Party of Women

[ChristinaXYZ]

KJK is appealing for people to stand as candidates, and to be agents, helpers, canvasers etc. She is also gardening at Give Send Go - Party Of Women Election Campaign. I know she knows PoW won't get anywhere but I hope she makes a few waves, takes a few votes and maybe by doing that disrupts what might have been a smooth election for any complacent ignorers of women's rights.

https://www.partyofwomen.org/

One interesting thing I noted under the Representation of the People’s Act is:

”A person who at a lawful public meeting to which this section applies acts, or incites others to act, in a disorderly manner for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was called together shall be guilty of an illegal practice.“

Which means any TRA disrupting a POW meeting or a meeting held by KJK in the run up to the GE are committing a criminal offence. In addition any act to intimidate those who may wish to vote for KJK is an offence of corrupt practice and it is also a criminal offence to lie about a candidate.

Importantly, police officers themselves have a duty here:

”No member of a police force shall by word, message, writing or in any other manner, endeavour to persuade any person to give, or dissuade any person from giving, his vote”

Failing to prevent disruption of a meeting and intimidation of potential voters would seem to clearly fall under ‘any other manner’ here. This would mean the police officer himself would be guilty of a criminal offence.

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/contents

I hope KJK and POW make the most of their rights under this and ensure those who commit these offences are convicted.

Yep.

Didn't John Stuart Mill address this point when writing about liberty/free speech (that saying a thing in a general forum is very different from saying that thing about a specific person, while standing outside their house).

Incidentally, it seems that many people here have lost sight of what the word 'discriminate' means. It doesn't always mean 'hate' or 'prejudice' . It can simply mean 'to recognise a distinction/ difference'.

I don't believe in treating people who identify as trans less favourably. I also don't think that humans can change sex and that women need single sex spaces. That is discriminating, it's not hateful though (to any sane person).

'Discriminate' is not synonymous with 'be an arsehole to'.

(Which would anyway be covered by existing harassment laws).