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Baroness Falkner: Labour Party has abandoned women and feminism

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Signalbox · 05/12/2025 21:45

“… She has unfinished business, however. Three months ago she submitted, with the support of the board, what she views as her legacy — statutory guidance on how public bodies, businesses and employers should interpret a seismic ruling by the Supreme Court. The ruling, on April 16, clarified that under the Equality Act 2010 the terms “women” and “sex” referred to “biological” sex, not acquired gender.

Since then, however, the guidance has gone nowhere. It is now somewhere in the bowels of the Department for Education, and there is no indication of when it will be published. The EHRC, Falkner says, has been told by the government that it is “all very complex and we need to take our time over it”.

She doesn’t buy it. “We’ve had external counsel, internal counsel, everybody’s looked at it. I mean, I’m so certain of the lawfulness of our code that I don’t think I’ve ever been so certain about anything before,” she says. “The other explanation simply is that they’re terrified of their MPs who would wish for trans self-identification or trans inclusion to prevail across all areas of society, including Section 3 of the Equality Act, and would wish for the exemptions not to exist.” …

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/baroness-falkner-labour-was-the-party-of-feminism-not-any-more-fzgjxswgn

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Baroness Falkner: Labour was the party of feminism — not any more

The former EHRC chairwoman reflects on her work trying to draw the line between women’s rights and trans rights

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/baroness-falkner-labour-was-the-party-of-feminism-not-any-more-fzgjxswgn

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 06/12/2025 02:41

Zoe Williams is and always has been an idiot, even before she became so invested in this issue.

TheAutumnCrow · 06/12/2025 02:20

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 06/12/2025 00:13

A cancer that only women can have, at that.

Yes, it’s a gruelling disease and treatment, like many female cancers, involving removal of ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix, uterus. Recovery is very far from a walk in the park. I’m amazed she didn’t crumble.

Funnily enough, and contra some of the bonkers trans ideology, when I had mine removed I felt much more acutely female, not less.

Mollyollydolly · 06/12/2025 02:00

What a fantastic woman and I'm so glad she's well again - my friend died from advanced ovarian cancer when it was missed by the Doctors. She is very lucky to have made a full recovery. And again, what a fantastic woman fighting the good fight.

IwantToRetire · 06/12/2025 00:46

On Sky papers or whatever it is called Zoe Williams is going on and on about the EHRC, Baroness Falkner have "over reached" themselves. ZW says just because the court has ruled sex is biological doesn't mean it is "mandated" it just means organisations can now "choose" to have biological women only.

No surprise as ZW writes for the Guardian.

And male commentator, presumably from the "right" to "balance" ZW could hardly get a word in.

ZW pursed her leaps when he quote Falkner saying Labour has let women down.

So cross that this woman is allowed to sit on tv and spume out her contempt.

Baroness Falkner rules, OK.

selffellatingouroborosofhate · 06/12/2025 00:13

IwantToRetire · 05/12/2025 21:58

Thanks for posting this. So many well argued points in it.

But what I want to say is I am so sorry that during all the time Baroness Falkner was standing up women, and being slurred at her own work place, she was also having to fight cancer.

Just the most fantastic dedication, and self effacing public persona.

Lets hope now she is free of the Government's duplicity, and free of cancer (Flowers) that she can be her true self in public.

Thank you Baroness!

A cancer that only women can have, at that.

Toseland · 05/12/2025 23:48

"...they’re terrified..."
So instead of doing their jobs - they are leaving the fight to women and girls.

Ariana12 · 05/12/2025 23:43

Thanks so much for posting. She's done so much. One of the good ones.

RogueFemale · 05/12/2025 23:41

Imnobody4 · 05/12/2025 22:29

“I was mentored by a former, very senior, Labour woman, Shirley Williams. I was aware of women like Harriet Harman, Margaret Jay and Hilary Armstrong, Labour women who were committed to feminism in a manner which carefully asserted equality, true women’s equality. And I think they’ve lost it. This particular generation of Labour MPs have lost it.”

She really nails it, Labour are betraying women.
She is an inspiration, tenacious in doing what's right instead of what's easy. Such courage and dignity.

Falkner is absolutely right, this generation has totally lost it. They're either woke or too afraid to say anything.

IwantToRetire · 05/12/2025 23:39

And I should have added being publicly insulted by the WEC.

Star Star Star Star Star Star Star Star Star Star Star Star Star Star Star Star Star

Imbrocator · 05/12/2025 23:27

Such an impressive woman. So glad she set the example she did to others and stuck solidly to her convictions in the face of what must have felt like overwhelming barriers.

TheywontletmehavethenameIwant · 05/12/2025 22:29

She's going out swing, good for her, especially considering everything else she has to deal with. My thanks to this women for all she's done, it's a debt that cannot be repaid. 💐😍🥇

Imnobody4 · 05/12/2025 22:29

“I was mentored by a former, very senior, Labour woman, Shirley Williams. I was aware of women like Harriet Harman, Margaret Jay and Hilary Armstrong, Labour women who were committed to feminism in a manner which carefully asserted equality, true women’s equality. And I think they’ve lost it. This particular generation of Labour MPs have lost it.”

She really nails it, Labour are betraying women.
She is an inspiration, tenacious in doing what's right instead of what's easy. Such courage and dignity.

FigRollsAlly · 05/12/2025 22:05

What a brave woman, going through gruelling treatment and so much else but never giving up.

IwantToRetire · 05/12/2025 21:58

Thanks for posting this. So many well argued points in it.

But what I want to say is I am so sorry that during all the time Baroness Falkner was standing up women, and being slurred at her own work place, she was also having to fight cancer.

Just the most fantastic dedication, and self effacing public persona.

Lets hope now she is free of the Government's duplicity, and free of cancer (Flowers) that she can be her true self in public.

Thank you Baroness!