Joanna Cherry in parliament on IWD

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She's a star and thought this speech deserved its own thread.

She's tremendous.

Great speech. She's an absolute star.

Thank you

Yes it absolutely deserves its own thread. Fantastic, steely, positive speech. Inspiring.

"My rights as a woman and a lesbian are not conditional on my accepting gender identity politics".

Brava

Just watching now. Thank you.

She says we're winning!

Oh she is so good.

That man MP speaking up too, thank you sir. Didn't catch his name.

Oh another man speaking up, I don't know his name, either.

Tremendous! Thank you for linking, OP.

Brava!

Fantastic speech - and so positive too. Thank you Joanna for your clarity and calm, for your integrity and courage. After a hard few weeks at work this is what I needed to see. We will defend women’s sex-based rights; the tide IS turning.

The guy standing to add his points was Sir Peter Bottomley - well done him

She is awesome.

@Toseland

The guy standing to add his points was Sir Peter Bottomley - well done him

Peter Bottomley was one of the supporters of Stella Creasey in the campaign for women from Northern Ireland to have access to free abortions in England.

Oh he has just gone up in my estimation.

Amazing speech, we'll done Joanna

Isn't she fab? I love her accent. I wish she mentioned Twitter as I love the way she says it

Clips of many of today's speeches available on CfW YouTube channel

www.youtube.com/channel/UCysTzaLMRXMp0TBO10bS__A

Hooray for Sir Bottomley, too. What a fab name.

Just listened to it here. We have cheered throughout. The lesbians have stood up and called it. Now where are the straight female politicians to back us up?

Inspiring. Joanna Cherry combines moral fibre with huge intelligence. If I lived in Scotland, I would vote for her for First Minister.

Just a note that Peter Bottomley is a Conservative.

I just want to leave that there, because as a former Labour voter I have heard more good sense talked on this subject by the Conservatives than by my former party. Labour is driving women to the right.

yes she is excellent but I'm sad to see so much space on the benches around her, where is everyone ?

Storming speech, loved it.

@Pluvia

Just a note that Peter Bottomley is a Conservative.

I just want to leave that there, because as a former Labour voter I have heard more good sense talked on this subject by the Conservatives than by my former party. Labour is driving women to the right.

I agree.