Women's and Equalities Select Committee

The prejudice being pointed out is yours - your assumption that someone with particular background would have particular views, and would hence be a good or bad hire. You're the one viewing them as EDI hires.

Unlike you, we're assuming nothing based on them being women or lesbian - we know who they are and what their views actually are. We and they have been around this a long time.

Why do you assume women, even lesbian women, being appointed are EDI hires? Seems a bit prejudiced

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Labour has always been misogynist. This proves they are lying in their teeth about equality and implementing the SC judgement, not to mention having a proper enquiry into grooming gangs.

Then they will be handing the next election to Reform on a plate as Farage strategically weaponises this issue just as Trump and the Republicans did in the US. The whole TWAW and medically/surgically damaging young people does not go down well with the electorate at large. Throw in immigration and it’s a slam dunk for reform god help us. I didn’t vote Labour but am so so disappointed by their inanity and poor policy decisions. Budget will be grim.

you could ask them why their definition of women includes Men with lady feelings and their definition of lesbian includes men with lady feelings who want to fuck women

then it will be clear

As it is a Committee Is there any point in writing to The Speaker?

Oh, EDI hires then, that always works so well.

They should just be honest and call it the Stonewall Committee. That's what it's been for years. Other equality issues rarely even get a look in.

Why?

The Plaid Cymru one is as well, I remember her from the interview with Baroness Falkner, beclowning herself and claiming to speak for Wales, thereby embarrassing us all in Wales.🤬

But two of those elected are women (of which one is a lesbian, and one bisexual). Why wouldn't they be pro women and pro lesbian?

It was uncontested.
Buggins turn.
Nobody chose.
Three vacancies, three volunteers.

Its sad that no sound back benchers were willing to join the committee and speak up for sanity

Yeah, I know! One other Tory on the committee, Rebecca Paul. I don't know if there are any sane ones amongst the Labour MPs, and the LibDem woman is awful.

And the only reason that Rosie is on the committee is because the Tories gave up a seat to her as they felt that she would do a better job than any Tory MP.

At this point Labour just seem to be gaslighting women on a daily basis.
They sure as shit don't want to be in power after the next election. They're basically handing it to the Right on a silver platter.

I bet, I've been there, not at a government level obviously, but the lone voice in a group, it's very frustrating. I only hope she's taking lots and lots of notes, so she can write a blistering exposé on the moronic meatheads we've voted into power.

I'd buy a copy of that book. 👍

Maybe! Either way, Rosie Duffield will be feeling a bit lonely on that committee.

They won't be able to change the Equality Act without full public scrutiny and debate though. Too many people will make a fuss.

I doubt even Zack Polanski would want to open that can of worms, despite all the sound bites.

Perhaps all the other Labour MP's voting them onto the committee because they want to put all their loonies in one basket, which they will now proceed to ignore.

You never know, it could happen 😂.

No, no! Your post was fine. I somehow couldn't follow the info as posted by the EHRC.

I thought there would be a by date list to show who resigned, who took their place!

I will have to google them all later.

But feel is they were picked to join, they are "on message" for the dominant Labour group.

And what were their positions on women's sex based protections?

I suspect that the Left are simply trying to assert control over any levers they still have available; hence the election of Lucy Powell to deputy leader.

I'm a former labour voter, never again, I'd rather waste my vote by spoiling my ballot, than have my vote abused by the arseholes in the political class. 🤬