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Caroline Nokes supports the WI's decision to admit transwomen.

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FOJN · 18/04/2023 15:26

And that's not even the best part, the Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee thinks it's a depressing state of affairs to regard biological males as dangerous! It's almost as if the MoJ crime figures are really hard to access. Safeguarding is obviously discriminatory and oppressive.

Notice how she talk about trans rights and women's rights and then refers to trans rights campaigners and anti trans campaigners. She talks about the toxicity of the debate and how some protests have become violent but conveniently doesn't mention who perpetrates the violence.

She appears to think the trans community is the most marginalised and abused but seems ignorant of the abuse and violence women face.

She proves, yet again, that stupidity is not a barrier to a career in politics.

https://twitter.com/TimesRadio/status/1648240070602936321?s=20

https://twitter.com/TimesRadio/status/1648240070602936321?s=20

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Chersfrozenface · 18/04/2023 17:54

The WI has a problem with falling membership numbers and closing branches, with the number of new branches not making up for the losses.

As I recall, the HQ, when asked about members who didn't want transwomen in their branch, said those members could leave.

So that's going to help. Not.

TeenDivided · 18/04/2023 17:51

DorritLittle · 18/04/2023 15:50

She is my MP. I wrote to her once about women’s rights and felt pretty dismissed by her reply.

Yup me too.

Wondering who on earth I'll vote for in the next general election. The Tories with CN as the actual MP, or the Lib Dems. No one else has a chance.

Fluffycloudsblusky · 18/04/2023 17:47

Women should just set up their own groups. Call it Uk Women group or Institute of Women. Something like that.

MargotBamborough · 18/04/2023 17:40

Of course she does, she's a complete idiot.

Toseland · 18/04/2023 17:39

How on earth can she spout such nonsense and seemingly have no understanding of the issues despite her position and responsibilities?! There's something odd going on with her - I don't think she's up to the job.

DerekFaker · 18/04/2023 15:59

Meanwhile I go to "boys night out" as I like beer not knitting.

Sounds like your social circle is rather sexist

WomanXXWorldsOriginsofMothersofAllNations · 18/04/2023 15:58

PollyPeptide · 18/04/2023 15:56

Meanwhile I go to "boys night out" as I like beer not knitting.

I go to girls nights out. I don't know anyone who knits.

And I’m pretty partial to beer - didn't realise it was a ‘boy’ thing.

🤦‍♀️

bigbabycooker · 18/04/2023 15:56

Does she have a personal vested interest, or is she just a bit silly?

PollyPeptide · 18/04/2023 15:56

Meanwhile I go to "boys night out" as I like beer not knitting.

I go to girls nights out. I don't know anyone who knits.

DorritLittle · 18/04/2023 15:50

She is my MP. I wrote to her once about women’s rights and felt pretty dismissed by her reply.

gogohmm · 18/04/2023 15:49

I rent a space to the wi, several men attend with their wives or mothers (in the latter case their mothers need a carer) we have male members of the mothers Union too - nobody cares at all. Meanwhile I go to "boys night out" as I like beer not knitting Grin

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FOJN · 18/04/2023 15:49

From her wiki page.....

In May 2021, alongside celebrities and other public figures, Nokes was a signatory to an open letter from Stylist magazine which called on the government to address what it described as an "epidemic of male violence" by funding an "ongoing, high-profile, expert-informed awareness campaign on men’s violence against women and girls".

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FigRollsAlly · 18/04/2023 15:42

Several replies also pointed out the incongruity of someone with her views chairing the Women and Equalities committee. She really is a complete liability.

FigRollsAlly · 18/04/2023 15:40

The replies to that tweet are overwhelmingly critical of her. How she can still talk such rubbish is a complete mystery to me. Yes, it’s depressing that we have to treat men as dangerous but that’s reality, some of them are. She knows very well how some behave as she has talked about being groped herself.

Signalbox · 18/04/2023 15:37

This whole thing is just going to end up extending to all men isn’t it? The whole “we shouldn’t judge a group on a few bad apples” applies to men as a whole so the idea it’ll just stop at those men who say they are women is a nonsense. Men’s rights activism in drag.

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