Obviously this question isn't really relevant if you vote Conservative anyway!
Over my 25-odd year voting history I have voted Lib Dem, Labour and Green. I consider myself left wing and would never have considered a Tory vote. But if the principle parties maintain their current positions on women's rights then for the first time ever I will consider a Conservative vote at the next election - not simply because this one issue trumps everything else (although I personally feel very strongly about it, education, health and the environment are still hugely important to me) but because I simply don't trust the critical thinking skills of any party who have allowed themselves to be so thoroughly hijacked by the trans rights agenda and attempt to silence dissenting voices.
Anyone else feel this way?
Feminism: Sex and gender discussions
Would you vote Conservative at the next election?
cheeseismydownfall · 23/06/2020 07:21
its fascinating to see that despite their handling of covid, despite the continuous stream of lies and cover-ups and racism, despite heading for a hard brexit, people feel that voting for them is keeping an open mind 
Not quite sure yet, but it would depend on the candidates, how far the current Conservative government has strengthened and protected women's rights, what is in the manifestos of all the parties etc.
I'm in Scotland, so could vote Conservative in either the General election or the Holyrood one. I have never voted for them before, but I'm willing to consider it.
I'm sick of women's rights always being last in the queue and viewed as easily disposable in favour of other issues. Other policies can always be protested and opposed and reversed. Once women's rights are lost, they will likely be lost for good or a very long time. It will be very hard to get them back because it will be framed as a great violence and infringement of human rights for trans people. I mean, all this current government has done is say 'hey we won't reform the GRA just now but keep things as they are.' and there's a huge wailing and shrieking about trans rights being rolled back and how trans people will now need asylum elsewhere. 🙄 How much more disingenuous can they get?
Once women's rights are lost, I think the only way they will sort of come back is if a party that is more right wing than the Conservatives will stand at elections and claim to be willing to protect women.
Just like all the parties ignored issues and concerns around immigration until people started voting UKIP, I think something similar will happen for women's rights. Once they are lost, all the parties will ignore the ramifications and concerns of the general public. Then a party with more right wing credentials will talk about 'protecting our women and children again' and people will start to vote for them out of frustration. And that's a slippery slope because then all sorts of crazy things can happen (like Brexit). 
So better to find more moderate ways of ensuring women retain their rights to single sex spaces instead of waiting for something bigger to detonate in response to the trans lobby. Because then we're all fucked.
@Helmetbymidnight
but people have different views. I feel they have handled covid as best they could with a novel virus no one knew about in Jan.
Yes they could have done some things better (ppe, care homes, testing at start spring to mind) but some things have been good (NHS, nightingale hospitals, testing now excellent - not back in March/ April, vaccine and treatments, financial response)
Labour have had these issues too and would have followed the same science if they had won in Dec - the same scientists would have been giving the same scientific advice at the same time.
I try and look fairly at both.
Labour could be back in the game in 4 years time - I hope they are but they need to get a few more competent ministers - I like Keir but think a lot of the MP's are just not good enough and I think they need to drop the identity stuff as that just divides people.
I hope they do, I think Keir wants to - but his membership (young, woke etc) stops him. He needs to ditch as many of them as he can.
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I did in the last election for the first time in my life. It will be the last. I knew I would regret it. There were good reasons, but turns out they weren't quite good enough 
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