20th June Womens Place meeting _ Hastings

[Southfields]

Anyone from here attending?

Who is speaking?

That is near Madigan isn't it? I don't feel like dealing with a momentum youth protest.

Madigan is over 40 miles away, a journey that takes about 2 hrs by train. Madigan is much closer to London which is only 30 mins by train. Madigan has never turned up to any GC meeting, even in London.

Who is Madigan?

Madigan is a Labour CLP officer, there was an issue between the Hastings Labour women officer, CLP EXEC and Madigan.

Yes, I am

DW and i are coming. It's #womanWednesday for me. I also volunteered for escort duties to and from the venue.

Madigan has never turned up at any women's meeting, ever.

LM did skulk around the House of Commons event though.

I know...just saying that he was at one, but skulking not engaging,

As you were.

The police are investigating a device threat against this meeting, link on Twitter WPUK.

Any idea when the venue will be confirmed?

Ignore the above - just seen it won't be until the last minute.
Ironic that there was a public meeting in Hastings in March, about Transgender Politics - and yet women are having to meet in secret. Just spent too long looking at some of the hate and vitriol being spewed about WPUK on local FB.
(sorry - not very articulate)

hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/hot-topics/campaigns/wpuk-debate-or-hate

It looks like the event is going ahead.

No clarity if the bomb making equipment found locally yesterday by police, is linked to the threat. This is covered by local press who as you can see from the above linked piece, are biased against women.

I’m going, bringing others with me as well.

Why haven't National Newspapers got hold of this threat?

Maybe this would make people see what we were up against.

Wow, a rather 'balanced' article from Hastings Online, innit? Or did I miss the 50% that should have been devoted to WPUK?

Why haven't National Newspapers got hold of this threat?

I have been questioning this also.

@LaSqrrl That Hastings Online Times article was a response to an earlier article which was supportive of the WPUK event:

hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/hot-topics/campaigns/the-great-gender-debate

So, the publication hasn't come out for either side (so far!).

@PointlessTV This is covered by local press who as you can see from the above linked piece, are biased against women

Let's not spread misinformation.

Hastings Times Online have published two articles - one in support of, and then a response that was against the event.

It's too soon to say if they have a stance. To say they're biased against women on the basis of one negative response to a supportive article is not really correct representation of facts IMO.

Two articles still doesn't cut it. One article, 50/50.
Otherwise, just silly.

I am astonished to find that my post on here re: Lily Madigan has been removed!

I merely pointed out that Madigan did NOT "skulk" around the House of Commons when the women's meeting was taking place -- but was there in order to attend another meeting, the booking of which was made weeks before the women's meeting was moved there after Millwall cancelled.

What in any of the above is worthy of my post being deleted? It is NOT transphobic -- if anything, it defends Lily Madigan!

Jeez we can't even mention anyone trans now without a deletion, swiftly leading to a ban!

So, it tells me to read the guidelines, and I did, and they say:

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None of that applies to the post in which I stated that Lily was at the HOC to attend a different meeting.

Apparently the police are now fully involved and have assured attendees that they will only be a 999 away, though they won't attend til someone calls. Instead, brick-shithouse bouncers will be in attendance.