Jess Phillips to quit leadership bid

[Feminazgul]

Well well well.

Maybe she didnt want to do a Swinson after all!

Source?

Sorry that sounds snappy. Am rushing out the door!

This says she's expected to quit. Not definite yet.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/21/speculation-mounts-that-jess-phillips-will-quit-labour-leadership-race

Sorry, was trying to sort a link that easnt via facebook, but OldCrone did the honours

Here:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51195059

Now why couldn't youse lot just be kind to her?

Well well well

Who is next to do a webchat ?

Or are we too toxic ?

Fookin ell. It's for the best. Feel a bit sorry for her now.

Oh well. Maybe she can take some time out to understand the biological differences between males and females.

Gawd. We should have not asked the questions we did

The power of MN

Wonder if this will make any of the rest actually listen.

If she couldn't get union backing / backing from enough local parties she was never going to get through to the next round. Worrying if only one candidate has reached the required support levels as yet.

That's a pity, but she's probably being sensible in recognising the realities. I hope she gets a good Shadow post, she is one of the Labour party's assets.

If people on MN think they influenced things like who the TUs and local partieis support, I fear they're massively flattering themselves.

Aw, I like Jess, she's my second choice, but I don't use changing rooms or care who pisses where, as long as they close the door.

Twas a joke Equanimitas. Well aware mere women can't influence the LP in its current incarnation

She did come across spectacularly poorly though, it can't have helped.

Failure to get sufficient union backing obviously made the difference.

So who are the serious contenders? Surely Keir Starmer is a shoe in, or have the decided only a woman can win.

i That she also made statements in support of trans rights — needed, given big past question marks over her position, although undermined by some of the language she used — is courageous in the current climate, and led to her being viciously attacked by the obsessive anti-trans cult who try to intimidate anyone who dares to back this most marginalised of minorities.

medium.com/@OwenJones84/jess-phillips-the-latest-victim-of-centrist-hack-syndrome-cd81c602264e

Courageous supporting trans rights in the current climate? Well that's certainly an opinion.

Viciously attacked. 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Was asked questions

She was always the weakest candidate. It's not surprising, really.

A week ago she was saying she's the only candidate who could do what needed to be done. It would appear that's not getting done then!

most marginalised of minorities

😂🤣😂🤣 loads of jokes on here today

Surely Keir Starmer is a shoe in, or have the decided only a woman can win.

He can just self ID as a woman. Problem solved!

Brilliant line from that Owen Jones article above:

Where I am less sympathetic to Jess Phillips is that she presented herself as a feminist champion taking on leftwing bullyboys

Ah well. It'll give her more time to catch up on her reading.

She could start by dusting off her Biology textbooks.