Scottish Labour rejects ‘sex-based rights’ motion backed by women’s conference and most CLPs

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Scottish Labour has voted down a motion submitted via its women’s conference which had urged it to “acknowledge the principle of women’s sex-based rights”, despite most Constituency Labour Party delegates and the Scottish Labour women’s conference supporting the motion.

Critics of the motion have hit out at “transphobia” within the party, but supporters said it was “chilling” to see a women’s conference motion voted down.

A card vote was held on the floor of the Scottish Labour party conference in Glasgow over the motion this weekend. LabourList can reveal 69.3% of CLP delegates’ votes were for the motion, but votes are weighted equally between CLP delegates and party affiliates.

The motion fell because 77% of affiliate votes were against it, making it the first and only motion to have been rejected by the conference. The party’s affiliate groups include trade unions, socialist societies and equality groups. Multiple sources told LabourList several trade unions voted against the motion.

Full article https://labourlist.org/2024/02/scottish-labour-rejects-womens-conference-and-clp-backed-motion-backing-sex-based-rights

WTF…. This makes me worried for the future. Women rights are going to under attack.

Trade unions not caring about women? What a surprise.

Someone with the know how needs to set up a trade union for women.

But But but, nothing to see here you silly women. Labour has our back, they'll see us right after the general election.

Just thought I'd get that in before some random poster who wants us all to vote for Labour does.

Yep,all will be well;we've been worrying our silly little lady heads over nothing.

Labour back women's rights eh?

Like hell they do.

Preexisting thread on this here: www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5009096-scottish-labour-conference-this-weekend-pro-woman-motions-up-for-vote?page=1

Labour are just really a woman hating party, aren't they?

Sorry women. You can't have rights. They're transphobic. By which we mean are inconvenient to men who wish to use you without your consent. Agreeing to being used by them is the price of your access to public resources and services, and we have no interest in the women of different faiths, cultures, beliefs, disabilities etc who will be excluded due to this.

Like fuck am I voting for that.

Jesus fucking Christ, that's chilling.

Am I right in thinking they're the only major UK party that has never had a woman leader?