Are you voting in the next general election purely on the transgender issue?

The Party of Women will be standing in at least some of the wards in the local elections. I may not have to spoil my ballot.

I agree the Tories are a shitshow and a disaster but they did commission the Cass report, have now ensured single sex wards in NHS hospitals, barred idiotic terms such as “chestfeeding”, not introduced gender self id, ensured biological men stay out of women’s prisons and much more. Surely it’s inarguable that the situation under Labour, Lib Dem’s or god help us the Greens would have been significantly worse?

Just look at what a better position we are in relative to the US, Australia and New Zealand as far as gender issues are concerned.

It won’t be the single issue that will make my decision but it will be a big part of how I make my mind up.

For me, I'm wondering if it might now end up being about the individual candidates rather than the parties they are affiliated to. Although there's no way I'll vote Lib Dem or Greens.

I'm wondering if, when the general election candidates are announced and I write to them with my list of questions about women's rights (amongst other things), whether I should add one at the end saying something like:
'If your party, regardless of what placatory official words have been said during election campaigning, decides not to fulfil their election promises but revert to doing nothing about, or even supporting, harmful ideologies which hurt women and children, would you be willing to stand up against them in parliament and vote against the party line if necessary?'

Not the exact words yet, but the gist. I need to think about this some more.

We need people in place in all parties who have common sense in abundance, honesty and the guts to see things through, including challenging their own parties rather than protecting their own jobs. We need an effective opposition as well as government. There's so much to put right and the current pool of 'talent' (ha) seems sadly lacking.

This is totally hilarious thing about thread like this, people forget how long the Tories have been in power, and this all happened under them.

But just because they seem to have miraculously realised what a woman is, at the 11th hour before a general election, everybody goes "oh vote for them!"

Hilarious.

They have at least been putting the brakes on a lot of the nonsense. For example stopped Scotland self ID it a pause on the so called ‘banning conversion therapy for LGBT’ Trojan-horse bill, asked if EA needed clarification, allowed it to be said that TW are not the same as women, commissioned the Cass Report.

The GRA lie law was Labour. The badly worded Equality Act was Labour. The intention to make GRC easier to get is Labour. The closing down of discussion with the Labour Women’s Declaration is Labour, only slightly eased since the Cass report.

The Communist Party is ok on this issue think.

Really don't agree with this. Smacks of privilege.

Yes. Well, the women’s rights issue

This.
For god's sake vote them out!

The Tory party have had years to sort this out and it's only got worse under their watch. They could have stopped this at any point, but they chose to indulge these men and give away women's rights.

Yes.

Labour can't win in my constituency so it's a two horse race between the Tories and the Lib Dems.

I'm currently weighing up whether I can afford to spoil my ballot or whether I have to hold my nose and vote Tory for the first time ever to keep the Lib Dem nutter out.

No, I'm voting Labour for other issues such as the economy, the NHS, local services....

Yes - I think this is a fundamental issue that threatens society and has caused huge damage to impressionable young people and vulnerable adults. I will be voting Conservative for this first time due to this issue.

No.

Yes. I care about many, many issues but reality matters

I will not vote for any candidate of any party who lies that TWAW.

My constituency is likely to be Lib Dem again but they have disgusted me with their attitude towards women’s rights.

Spoiled my postal ballot by writing next to the Labour candidate "Respect and support women's rights". It's a solid Labour area but I'm hoping someone might glance at the spoiled papers.

Because Im not, I am a lone parent of a sen child. But I believe in good economics and currently with the gender issues at play, its tipping me in the balance of the Tories as it too is v close to my heart.

Its just the Twat Olympics

I might write this on my ballot paper, in the (likely) absence of a decent, sensible independent candidate.

As others have said, it's not the "transgender issue". It's a women and girls' rights issue and a reality issue.. Also a looming medical scandal that's going to cost the taxpayer £££££s. I accept there will be guff and bluster from politicians, but I don't expect to be outright lied to, patronised and taken for a fucking idiot.

Did I just read that correctly? You think the party that has brought the country to its knees over the last 15 years will get it back on track?

Why don't you just be honest and say you are a Tory.

Quite possibly. Look at the thread ‘Sir Kier Starmer on GMB news’
His answers are too obfuscating and stupid to make him a person to vote for as PM.

It is not just about ‘trans’ it is the lying in institutions, the destruction of children's lives, it is the non-speak which means he won’t answer.

This does not necessarily mean voting Conservative for me though and I am not quite sure what to do. I feel angry with them for lots of things too.

Vote for this bunch of shysters and conmen who have trashed our country? Are you OK?

I’m the mother of a disabled adult. I’m scared that the Tories will make disabled people’s lives even harder. I will vote labour but I’ll hold my nose whilst doing so.

No. The Tories have had ages to put this right and they have not. I will not chase after their dangling carrot while they fuck over other disadvantaged groups.

Who do you suggest I vote for from a bad bunch?

Yes