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Time to dust off your Labour Party membership and support LWD

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Forwarder · 05/05/2023 09:35

The only mainstream party that currently acknowledges biological reality took a bit of a pounding yesterday (results so far). Spoiled ballot papers ain't going to cut it. From these results we might get a Labour Libdem coalition next time, if not outright Labour majority.

Either way, that means full steam ahead for Self ID.

If you are still a member of the Labour Party, Labour Women's Declaration is trying to get GC candidates on the National Women's Committee and push back at the MRAs who run the party. The nominations go in this month and next. LWD running an advice session soon.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65475817

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Local election 2023: Prof Sir John Curtice on the results so far

Is Labour on course, as polls suggest, for a potential general election victory next year?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65475817

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Forwarder · 05/05/2023 10:21

What does Posie Parker have in her manifesto? I admire her but trying to set up a party from scratch takes many many years. Better to take the manifesto to existing parties.

The MRAs have worked from the inside, not just in political parties. Women need to do the same and challenge them on their own insitutional turf. It won't happen immediately either as they have a 20 year head start.

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Forwarder · 05/05/2023 10:15

Womans Hour report on sexism in Plaid Cymru right now. Except the presenter is calling it 'gender based discrimination'.

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SunnyEgg · 05/05/2023 09:57

Depressing

Bitteraftertaste · 05/05/2023 09:50

I have talked to various friends about this issue. It seems women are bothered and none of the men are that bothered. One male friend accused me of being as bad as a racist because it was marginalising an entire group.

My closest friendship is with a woman and we met in the trade union movement. We were talking about this just yesterday. Left wing men have always been overall deeply misogynistic in our experience.

Needmoresleep · 05/05/2023 09:43

Absolutely. All parties need more sensible women to get involved. Voters need a proper choice.

ArabeIIaScott · 05/05/2023 09:42

Christ.