LWD at the Labour conference: Tonia Antoniazzi, Reem Alsalem, Sonia Sodha, Dr Anna Hutchinson

[Pluvia]

For the first time, Labour Women's Declaration has been allowed a stall at the Labour national conference. They've run a series of very well-attended events. This one was chaired by Tonia Antoniazzi, one of very few Labour politicians prepared to stick their head above the parapet for women's rights. It's been a highly successful conference for LWD, after years spent standing in the rain with banners outside the venue. Well done to all involved.

Thanks, been looking forward to the recording!

Thank you!

Thanks, looking forward to watching

No Rosie?

Thank you, started watching the other day but then it got taken down again, presumably for editing. Glad to see it up.

Tonia's been fighting the sport issue hard for years now and has helped take some of the pressure off Rosie. They are still, as far as I'm aware, the only two female Labour MPs who are openly GC and risking their careers by speaking out. Jess Phillips, Bridget Phillipson and others are still sitting on the fence in public, at least.

They mentioned that Jess Philips was attending their fringe event outside the conference zone. I thought that was interesting.

Really interesting, thankyou for posting Pluvia.

Thanks OP!

Thank you.

Did anyone challenge the statement that LWD made that Labour was committed to saving single sex spaces (of the biological kind) or provide evidence that Labour had.

It seem such a strange assertion to make, given the very reason for their existence!

Or was that the price for being allowed into the conference area.

I am not posting this to be snarky, but am so bemused that they made that statement.

Sonia's speech was really good in pointing out that the EA does need to be overhauled from a legal standpoint

So from that perspective, she challenged Labour

All excellent speeches

That's good to know.

But still doesn't explain why LWD made the statement they did!

Jess Philips seems to be slowly coming off the fence. It's good to see her sitting next to a sign saying 'For women's sex-based rights and freedoms'.

And she's "literally always stood with Rosie Duffield"

https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxeI0Y5kgSXJMj2XJsmDUWlUyo3057Id8n

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Great looking forward to watching

@IwantToRetire I don't understand that either!

How many male Labour MPs are there, and how many are openly GC?

I want to know how many/what percentage are standing up for the female electorate against this onslaught of attack upon our rights.

Yes, that was Jess venturing out after fence-sitting for far too long. I don't know how much we can expect from her, frankly. She's spent the last five years saying something that might seem a bit GC and then backtracking. I suppose now the tide is changing and so she'll pretend to have been GC all along.

Wes Streeting is GC and speaking out. There are a number of male Labour peers who've been plugging away in the Lords.

There are more female GC MPs who have been working away behind the scenes and are known to be GC. One, in particular, has recently attained a position in which she can effect change. Sorry to be gnomic.

When was that meeting, anyone know, snd how it went?

Brilliant. Well done to all involved.

Although some may be finally coming to their senses, there’s a new crop of Labour MPs who aren’t. New Labour MP for Southend had this on his Twitter feed this week

Thanks for posting this link, Pluvia; I’m watching it now and finding it interesting.

Just tacking this on here, as there isn't a newer thread about LWD, but they must be doing okay, based on them being able to advertise for a Senior Consultant. https://labourwomensdeclaration.org.uk/senior-consultant-to-lead-on-policy-parliamentary-liaison-public-affairs/

This isn't meant to be a negative comment, but just interesting to see how the group has developed, grown. Not a bad salary level either!