Women's and Equalities Select Committee

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Welcomes Nadia Whittome, Kim Leadbetter, and Kevin McKenna.

This is very, very bad news for women.

https://x.com/CommonsWEC/status/1983110894835130644

Dont understand. Didn't think there were any vacancies.

Did some resign, and if so who.

Coul be an interesting indication.

Have just cancelled my Labour membership. F@ck them. I didn't leave the left. The left, left me.

Kirith Entwhistle left yesterday
Katherine Fookes
Natalie Fleet

https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/328/women-and-equalities-committee/membership/former/?page=3

Coupled with what AOC said about Riley Gaines, I've just lost all faith that left wing parties will support my sex based rights. I'm not a right-winger but am prepared to vote for right of centre parties until I feel that the sex based rights of me and my three girls are safe.

It has become my number one voting issue, the hill!

Labour - you lost me! I'm done.

In essence the committee exists now to ensure that men's rights are not inconvenienced by women or by equality needs.

Is there anyone left yet of those who were saying pre election that once Labour was in power we'd find out they cared about women all along and would be ethical/competent/not misogynist/ not insane?

Can we have a 'Spartacus' type thread again where we all tell Labour to do one - 'I'm a former Labour voter!', 'No, I'm a former Labour voter!' 🤣

I'm a former Labour voter.

Never again, while they continue with this shit.

That's hard to follow.

Will look them up later.

@IwantToRetire
yes, not my best post. Too many tabs open.

All three stood down yesterday and were replaced by Mad Nad and Killer Kim and the HIV+ bloke

I'm a former labour voter, never again, I'd rather waste my vote by spoiling my ballot, than have my vote abused by the arseholes in the political class. 🤬

I suspect that the Left are simply trying to assert control over any levers they still have available; hence the election of Lucy Powell to deputy leader.

And what were their positions on women's sex based protections?

No, no! Your post was fine. I somehow couldn't follow the info as posted by the EHRC.

I thought there would be a by date list to show who resigned, who took their place!

I will have to google them all later.

But feel is they were picked to join, they are "on message" for the dominant Labour group.

Perhaps all the other Labour MP's voting them onto the committee because they want to put all their loonies in one basket, which they will now proceed to ignore.

You never know, it could happen 😂.

They won't be able to change the Equality Act without full public scrutiny and debate though. Too many people will make a fuss.

I doubt even Zack Polanski would want to open that can of worms, despite all the sound bites.

Maybe! Either way, Rosie Duffield will be feeling a bit lonely on that committee.

I bet, I've been there, not at a government level obviously, but the lone voice in a group, it's very frustrating. I only hope she's taking lots and lots of notes, so she can write a blistering exposé on the moronic meatheads we've voted into power.

I'd buy a copy of that book. 👍

At this point Labour just seem to be gaslighting women on a daily basis.
They sure as shit don't want to be in power after the next election. They're basically handing it to the Right on a silver platter.

And the only reason that Rosie is on the committee is because the Tories gave up a seat to her as they felt that she would do a better job than any Tory MP.

Yeah, I know! One other Tory on the committee, Rebecca Paul. I don't know if there are any sane ones amongst the Labour MPs, and the LibDem woman is awful.

It was uncontested.
Buggins turn.
Nobody chose.
Three vacancies, three volunteers.

Its sad that no sound back benchers were willing to join the committee and speak up for sanity

But two of those elected are women (of which one is a lesbian, and one bisexual). Why wouldn't they be pro women and pro lesbian?

Ask them what a woman is.

The Plaid Cymru one is as well, I remember her from the interview with Baroness Falkner, beclowning herself and claiming to speak for Wales, thereby embarrassing us all in Wales.🤬

Why?