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

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TeacherAnonymous123 · 30/04/2024 12:54

Just as the title says really! Is that your only thought about who you'll vote for, or will you look at wider policies? Been getting lots of information through my letter box recently, and none mention it.

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Teddleshon · 30/04/2024 13:45

Yes

IsadoraQuagmire · 30/04/2024 13:43

Yes.

Tukmgru · 30/04/2024 13:43

Constantly baffled that people who claim to be single issue voters on this are saying they’ll vote Tory. It’s idiotic. They’ve been in charge for 14 years. They’re responsible for everything that has happened on this issue that you hate. Just because they’re spinning with the wind againer it now - again after FOURTEEN YEARS - doesn’t mean anything, and you’re a fool if you think it does.

Theeyeballsinthesky · 30/04/2024 13:42

For the first time im too fucked off with the lot of them to vote at all

EasternStandard · 30/04/2024 13:42

AmaryllisNightAndDay · 30/04/2024 13:29

Purely? No. Heavily? Yes.

Same

Thinkbiglittleone · 30/04/2024 13:41

No, the conservatives have had long enough to sort this out and chose not to. They have so many other things I see as so damaging to this country and I still don't think they will make women a priority.

IBelieveInFerries · 30/04/2024 13:40

No. This all happened under a Conservative government. They don't give a shit about women or childen.

The area I live in has been a safe Conservative seat since.. ever. I will probably hold my nose and vote lib dem.

ukku · 30/04/2024 13:38

Yes I am. Conservatives have Kemi Badenoch and Miriam Coates and Victoria Atkins.

It's a single issue that I am passionate about.

sosickofbeingskint · 30/04/2024 13:38

Lostmum1906 · 30/04/2024 13:25

Yes, I feel the Tories will get the economy back on track and the trans issue is a big deal to me.

The Tories will get the economy back on track?!! WTF?

Please don't tell me you're still falling for the PR about Tories being a safe pair of hands. That's all it is, PR!

Who has been in power for well over a decade now?

They are responsible for the dire state of the economy!

If the economy is your issue, you'd be mad to vote for these clowns.

JKRJHBKJK · 30/04/2024 13:37

Yes, because safety for women and girls is my main issue.

Also I don't believe for one moment that Labour will do anything to improve the NHS or education, and will only make things worse.

I am aware Labour will win the GE, but at least I'll know I didn't vote women's rights away.

TooBigForMyBoots · 30/04/2024 13:34

No.

The county's problems are too great and the only 2 consistent TWANW parties here, are not good on women's rights.

AIstolemylunch · 30/04/2024 13:31

I am

Jux · 30/04/2024 13:31

I think I'll be spoiling my paper as I did last time, unless the top of the Labour Party actually declare that bio sex is more important than lovely feelz.

Tories have just now said that women's wards in hosp should no longer admit TW, that in the NHS bio sex is more important, so that also intimate care should be provided by same bio sex. However, it's unclear what happens if there's not a single room available for a TW - would they go tomale wards or female wards? We shall no doubt find out.

It's not enough to make me vote Tory (heaven forfend!) but there's no one else - they're all much of a muchness otherwise imo.

Kaaardiffgalnow · 30/04/2024 13:30

Yes.

I'm in Wales. 24 years of Labour government here and health, education and all public services are appalling. That track record on top of Labour (and Plaid's) attitude towards the female sex means I won't be voting for them. Whether I can bring myself to vote Tory or spoil my paper is another question.

AmaryllisNightAndDay · 30/04/2024 13:29

Purely? No. Heavily? Yes.

TheValueOfEverything · 30/04/2024 13:29

SnapdragonToadflax · 30/04/2024 13:21

No. The Tories fuck over women in a plethora of ways, the trans issue is a drop in the ocean.

Also I strongly suspect most senior Labour MPs are secretly supportive of GC beliefs but want to win an election. Which is fair enough, as they can't do anything in opposition.

Too true.

This election is part of the journey, not the destination. Need to be strategic - which party can best govern the country 2025-2030 (hopefully at least ten years to 2035 as you can’t change everything in 5 years) in which case they need a strong majority for the first 5 years or they won’t be able to do anything.

Then to keep a calm head around the political weaponisation of certain issues.

And not voting is still voting - it’s voting for the status quo.

Purplecatshopaholic · 30/04/2024 13:29

Dear god no! Can’t understand how anyone could given the challenges around the NHS, education, the economy etc…

VeryQuaintIrene · 30/04/2024 13:28

Absolutely not.

Summerhillsquare · 30/04/2024 13:26

Absolutely not. I'd vote for anyone who'd get the Tories out.

ItsFunToBeAVampire · 30/04/2024 13:26

I probably won't vote at all.
I will not vote for the genderwoo believers but don't think I can bring myself to vote Tory. We'll see closer to the time.

twistyizzy · 30/04/2024 13:25

No but it is 1 of a few reasons. Starmer is attacking private schools while he and his wife benefitted from a private education and he sees no problem with his DC benefitting from private facilities but wants to pull the drawbridge up after him. The pure hypocrisy is astounding all dressed up as social equality.
I am politically homeless.

RedToothBrush · 30/04/2024 13:25

No.
Its just the Twat Olympics. They all excel in their chosen field. Its very competitive for who is the biggest lying knobend.

My problem is the lack of candidates standing in my area.

Lostmum1906 · 30/04/2024 13:25

Yes, I feel the Tories will get the economy back on track and the trans issue is a big deal to me.

EasternStandard · 30/04/2024 13:23

I’m more concerned with women’s sex based rights than any positioning on ‘trans issues’

I’m not voting just on this, but Labour won’t get my vote

sosickofbeingskint · 30/04/2024 13:23

No. This government has to go. I'm voting strategically to get them out (I'm in a marginal constituency) and I'm hoping for Labour overall.

For women's rights generally - and for human rights for us all - Labour is a much better bet than the Tories, even if they're far from perfect.

Post-Cass review, we're in a different landscape. We're seeing the fruits of all the work women have done on this. The courts are ruling in our favour time and again. No Debate is firmly over. It will take a long time to unpick all the damage, but I think the adults are entering the room now. We're not going to have self ID forced on us.