear what they had to say.

Glad someone else spotted this. Not just "one of the first" but THE first, if memory serves me correctly. Back in 2017, he was taking an interest in this when no other MP was speaking out. In fact, when Venice Allan had her meeting at Millwall FC cancelled after threats by TRAs, he stepped up and allowed her to hold her meeting in the House of Commons.

Women who have met with Gillian Keegan more recently say she gets the concerns, so hopefully she isn't as much as a patsy for the trans lobby as Benjamin Cohen thinks.

Keegan has close ties with Justine Greening. She credits her as her as a mentor.

That's interesting. It's very general but Cass isn't finished and it's a distance from the TWAW line

@Imnobody4 very interesting Twitter Link.

In the last paragraph she says they are looking forward to receiving the full Cass Report for “information and recommendations on what we should do”.

The other thing I would point out, again, is that Labour would not be dealing with a substantially different financial landscape.

I think people would find a Labour budget would look a lot more like a Conservative budget than they imagine.

How evil are Labour wanting to replace women? You hear Starmer going on that he doesn’t even know what a woman is. If Labour get it the left will want to cut off the basic human rights women have campaigned for for a century. They are perfectly evil and want to destroy our way of life. If you don’t believe that you have your head in the wrong p,ace.

Seems Keegan may be more open minded than I feared

twitter.com/STILLTish/status/1584984673394253826?t=KTHQYB0ICTjMV4odPt2tlQ&s=19

This is from gillian keegan Web site, on the GRA. Presumably in 2020.

"I recognise that more must be done to help transgender people with the unique and difficult challenges that they face. Trans women are women and trans people deserve equal and fair access to healthcare, safe spaces, and opportunities, as well as to live their life with dignity.

I know that colleagues in the Government Equalities Office have been doing a lot of work on this recently to form their response to the consultation. Understandably, the Coronavirus outbreak has complicated things somewhat, but I have received reassurances from the department that they plan to publish their response in the summer. I do not wish to pre-empt the consultation response but will take the time to study the detail of it in due course.

I look forward to continuing my engagement with Chichester LGBT and to attending Chichester Pride when it’s possible after the inaugural event was postponed due to Coronavirus."

I wonder what happened after she had studied the detail of the consultation. I wonder if she ever mentioned again?

In that first paragraph, the only thing I disagree with is 'twaw' which is as much a political slogan as anything. I could say the rest if it and mean it. But it depends on what she actually means by access to safe spaces.

Its not a good sign for education minister. Even at that late stage she was still blathering twaw. But actually it's a mistake that the lgbt campaigners have made to emphasise the importance of parroting specific slogans instead of saying meaningful things. It covers up the fact that she isn't actually saying anything.

Quite clear education is getting a shit deal from this reshuffle. But it also means the secretary will have to tow the party line to get pretty much anything for her department...

Pleased to see David TC Davies has been given the role of Welsh Secretary. He was one of the first Conservative MPs to take women's safeguarding concerns seriously during a Mumsnet online chat back in the early days.
Great news about Badenoch and Braverman.....just the Education Secretary who may be a concern on gender issues, which would be a shame given how much still needs to be rolled back in Education.

Yes, that source. Two years ago so hopefully something has shifted

Prisons are justice. There is a dedicated junior minister for prisons in the justice department.

I don't know who that will be by the end of the day though.