Aimee Challenor welcomed into the Lib Dems

[TurfClub]

Just for quick context, Aimee Challenor resigned from the Lib Dems under a cloud of shit, after Aimee's father was charged for raping a 10-year-old-girl while dressed in a nappy, and Aimee continued to employ him as an agent.

So there is currently an investigation by Veritas into what happened, this has not been completed, but already welcomed with open arms into the Lib Dems.

Sickening.

twitter.com/LGBTLD/status/1046165538085523457 (Sarah Brown i think)
twitter.com/JamesCoxLD/status/1046170201644027904 (candidate for Bristol West, Lib Dem held till 2015)
twitter.com/caronmlindsay/status/1046181014090010627

[Thethiniceofanewday]

I've emailed to express concern, focusing on the employment of David Challenor and the evasion of the Greens' inquiry into that action.

Interested to find that I'm blocked from viewing Aimee's tweets. I am not very GC on twitter because of my work, but I do follow Fair Play for Women. That must be enough to get you on TERFblocker.

[theOtherPamAyres]

Heavens above - isn't this outrage a bit misplaced?

I say that as a bruised and aggrieved ex-member of the Green Party.

• AC has not been convicted or even suspected of any wrongdoing, as far as I am aware
  
  
• There is an internal party investigation and its likely that the outcome will conclude that she lacked maturity and judgement, nothing more
  
  
• Her private life is her private life - the activities don't concern us unless they're breaking laws, surely?
  
  
• She's free to join any political party as a member
  
  
• Her "friends" (all four of them) can rejoice - but that doesn't mean that anyone outside the Lib Dem lbgTRANS is happy about it
  
  *Her political career is dead; her trans activism is discredited and it is likely that her local party will see her as a liability rather than a boon.
  
  So, am I bovvered? Nah

[MrsBertBibby]

Oh Pam. No sense of drama.

[theOtherPamAyres]

Oh Pam. No sense of drama

Yep, I see what you mean. Sorry. My excuse is that there was enough friggin' drama in the Green Party to last me a lifetime.

A lot of activists like AC, tend to focus all their energies in the Young Greens/the Young Lib Dems/Young Conservatives.

They are indulged by grown-ups because they are very good come election time, when lots of leaflets need to go through doors.

The trouble is that you can be a 'Young' Green until you're 30 years of age, or out of education, (whichever is the longest) so most of them don't grow up. Some 'Youngsters' are very long in the tooth, but never graduate to real life. (Some of them might even work in Diversity and Equality Units in City Councils). They carry on, in their echo chamber, without any oversight from the Leadership.

AC is just one of many.

[AngryAttackKittens]

"Hi, we're the LibDems and we don't want to be elected ever."

[weekfour]

I've left the LibDems over this. I've told them why.

[Annandale]

Ac is free to join any party they like and it won't stop me voting for my local LD MP.

But colour me completely unsurprised.

[InWomensProtection]

@carrots I was think about the same the only answer is New political party, we could call it ‘women’.

Omg just think of the selection of inspiration women to have in ‘womens’ Party

[C0untDucku1a]

Im starting to think they are all Tory plants...

[R0wantrees]

Can't see Zoe O'Connell and Sarah Brown will welcome any powersharing in their fiefdom.

The LibDem LGBT+ Twitter are 'good friends' with Aimee Challenor.

Zoe O'Connell, Sarah Brown and Aimee Challenor are all key 'trans advisory' members of Stonewall.

[R0wantrees]

There was some rather concerning outcomes from the LibDem conference about disciplining LibDem members who transgressed the party line re 'transphobia' etc.

[IStandWithPosie]

Let's also remember that Aimee's mum and chums outed the identity of the 10 year old raped and tortured by her husband, David

I didn’t know this! Surely that’s illegal?

[frogface69]

I don't know how to vote either.
The referendum was the only time I didn't cast a vote because I didn't know what to believe.
There isn't anywhere to go

[arranfan]

TheThinIceOfANewDay wrote: I am not very GC on twitter because of my work, but I do follow Fair Play for Women. That must be enough to get you on TERFblocker.

I'm not saying this is this case, but the algorithm on some of those blockers is so sophisticated that it blocks Lidl and Starbucks plus various misspellings of the names of souls who've never had anything to do with anything...

[Turph]

Aimee should have been chucked out of the Greens simply for their use of disposable not environmentally-friendly nappies.

[tobee]

Interesting pp are saying the libdems have to accept any members. Certainly, Arron Banks was knocked back from trying to join the Conservative Party recently. Obviously different parties, so maybe different rules? They seem to be able to chuck people out of parties. I'm sure plenty of people will join parties without proper checks but AC hasn't flown under the radar, surely?

[SPOFS]

I feel bad for the Lib Dems here as there isn't much they can do other than welcome her warmly...

My local LD candidate is a lovely woman, she doesn't deserve to have to answer questions about this whole shitshow.

[sashh]

What was that old black and white film again when the town children had psychic power a the power to kill by thought?

Village of the damned (Midwich cookoos is the book) Actually a good read and the old black and white film is worth a watch.

[Estellesylvia]

Here’s Aimee posing in front of a loft ladder.

Dangerous individual.

[ChrysanthemumsAreMums]

Estelle Thanks for the picture

Repugnant

[Carrrotsandcauliflower]

My previous comment was struck

[PillowOfSociety]

Estelle, when is that Twitter post / photo from?

Bloody hell.

[FermatsTheorem]

Pam in answer to your list (all good concerns to raise - privacy, not falling prey to guilt by association - definitely stuff that should be avoided) I'd say here's why we should be worried.

(In what follows I am reluctantly sticking to MN's guidelines about pronouns, because I want this point to stand, not be deleted on a technicality).

Back in November 2016 the local branch of Gay Pride (I think it was) suspended David Challenor pending the results of the court case. At that time Aimee Challenor was a trustee of the that local branch. Aimee's mother was also plastering her facebook with "David is innocent" posts. So for Aimee to claim now that in 2017 when she used David as election agent she had no idea that he was awaiting trial for charges of rape of a 10 year old, when Aimee was a trustee of Pride, and shared the same house as her mother and father, certainly stretches my credulity.

Secondly there's the issue of what Aimee has been involved in in her own right as a person forming Green party policy.

1. She and David jointly worked on terfblocker, while the Challenor family residence was listed as the official local address of the Green party - and held all the membership records. That is a serious conflict of interests.
   
   
2. She and David worked on youth policy including the recommended "affirmation only, don't tell the parents" model which drives a horse and cart through good safeguarding practice. If Aimee had any ability to learn from this debacle, at this point she would be distancing herself from this policy at this point - but as far as I know she is not.
   
   These points - about possible dishonesty, dubious choice of election agent, data protection, and safeguarding policy - are why the Lib Dems should not be touching this person with a barge-pole.

[Juells]

Her political career is dead; her trans activism is discredited and it is likely that her local party will see her as a liability rather than a boon.

No, AC is teflon

[tobee]

I'd still question whether The libdems have to accept AC as a member.