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@JackWOates

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19, Queer, uni student private account: @OatesJackPriv

Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined August 2019
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Jack Oates
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Made a Private Twitter Account @OatesJackPriv - probably less angry political tweets on there.
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If the Labour Party is going to be openly hostile to trans rights, then I don't see how anyone who thinks they're an ally to queer people can be a member let alone campaign for them. So, I've resigned my membership.
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Best result from Scotland, goodbye Douglas Ross!
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A political party actually doing something over transphobia? Now that's a rare piece of good news!
@HolyroodDaily
Holyrood magazine
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Exclusive: The Scottish Greens have expelled a number of members who declared "sex is a biological reality". An official complaint accused them of making the party less safe for trans and non-binary members.
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@StAwesume @nintendolife Frye has been described as a "she", they use feminine pronouns for her on the jappense website, but not Shiver. Shiver gets no gendered pronouns, in any language. What does this suggest? Either A) Shiver is non-binary Or B) the people managing every offical website are trolling
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I hope 'progressive' Labour Party members are happy with what they've achieved - because the rest of us aren't.
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Wes Streeting MP
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Puberty Blockers. A 🧵  Children’s healthcare must always be led by evidence.  Medicine given to children must always be proven safe and effective first. I know there’s lots of fear and anxiety.  Let me explain why this decision was taken. 1/9
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@SarahEdwardsTam @StaffsPolice Do you have an ounce of shame?
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I mean, your non-action has abandoned queer people. That abandonment is what's disgusting, not people calling you out on it.
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@LGBTLabour @tomrutland @peterkyle Labour has no place in pride. You've failed our community time after time.
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@flashman Hawaii seems to be quite the anomaly 🤔
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2 years
@StAwesume @nintendolife There's a section on the Japanese website where the characters talk in first-person, guess which chracter talks about themselves in plural (ie they/them) or in the passive voice instead of using first-person pronouns (which is commonly used in Japanese)? Shiver.
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@StAwesume @nintendolife In Japanese they do? Some languages have words such as me and my that change based on your gender. Also you can use they/them to refer to yourself. Many people do.
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@samreich Please let there be bonus features like commentaries 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
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Retweet to scare Labour
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@JackTMPhipps Is this anti-union? It doesn't seem anti union to me?
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@StAwesume @nintendolife As I said this in Japanese, something you would have known if you had chosen to read the article your commenting about.
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@RMTunion If you want to remove them safely use a key to scratch them off.
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@OregonMapGuy The Reform Party are very much the ones on the left. More or less every country has both types.
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@Zach_A2 @michiganstan25 @flynnajw Americans really forget other countries exist, don't you?
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@Psephizo @Jonesy_Bones @sanditoksvig Ian, she's saying they shouldn't have the automatic right to legislate laws. Automatically allowing people that don't even represent a majority of the country's religious views to vote on laws is antiquated and ridiculous.
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@LabourBristol What's the Labour MP for Bristol South's views on trans people, if the people she follow is any indication your party really shouldn't be welcome at Pride.
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@thelewiswarner Streeting said he would do this before the election, and you still campaigned for them. Your party's policeis haven't changed, they're just now implementing them.
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@DanielG47_ @OwenJones84 They were also ordered to not support counter-protests. Labour want to appease racists, rather than actually challenge their awful rhetoric.
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@jackiebmsp Evidence based? I mean its evidence based in the sense it's based on some evidence Dr Cass agrees with, with the majority of evidence disregarded.
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@IanMurrayMP Nice to see Labour willing to take any old transphobe in.....
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@LabourWillow Look I get what you're saying, but when this policy has led to suicides, you have to ask is Labour actually acting in the intrest of trans people? Restricting acsess to hormone blockers wasn't in the manifesto and isn't supported by expert, so why not go further and be bolder.
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@DeborahMeaden Chaos with Ed Miliband.
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@MichaelS294 @BBCPolitics How dare you. We in Carlisle hate him as much as the next lot.
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The fact they're cheering is callous. I really don't understand how people can be happy to endanger the lives of asylum seekers.
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Transphobia in the Labour Party? It's as likely as you think.
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@rdg_elliott @Aden_Harris_ Any source for this? Bristol Pride hasn't let any political party march this year. Unless you have proof, this sounds quite conspiratorial on your part. This might shock you to learn queer people don't want groups who've damaged our rights to march and pinkwash their reputation.
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@s30k__ Yep, but she just has higher testosterone levels than most women. It's the classic example of TERFs attacking other c!s women who don't neatly fit into their idea of what a woman is.
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@DanicaPriest Nice to know Labour Party members think they're the real victims of their party's transphobia...
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This isn't the solution. The government should do all it can to aid Ukraine. It's not domestic public spending vs aid abroad. With tax rises, we can have both.
@SloaneFragment
รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ
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i can save the country 3 billion a year. rachel reeves should hire me. tough decisions, @RachelReevesMP . we're a tiny little island nation. why are we spending this money??
