Hannah Kitching - Lib Dem Councillor

It's weird cos I never knew that about her. I always assume people desperately trying to sell things to their friends don't have an actual career. You make a very good point about evidence-based medicine! I'm fortunately not in the area anymore but if I was I'd vote for literally anyone else.

Calling people out politely and publicly on this is the only way of letting them know our opinions

She'll be a great mayor. Signing off things which aren't compatible with the Equality Act and then having a meltdown over questions being raised about them. Think of the legal liabilities she would incur.

I can only presume she's been put up to stand without much chance of winning. LDs do that a lot and have form for some unsavoury candidates. Their new social media contract was supposed to stop that, but quite honestly I think they don't care.

It's bloody appalling though.

She sounds like a liability if she were to become mayor. It’s a very public facing role and I’d be wary of her inability to discuss anything without coming across as rude and dismissive.

Trained as a physio, I believe, but clearly didn't grasp the importance of evidence-based medicine. Odd, isn't it. Why didn't her patients just identify as fit and healthy and young and save all that tiresome business of physical therapy, exercises, massage and so on to try to fix or ameliorate their underlying issues?

Yes, similar sort of response guaranteed from my local LDs. And to think I supported them -was even a member - for decades. Totally captured.

If anyone is in the West Midlands and thinking about who to vote for in the Police and Crime Commissioner election on Thursday, a few weeks ago I was visited by Simon Foster who is the current Labour PCC. I asked him about single sex spaces such as prisons and DV refuges. He said he has 3 daughters and is very much in favour of keeping these. We also spoke about advocates for victims of stalking (it had been on the BBC breakfast news) and he said he'd been responsible for appointing some (I forget the number) in the WM. It was pre Cass report so I didn't ask about that. As a caveat, I haven't spoken to any other candidates so don't know their views.

Fuck me I know this woman! I had no idea she'd gone into politics - she used to sell shit soap in one of those MLM pyramid schemes! Always very into being 'different' so this doesn't surprise me. Not someone an intelligent person would vote for.

Nominative determinism strikes again.

I hear it as “penis-t one” so more like penis-ed one

Aaaand this is why I left the LDs and refuse to have a poster up for them.

How incredibly unprofessional, incompetent and rude. I look forward to the penny dropping for utter tools like this. I have no pity for her she is obviously unfit for office.

My DS is 18 so give him time

"Don't use that penis tone with me, madam."
Seriously though, her response is vintage pre-enlightenment, circa 2020 I'd say? It's almost as though it's a cut and paste response from the 'no debate' era, how out of touch is she? So many others have started to back track now, she will when she starts seeing all the legal fall out from the Cass report and everyone starts coming forward with their stories of being rushed through treatment.

I contacted various london candidates on twitter asking their views.

Radio silence.

Still not voted as I'm now unsure what to do (postal vote).

Code of conduct for councillors is interesting.

https://penistonetowncouncil.gov.uk/policies-documentation-etc/

You DS needs to grow a backbone.

I know other LDs like this.

The Cass Review says that this is a child safeguarding issue. Any one within the LDs who won't stand up at this point is a) enabling this b) doesn't think child safeguarding is a good enough hill to die on.

What else will they fail to find a backbone on if this is their standard?

Hannah Kitching is also standing for Mayor for South Yorkshire in the elections this week.

(added - I think it's a shot in the dark as te current Lab mayor seems popular and seems to be doing a good job, as far as one can tell).

Regardless of her politics, I would not want to give someone that rude my vote. Has anyone circulated this on the local social media yet?

Wowser what a vote winner 😁😆

Absolutely. It's a great litmus test.

Exactly my reaction.

She was actually my preferred candidate for the Mayoral elections this week. Back to drawing board...

That is absolutely disgusting. Parroting unthinking cant in such an unintelligent manner and then being completely undemocratic. What an idiot. And post-Cass too. She is going to look like a right tosser (if anyone actually still cares about her bleatings) when someone posts her deleted tweets in a couple of years. Why could not engage with the (completely reasonable) enquiry from someone she actually purports to represent? So completely unacceptable.