Hannah Kitching - Lib Dem Councillor

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Can't see a thread about this but I am genuinely open mouthed at the response a constituent received from this LibDem councillor!!

Are they off their heid!!

Read the room Hannah!!

I like to believe her surname is pronounced like the sound an old fashioned till makes.

On thread, what a disgraceful response. Disagreement is fine, rudeness is typical of tras not acceptable in an elected representative.

It's not my exchange to forward but I suspect that the Daily Mail frequently stalk the FWR board!!

Wouldn't be surprised to see this online by tomorrow! It's a humdinger exchange of correspondence!!

seriously? penistone - you're having a laugh right?

On the plus side, when the most ardent proponents of this silly fad are middle aged Lib Dem councillors, you know it's nearly over.

I am not in Hannah’s constituency, but I had a look at her Twitter account and discovered that one of her supporters is a Lib Dem candidate on my ballot paper. And their Twitter indicates that they are another idiot not worth voting for.

Twitter is very useful at election time - much more info than you ever would get from a leaflet or a doorstep chat with the candidates. It’s astonishing that they don’t seem to realise this.

I see what you did there.

That's my mayoral election next week! Well, she's fucked it for my vote.

Unfortunately a Councillor local to me. She'd always appeared very up on local affairs too! She's lost my vote now and thinkshe's standing for South Yorkshire Mayor as well.

The Vonny in the email is the real name of Jean Hatchet, well known GC activist in the South Yorkshire area (it's her own screenshot, so I'm not giving anything away). If anyone isn't blocked by Hannah, perhaps they could ask her about the enormous donation (£1.5m?) made to the LibDems by Ferring Pharmaceuticals, who manufacture puberty blockers.

She posted this on Twitter back in October 2021. She seems to think (or thought) that only 'cis men' are "the real perpetrators of violence against women".

Is it the school of thought that if 'real' transwomen aren't a threat to women, then any transwoman who is found guilty of a violent crime against a woman isn't a 'real' transwoman? Is that how Humza Yousaf could tell that Isla Bryson wasn't genuinely a transwoman?

Is it just sexual crimes that have the magical power of distinguishing between real transwomen and men who are 'at it'? It can't be all violent crimes because some natal women commit violent acts too.

And if the guilty person is therefore not a genuine transwoman, what are the implications for the courts/media using their preferred pronouns and any GRA certificate that they hold or apply for? Perhaps we need a third outcome in criminal trials: Not Guilty; Guilty; Guilty and therefore a Cis Man.

Cui bono?

https://twitter.com/HannahK_LD

Get on her twitter

Embarrassed for her - surely any aspiring politician has to be able to state their position clearly and deal with awkward questions?

Isn't it odd how adhering to this ideology outs so many people as emotionally incontinent? Given running for public office requires some level of people skills, a grasp of complex issues along with the ability to listen and respond to the electorate, asking these questions is brilliant for exposing intolerant & inadequate candidates.

Was she on the gin at the time of writing?

I haven't even got a response out of either of our PCC candidates for Thurs. Which is rude. How many emails do you think they get, given most people can't even be bothered to vote for them at all and those that do typically just vote for their usual party? Fuck all, I bet.

Edit: Sorry, off topic ranting.

That is absolutely disgusting. Parroting unthinking cant in such an unintelligent manner and then being completely undemocratic. What an idiot. And post-Cass too. She is going to look like a right tosser (if anyone actually still cares about her bleatings) when someone posts her deleted tweets in a couple of years. Why could not engage with the (completely reasonable) enquiry from someone she actually purports to represent? So completely unacceptable.

She was actually my preferred candidate for the Mayoral elections this week. Back to drawing board...

Exactly my reaction.

Absolutely. It's a great litmus test.

Wowser what a vote winner 😁😆

Regardless of her politics, I would not want to give someone that rude my vote. Has anyone circulated this on the local social media yet?

Hannah Kitching is also standing for Mayor for South Yorkshire in the elections this week.

(added - I think it's a shot in the dark as te current Lab mayor seems popular and seems to be doing a good job, as far as one can tell).

You DS needs to grow a backbone.

I know other LDs like this.

The Cass Review says that this is a child safeguarding issue. Any one within the LDs who won't stand up at this point is a) enabling this b) doesn't think child safeguarding is a good enough hill to die on.

What else will they fail to find a backbone on if this is their standard?

Code of conduct for councillors is interesting.

https://penistonetowncouncil.gov.uk/policies-documentation-etc/