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The Lib Dem candidate has just been round, and guess what...

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FetchezLaVache · 14/03/2023 17:03

He couldn't say what a woman is.

He is a biochemist by training and doesn't believe it's as simple as XX or XY.

He believes that some people are born into the wrong bodies.

He personally doesn't mind who is in the next cubicle, but does accept that some women might not feel equally comfortable.

He believes that the issue with men using female changing rooms is not that men might try to spy on women getting changed, because some women do that too and it's a crime that should be punished regardless of the sex of the person committing it - he clearly thought that was an absolutely unanswerable point, despite conceding he's not aware of any cases of biological women being caught spying on other changing room users.

He's not bothered that I won't be voting him because of his and his ridiculous party's views.

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MintJulia · 14/03/2023 17:54

Well, that's the LDs off my list. 🙄 What a bunch of idiots.

The Tories are going to win again, aren't they.

ScrollingLeaves · 14/03/2023 17:54

OP, that person’s response to your questions takes some beating in its level of sheer stupidity.

DiscoBoots · 14/03/2023 17:51

I got doorstopped by a local Green candidate yesterday.

We discussed local issues then she asked if she might get my vote. I replied that I couldn't vote for the Green party due to their stance on trans issues and the loss of women's rights

She took a deep breath and replied that she wouldn't be whipped to vote a specific way on issues (implied that was Green policy) and told me that she personally was very concerned about these issues and the implications for women, and she wouldn't feel comfortable using the loo with a man next door and certainly didn't want to see any males in women's prisons.

All very sensible and common sense.

I asked her to pass on that this was a huge issue for me and many people I knew and she gave me a clear indication I was not the only person to mention this

Florissant · 14/03/2023 17:43

I asked my Labour MP about transideology and they just spouted the standard Labour line. They're not getting my vote, that's for sure.

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FetchezLaVache · 14/03/2023 17:32

@viques snap! It's a new LD candidate in a Tory stronghold, so obviously a bit of a keen bean. It's the first time I have been doorstopped and I was so excited. I had actually ignored the knock, then when I saw the LD pamphlet on the mat I positively sprinted to the door! I consider myself very lucky too.

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viques · 14/03/2023 17:24

Oh you are so lucky. I live in a super safe seat, so councillors, and MP candidates, just don’t bother to do door to door. You might once in a blue moon hear someone speaking indistinctly through a loudspeaker as they drive away , but that is it. We quite often don’t even get election pamphlets. I am dying to be doorstopped.

Musomama1 · 14/03/2023 17:22

OP my doorstepping libdem wannabe counsellor knew what a woman was. Although called TW former men.🤔🤔🤔

MrsMitford3 · 14/03/2023 17:20

Interesting.

Conservative candidate at my door.

I asked if they thought biological males could say they were female and compete in women's sports and she said "absolutely not" and her daughter was an athlete and she could see the damage being caused.

I wish I'd have asked her to define a woman... next time!

tedgran · 14/03/2023 17:16

I had this last year, canvasser said he couldn't answer my question. I live in a constituency with a libdem council and my. Spoilt my ballot paper, one of 20 in the borough!

HagoftheNorth · 14/03/2023 17:13

With any luck, you weren’t the only person expressing those views to him today OP!