Please send this letter to Conservative MPs

[HelenaRavenclaw]

Women's Rights Network have put together an excellent "Respect My Sex" letter which you can send with one click to your Conservative MP, urging them to support a Tory leader (PM) candidate who will act to protect women's sex-based rights.

Please send and share widely: www.womensrights.network/conservatives-respect-my-sex

Thank you, @ChristinaXYZ and @teawamutu . Good ideas.

ChristinaXYZ
If it were me, because I'd want to vent to someone, I'd email the chair of the backbench 1922 committee pointing out Mordaunt's mendacity over what happened with the Maternity Bill

Please would you explain the details of her lie about what happened with the Maternity Bill? You’d think she must have a reason somewhere for her claim.

See this thread

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4586999-penny-mordants-bid-for-leadership-is-surely-over

@ChristinaXYZ · Today 11:18
See this thread

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/4586999-penny-mordants-bid-for-leadership-is-surely-over

Thank you. That is clear. I’ll try to write the letter later.

I just sent the letter as is and didn't change anything on it.

I'm unsure wether to reply or to ignore it. Or if I were to reply what to even write

@SeggsMatters · Today 13:20
I am sorry you had that thoughtless response. I suppose at least they are supposed to keep a list of their constituents’ attempts to communicate with them that someone could see if there ever were a FOI request.

I thought I’d write to the other address suggested. as I have a Labour MP who is likely to follow the fashionable belief too, thinking they are standing up for the oppressed while very much oppressing - and feeding what, I have only just realised, is a very capitalist booming industry driven from the US. It is a shame because they are an admirable person overall.

^Worth reflecting on whether you feel it's
appropriate that we treat some of the most
marginalized people in our society with
such contempt^

As usual, that old phrase about some of the most marginalised people in our society being spun again. It has become a joke. Or, they might say, ‘the most discriminated against’, or ‘the most vulnerable’.

There is a series of video clips of politicians repeating what is effectively a fairly meaningless mantra in the article from The Critic below.
thecritic.co.uk/neither-marginalised-abused-nor-vulnerable/

Mine's currently in rehab and under investigation for a sexual assault, so I don't think he'll care much tbh.

You have zero say.

TooBigForMyBoots · Today 17:24

“ScrollingLeaves
How does it work if you don’t have a Conservative MP for your area?”

You have zero say

Probably that’s true but
ChristinaXYZ · Today 10:10 had a possible suggestion though.

It unfortunately is true.

Unless you are a Conservative MP, Conservative Party member or live in a Conservative constituency (and that's stretching), you have no influence in this at all.

@TooBigForMyBoots

ChristinaXYZ · Today 10:10
“EdgeOfACoin
Who can we write to if our MP is not Conservative?
I'm very concerned that Mourdant is the favourite.”

If it were me, because I'd want to vent to someone, I'd email the chair of the backbench 1922 committee pointing out Mordaunt's mendacity over what happened with the Maternity Bill already show that replacing Boris with her would be replacing like for like. And do they want that? Do they want 'what is woman?' coming up every time she is interviewed like it does with Starmer? If not they need to make sure that the process this week examines her record on this very closely what with it affecting 51% of the population and all.

I'd put 1922 committee as the title of the email and copy it to the whole committee

As of 11 July 2022, the executive committee comprised:

Chair
Sir Graham Brady

Joint Vice-Chairs

William Wragg
Nusrat Ghani

Joint Executive secretaries
Bob Blackman
Gary Sambrook

Treasurer
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

I posted this on another thread, but I just sent this to my Tory MP:

I wrote to you some months ago in some distress following the revelations about Boris and parties during lock down. You sent me a handwritten note, which was much appreciated. Whilst it has taken far longer than it should, I am pleased that Boris' lies have finally proved his undoing. I am a life-long conservative voter, but did not think that I could vote conservative again whilst Boris remained at the helm.

In that context I am concerned at how well Penny Mordaunt appears to be doing in the current contest. She has a clear track record of trying to remove the word 'woman' and 'mother' from legislation, and has stated in parliament that transwomen are women. I have had to go back to Hansard to confirm my memory is correct, because she claimed on LBC this evening that she had been misrepresented.

She has not been misrepresented. She is lying.

In contrast, Kemi Badenoch has impressed me with her integrity and straighforwardness. This is ironic, because I am probably closer to Mordaunt than Badenoch politically. But the last thing that the party needs is another proven liar as leader.

Ms Badenoch is the only candidate in the current line up who could convince me to return my vote to the conservative party. She is also attracting very considerable and enthusiastic support on the popular forum Mumsnet, demonstrating that many women, concerned about the erosion of our rights, as well as about integrity in high office, would cast their votes for a party lead by her. I ask you to take this into account when considering how to place yours.

For those who asked about process and vote numbers, they had to get 20 nominations to stand in the vote. The first vote is tomorrow. Any one getting under 30 votes tomorrow will be knocked out. There will then be another vote and so in til it's down to two, then the party members will vote on those two.

I think (correct me if I'm wrong?) that it's a secret ballot. So it's entirely possible people will lie about who they're voting for.

Well done, that was a good letter Motorina.

My Conservative MP hasn't replied to my email but I am relieved to see he has given his support to Rishi Sunak rather than 'TWAW' Mordaunt.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/who-backing-who-tory-leadership-27449590

That's the link I used to search

I got a response to the template letter from Laura Trott. She is supporting Rishi Sunak's bid.

The response is longer than this excerpt (happy to share if of interest) but the relevant section is as follows:

"You will also know, I have also been a long time campaigner for women, and it matters to me personally that one of the first campaign announcements he has made is to give his unequivocal backing for women’s rights. He wants to ensure women and girls enjoy the same freedom most males take for granted. Feeling safe from assault and abuse, supporting women’s sport, looking again at childcare and stopping the language of sex being eroded in legislation or the public sector."

TBH it was a prompt and reasoned response. I am a centre left voter and disagree with a lot of the foundations of conservative policy but she/constituency team engaged on this well as a constituency MP.

I’ve just used the template letter to send to my MP. I agree the letter isn’t great but I didn’t want to delay further.