Jo Cox women in leadership should just change its name

[CosmicCanary]

To, Jo Cox anyone who decides they are a women in leadership.

Apparently their tag line is

The Jo Cox Women in Leadership Programme is a training programme for passionate and experienced women members who are ready to lead in the Labour Party.

The Labour party hate women. They dont want them in leadership roles. They dont value womens opinions and voices.

After 22 years as a labour party member I have cancelled my membership.

[Kyanite]

They weren't the only one who graduated...but yeah.

twitter.com/LabourWomensNet

[Kyanite]

I keep hoping that Jess Phillips will say something but there's not a peep. She can't be in favour of it or we would know about it.

[CosmicCanary]

I know many other women graduated but the fact that 1 women missed out on a place in favour of a man saddens and disgusts me.

[Popchyk]

Seems like there are 60 people there.

And 2 of them are men who identify as women.

So that is 3.3% of the spaces already given over to men who identify as women. And given how regularly we are told that it is a tiny percentage of society, they seem to be much over-represented. Sheer talent must account for it, I suppose.

My advice to the Women in Leadership programme? Do not allow other people to dictate your own agenda.

[ChickenMe]

The Twitter comments on the Sophie one are mostly WTF.
How has this happened?

[Popchyk]

Sophie Cook teaches 'leadership masterclass' courses.

And yet was given a place on a course about how to learn leadership skills.

[Melamin]

What is the course actually for?

[Tanith]

That should be the basis of any complaint: that, in their haste to be seen as liberal (small L ), they wasted a place on someone who didn’t need it.

[SpareRibFem]

The comments underneath on twitter though...

But I bet the woke corbynites don't go after the many men commenting wtf

[trumptrump]

Wow! Twitter is not happy about this..

Also, the few posts supporting Sophie have no upvotes...

I think the public have peak transed!

[Melamin]

Maybe the tras that usually pile on are too busy hassling mumsnet?

[OlennasWimple]

Those comments.... Waiting for the Twitter ban hammer to be wielded against all those men who have said far, far worse than anything I've ever read on MN

[ChickenMe]

Yes I thought that-some of the comments from men are far more controversial than things women have been banned for

[ChickenMe]

If I was on twitter I would be @ ing them and saying come on ban these men like you did the women?!

[TerfsUp]

Another nail in the Labour Party's political coffin.

[trumptrump]

Honestly, reading the comments, I almost feel sorry for Labour. This will haunt them for years to come. At the same time, it is exactly what they deserve.

The Tories must be finding this hilarious.

[R0wantrees]

Sophie Cook teaches 'leadership masterclass' courses.

There seem to be a number of trans women involved in providing training and consultancy services featuring in recent discussions:

cf threads:
"Karen Adell Scot, a local transgender advocate, even offered to train Naomi's House employees" (homeless shelter for women)
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3266198-No-True-Transwoman-transadvocates-question-whether-TW-is-genuine-after-said-TW-sexually-harasses-women-in-homeless-shelter

Tara Hewitt 'Trans People and cancer session' for HCPs

thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3257491-Strong-words-from-feminists-unhappy-with-trans-exclusionary-ideology


Delia Johnson: Sport and Police
metro.co.uk/2015/10/21/transgender-woman-on-her-desperate-struggle-with-her-new-identity-and-how-she-was-accepted-by-the-fa-but-not-her-daughter-5376352/?ito=cbshare
thread:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3266050-ManFriday-article-in-the-Daily-Mail?pg=2

[2rebecca]

There are so few things like this that are women only that transwomen taking women's places is bound to seem unfair and make people angry.
If labour want more transexuals in politics then they should have a special programme for them, or have a general training for leadership programme open to anyone.
Transmen don't generally go after men only stuff (and there are still plenty of male only or male dominated groups).
In my life there is hardly anything I do that is woman only, most of my activities are mixed sex.
It would be easy for transwomen to participate in life as a woman without pushing in to the few women only spaces.
As a tactic this is just pissing people off and is making people more anti-trans as they are seen as being anti-woman and trying to replace us.

[TerfsUp]

There seem to be a number of trans women involved in providing training and consultancy services featuring in recent discussions:

Just goes to show that when you transition you don't stop mansplaining.

[TerfsUp]

As a tactic this is just pissing people off and is making people more anti-trans as they are seen as being anti-woman and trying to replace us.

And that is a very good thing. They should do this more often.

[Sarahconnor1]

Just goes to show that when you transition you don't stop mansplaining

[Wakame]

It doesn't stop there - I have heard that "We Need To Talk UK" keep platforming a self-described cross-dressing man to discuss the impact on women of the Gender Recognition Act.

[OrchidInTheSun]

Don't forget Anna Lee was on the first programme and I fully expect Madigan to be on the next one.

Twitter comments are hilarious though.

[fmsfms]

"I keep hoping that Jess Phillips will say something but there's not a peep. She can't be in favour of it or we would know about it."

To best of my knowledge Phillips seems to be trying to maintain a foot in each camp.

As someone that previously worked in domestic violence setups she understands the need for womens spaces, I suspect she doesn't want to lose her intersectional feminist credentials by challenging trans women rights

[boatyardblues]

What hashtag is the chatter happening under?