Jess Phillips to quit leadership bid

[Feminazgul]

Well well well.

Maybe she didnt want to do a Swinson after all!

Owen Jones is such a twat. I know we knew that already but I always hope he's going to get better, and he just gets worse.

Yep tis true.

www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/jan/21/brexit-lords-labour-leadership-javid-claims-manufacturing-wont-suffer-from-uk-plan-not-to-be-eu-rule-takers-live-news

I am not happy about it, but not unhappy either. Literally not bothered.....

LOL we're both trivially uninfluential and vicious destroyers.

LOL we're both trivially uninfluential and vicious destroyers.

Yup, it's Schrodinger's Mumsnet all over again. We're full of pathetic mummies yammering on about pushchairs and coffee mornings and a sinister portal for radicalising women and spreading transphobic hate. We're utterly insignificant but capable of destroying a political career.

Lumene,

You are going to love this. On Owen Jones wiki page it says he is a "feminist", although to be fair it doesn't say what kind
Then I found this article from 2015.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/24/men-women-masculinity-feminism

You guys just weren’t kind enough. Bad women!

I'm surprised by how completely unbothered I am about this.

I used to really like her. Until about a week ago. Then after yesterday I really couldn't care less about her as a candidate anymore.

No doubt Evil Women Asking Questions will be blamed, as usual.

anyoldlabour

She was my favourite til yesterday too. Now I want Starmer, but a bit worried that's cos of the patriarchy
I think he seems like the only person with credible experience to actually provide an opposition, but how influenced I am by the fact he is a well educated white man I don't know

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

Unfortunately Rebecca Long-Bailey may well get in, in which event we can resign ourselves to a decade of Tory horrors.

"this most marginalised of minorities"

Marginalised people are unable to influence governments. Pull the other one!

What do people think about Lisa Nandy? Apparently she's picked up some endorsements:

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

Keir is only a cigarette paper away from Keira...

Jess should have a read of this. There are some helpful pictures on the inside covers.

Good! Wasn't fit for purpose.

I like her a lot but am kind of relieved she’s pulled out - I might have voted for her, but really she didn’t seem to be the right candidate for leader at the moment (not that I’m sure who is). I hope we hear a lot more of her.

She was well behind the main contenders anyway.

Keir is only a cigarette paper away from Keira...

That's Sir Kiera to scum like you.

He's Kiera, Knightly

(Knearly)

I know what Owen was on about at the start as Rachel Sylvester gave her a very easy ride in The Times, but he falls away after that.

Mockers

Good.

She was incredibly belittling of the experience of the women affected by changes to the spousal 'veto' law.

I'm sad about this. I think she says stupid stuff sometimes, but I think she is a feminist. Rebecca Long-Bailey apparently has been talking about abolishing late abortions, which worries me.

Feminists don't compare trans widows to abusive men who restrict their partner's reproductive autonomy,

Jess Phillips quote: " I do believe transwomen are women"

I hope she quits.

Oh, very well done, Mockers 😁

Can't help but think Kier's heart isn't quite in the TWAW schtick. We shall see.

Glad Phillips is done.
Turns out telling huge, preposterous, batefaced lies about what women are, isn't quite the ticket she thought. Huh.