Writer Joan Smith leaves Labour over its betrayal of women.

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Telegraph article.

It’s summer, get outside those [pay]walls…

(The Telegraph seems to have done some editing of the page literally as I was posting as the original link now has a headline about Labour inviting JKR to talk to them. Despite the hyperlink text remaining the same…)

I heard that earlier on.

She won't be the only one.

I'd read this. She must feel so sad and angry. to her and the other women, former members, supporters and voters, it's not you, it's labour.

She wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “That’s me done. I wrote to Keir Starmer and spoke to him in person. I warned him about misogyny. He never replied.

“Labour has betrayed women with a raft of policies designed to appease trans-identified men. I don’t suppose Starmer cares, but I’ve resigned my membership today.”

A committed feminist, Ms Smith has also written non-fiction books such as Misogynies and Home Grown: How Domestic Violence Turns Men Into Terrorists.

Good on her. She’s right

I've been following Joan for a while on Twix, watching her mood darken, taking longer and longer walks and posting photos of birds. I really feel for her.

That's the woman who literally wrote the book on misogyny you've driven away, Labour.

I don't think they have any idea of how much damage they have done, not a clue.

I think they know, they just don't care. They're courting a younger demographic who are spending half their lives online and losing their capacity to cope with other viewpoints and biological reality.

We've been fighting to be heard by Labour for many many years. She's right, it's time to go.

How best to alert the younger voters to this?

I feel so sorry for all the women who've stayed in Labour, keeping the faith despite being harassed, accused, isolated and dismissed. Ignoring what women all know - "when someone shows you who they really are, believe them the first time".

Safeguarding children and protecting women's rights come a poor second to obeying the demands of a toxic male led ideology embedding lies and fantasies in society. It won't end well - we all know that.

From Joan Smith's twix account today.

We can't (in my opinion). We just have to wait for them to grow up and wise up.

Sorry big cross it's

God Dammit where's my edit function gone?

That should have said, 'Sorry for cross post.'

If this is wrong too I give up.

'Labour said it was "the party of women’s equality, with a manifesto that puts women front and centre".'

😂but also😢