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Sky News: Starmer will lose the election on day 1 unless he shifts his trans rights position

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SirSamVimesCityWatch · 24/03/2023 10:50

Apologies if there's already a thread. This appeared last night on the Sky News.

It seems that some grown ups people in the Labour party are finally paying attention.

https://news.sky.com/story/keir-starmer-will-lose-election-campaign-on-day-one-over-his-trans-rights-position-labour-strategists-warn-12841099

Keir Starmer will lose election campaign on day one unless he shifts his trans rights position, Labour strategists warn

The Labour leader has recently changed his position after he said Scotland should not have made changes to its transgender laws, but two years ago he said Labour would introduce self-declaration for trans people.

https://news.sky.com/story/keir-starmer-will-lose-election-campaign-on-day-one-over-his-trans-rights-position-labour-strategists-warn-12841099

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Clymene · 24/03/2023 11:36

Too little too late. Unless he gets rid of 90% of the shadow cabinet, I have more fair in my teenagers' telling me they've left the house tidy.

HagoftheNorth · 24/03/2023 11:34

Great quote teawamutu 😁

HagoftheNorth · 24/03/2023 11:32

That’s good - but KS needs to realise he’ll have to do a LOT better than “it’s not our priority” if he’s going to counter that insightful Twitter feed quoting half the parliamentary labour party’s views on what a woman is.

Maybe he should try ensuring LWD can have a stand at conference? Letting LRM and friends know publicly that their bullying behaviour isn’t acceptable? Ensuring MP’s like Rosie Duffield can speak at Labour events without fear for their personal safety? Really, this doesn’t represent a very high bar, but is still too difficult atm, apparently

WarriorN · 24/03/2023 11:22

Cheers for testing the waters and being hit by a tsunami Nichola!

WarriorN · 24/03/2023 11:21

I'm close to being grateful for sturgeon and the snp idiocy.

teawamutu · 24/03/2023 11:04

This is brilliant. I don't know who in Labour is briefing behind the scenes, but they're playing a blinder. Starmer is going to have to make a choice between appearing heartless (to the blue-haired Momentumites) or mindless (to the electorate).

"The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby

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