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William Hague telling women what to do

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SerendipityJane · 18/04/2023 16:01

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/04/18/william-hague-womens-institute-wi-transgender/

That's Lord Hague to you. Tory peer in House of Lords.

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potniatheron · 18/04/2023 16:05

How do I put this? I don't think William Hague understands women very well.

zanahoria · 18/04/2023 16:09

Curious he does not address all male associations

Well, not really

JanesLittleGirl · 18/04/2023 16:10

And what, apart from the square root of fuck all, has the WI got to do with Hague?

Happylittlechicken · 18/04/2023 16:28

He can fuck right off lol. Who cares what a failed politician thinks.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 18/04/2023 16:47

What a prat. Funny how he's lecturing women that men are now women when they say they are while completely ignoring the rules of primogeniture that dictate a "gender change" does not affect the descent of any peerage or other title? Only women's rights that he's determined to remove

He can go and sit on the silly boy step along with Starmer, Lammy & Bragg.

MrsCarson · 18/04/2023 17:22

They want to join a group, then Lord Hague can form his own TW institute. and stay out of the women's version. Idiot.

sashagabadon · 18/04/2023 17:29

I don’t usually mind William Hague but heard his comments and thought how weird he has an opinion on what the women’s institute does. What has it got to do with him?!

AnythingToSay · 18/04/2023 17:55

Lord lords lordily.

RoyalCorgi · 18/04/2023 18:20

sashagabadon · 18/04/2023 17:29

I don’t usually mind William Hague but heard his comments and thought how weird he has an opinion on what the women’s institute does. What has it got to do with him?!

He's a man. How would women know what to do if we didn't have men to tell us?

RaininSummer · 18/04/2023 18:41

Another man spouting off about how women (the cu**y kind)should feel. It's an absolutely presumptive cheek.

dragonbreaths · 18/04/2023 19:29

I bet he happily goes to a private members club that excludes women though. Fuckwit.

Vitriolinsanity · 18/04/2023 19:48

William, you had one job mate. Make nice with the WI. That's a fucktonne of blue votes right there.

Rightsraptor · 18/04/2023 19:52

The article on this in The Telegraph seems to have disappeared now. 😕

I was just about to make some cutting comments.

BonfireLady · 18/04/2023 20:04

Rightsraptor · 18/04/2023 19:52

The article on this in The Telegraph seems to have disappeared now. 😕

I was just about to make some cutting comments.

I can see it still.. hopefully just a loading issue?

I had a quick look through the comments. Interestingly there are lots of men as well as women telling him to pipe down and let the WI women decide for themselves.

I'm not a WI member but I do hope they get to vote on whether men who identify as women are welcome to join or not. It seems only fair that the members decide.

Restinggoddess · 18/04/2023 20:07

I was disappointed ( but not surprised) by his comments, another MP mansplaining

I hope the various branches of the WI revolt against this policy

ArabeIIaScott · 18/04/2023 20:21

'get over it and get used to it'

Women really love it when men tell us this.

MrsTerryPratchett · 18/04/2023 20:27

ArabeIIaScott · 18/04/2023 20:21

'get over it and get used to it'

Women really love it when men tell us this.

It doesn't scan well, does it?

Vitriolinsanity · 18/04/2023 20:32

@Restinggoddess I imagine they're knitting William in effigy. Good luck Transperson at the WI, those ladies cut nonsense down to size like a Norman Hartnell into to an asymmetrical display.

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Igmum · 18/04/2023 20:45

JanesLittleGirl · 18/04/2023 16:10

And what, apart from the square root of fuck all, has the WI got to do with Hague?

This. With knobs on. And jingly bits.

dcbc1234 · 18/04/2023 20:47

'Conservatives for Women' have put him in his place according to the Daily Telegraph:
The grassroots organisation Conservatives for Women led a backlash to his interview, as it insisted it must prioritise “science and reason” around gender issues.
“Telling women to ‘pipe down’ is never a good look, especially as this translates to ‘you are not allowed to have boundaries’,” said the group.
“Newsflash, Lord Hague – women say ‘no’. You ‘get over it!’”
What a cheek of him telling women who are women. Sunak is hopefully less than impressed as he now holds Hague's old Westminster seat.
I wonder what Hague's wife Ffion thinks?

MrsTerryPratchett · 18/04/2023 20:49

I wonder what Hague's wife Ffion thinks?

I assume she thinks, "eeeeeeeewwwwwwwww". That's what I would think.

ScrollingLeaves · 18/04/2023 20:49

Stupid idiot just added a coffin nail.

You don’t tell people to just get over it.