#womanwednesday is a thing now

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At least in Basingstoke.

In standing as Women’s Officer at his CLP David is showing just how easily abused self ID can be when parties or organisations don’t have any gatekeeping.

Spectator Link

I am confused.

How can Labour accept him as a candidate and then suspend him for the same thing ?

The transphobic bigot should be banned.

What would the original women's officer do with their time then?

I am sorry to hear that David was suspended. It just shows the hypocrisy of the Labour Party and its hatred of women.

Was David really suspended over this??? Seriously what mad mad mad world are we living in???
Absolutely loved that article. Well done David!

Love it too, shame people only listen when blokes do it but no surprise there. Also love watching the ridiculousness of the sham that is the current Labour party get its knickers in a twist. Please someone, write a comedy show about this.

^Please someone, write a comedy show about this.&

But it would all seem so far-fetched...

We need Chris Morris, or a worthy successor.

Was David really suspended over this?

Thread here with updates from David. She (as its Wednesday) has confirmed her suspension:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3256772-Guess-how-I-got-suspended-from-the-Labour-Party?pg=2&messages=100

We need Chris Morris, or a worthy successor.

That would be delicious

It’s the ultimate POMO shit, I’m sure he’d shred it :)

This is being discussed on the wright stuff now

Saturday Night Live are having good bash at it:

Brave of miley!

Jeremy Vine is discussing on Radio 2 this lunchtime!

It will be the next subject discussed on Jeremy Vine show.

How did it go on vine

Discussed on these threads:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3256772-Guess-how-I-got-suspended-from-the-Labour-Party

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3257060-Jeremy-Vine-show-today-will-discuss-Labour-policy-on-self-id-and-David-Lewis

Article about David Lewis' suspension and wider issues by James Kirkup:
(extract)
"A proper debate about self-ID would surely consider the possibility of the sort of abuse David Lewis stands accused of. If anyone who says they are a woman must be accepted as a woman, what’s to stop men with bad intent obtaining the legal status of a woman for malign purposes?

The people who accuse David Lewis of bad faith should reflect on the fact that if he had not chosen to speak to a journalist about his actions, the Labour Party would not have had grounds to suspend him. If he was a bad man trying to subvert the rules, he could have simply stayed quiet and remained a candidate for a job that the rules reserve for women. I don’t believe David Lewis is a bad man with malign intent. But I do believe that such men exist."
blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/05/the-catch-22-of-labours-gender-policy/

Thank you Rowan