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@PompeySteph @LGBTLabour Proud of what? They didn't condemn it. They're doing the bare minimum. Stuff like this is why queer people like me no longer feel comfortable being in the Labour Party as it doesn't act in our interests.
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I remember back in 2020 voting for Starmer to be Labour leader with one of his promises being to end tuition fees...
@PolitlcsUK
Politics UK
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🚨 NEW: Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has not ruled out raising university tuition fees to fix the funding crisis [ @Telegraph ]
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@bigfinish MP4 FLYDALE NORTH!
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@WorldByWolf @PolitlcsUK @thetimes Remind me again, Jo Cox's murderer was from which country?
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Yes, because the country desperately needs the two-child cap... The party really is a husk of its former self isn't?
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So glad its now Labour making massive cuts to public services rather than the Tories.
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I feel like I'll have either joined the Lib Dems, the Greens, or the SNP by the end of the year solely because of how pessimistic I feel about Labour.
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@Sallyjoagain @OwenJones84 Yeah, I couldn't agree more, which is why experts prescribed puberty blockers.
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I've just accidentally stumbled across a CLP Young Labour account, which seems more or less dedicated to just retweeting the guy who manages it's tweets. Behaviour like this is so cringe.
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Labour aren't a party that fights for social justice and equality any more, are they?
@PolitlcsUK
Politics UK
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🚨 BREAKING: Labour has suspended the following MPs after they voted for the SNP amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap - Apsana Begum - Imran Hussain - Rebecca Long Bailey - Ian Byrne - Richard Burgon - Zarah Sultana - John McDonnell
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You know you can just not? Even as a Labour Party member, you don't need to defend his awful positions.
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Elliott🌹 🐝
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In a personal capacity I would like to say that I am ridiculously angry that Wes Streeting has put LGBT reps across the country in a position where we have to defend awful national policy. He’s made our time at pride hostile, and the government should rethink this stance.
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I really don't get the point of these riots - what does trashing a Greggs show?
@lowles_nick
Nick Lowles
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I really hope the tray of Greggs sausage rolls were worth the sentence he will shortly get
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There's no point in Pink News branding itself as a queer news organisation if it refuses to speak or fight for all queer people.
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Genuinely surprised I was a Labour party member for so long when I seemingly agree with most other left-wing parties more.
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You know, maybe its a tad silly members of Parliament have to swear an oath of loyalty to the King. Last I checked it wasn't the middle ages anymore.
@TheRoyalistsUK
The Royalists
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We are pleased to see that Clive Lewis MP has been forced to retake his affirmation of allegiance following our complaint to the Clerk of the House of Commons. MPs must not be excused from the common allegiance that binds our nation together.
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@CharlieInBrum It's pretty crazy that only 1 out of the 6 candidates lives in the constituency
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@bencsmoke @LGBTLabour Have they ever publicly disagreed with their party, even once?
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@carolin78540261 @jamesdoleman @GBNEWS His wife just died and you're making political points, have some respect.
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@Aden_Harris_ Pride is for everyone who supports our community. If your political party doenst do that, you're party isn't welcome.
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@IAmZackHayward Implementing the cass report was in your manifesto, Streeting also supported the ban on puberty blockers. Your party's done this, you've helped get them here.
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Your work doing what? Acting as a vocal minority of LGB people in platforming transphobic nonsense?
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@AllianceLGB
LGB Alliance
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Our thanks to the Chair of The Labour Party, Anneliese Dodds MP, for meeting with us for a productive discussion about our work.
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Map of where I've been in Britain - never realised how little I've been to the south...
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@caibyy
Caiby 🦢
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Map of the British Isles and where I've been (travelling through doesn't count)
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Labour love attacking every other party for being NIMBYs when they themselves are NIMBYs.
@KateOsborneMP
Kate Osborne
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I have made further representations to the Leader of STC relating to my opposition to the Local Plan and the potential impact on the greenbelt. I fully support the Fellgate Save the Greenbelt Group and will continue to do all I can to protect our green spaces.
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The article doesn't say about slashing the welfare budget, does it?
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@LeftieStats
Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️
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🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves plans to slash the welfare budget, with the aim of reducing "fraud". The Guardian reports that Reeves plans to "take tough decisions on welfare and spending" in the autumn. (Via @guardian )
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@gothoperas @bigfinish That's super disappointing. Guess I'll be skipping out on this unfortunately.
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I refuse to believe Conservapedia isn't just people trolling.
@ConservDepths
depths of conservapedia
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@AveryGreatorex @wesstreeting I mean is it a surprise? Streeting said he backed the descion when the Conservatives made it. Since then Rayner has backed Rowling, Starmer said trans women shouldn't use women's facilities, and your manifesto backed the cass report. Labour isn't a party for queer people.
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@JackWOates
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If you're in the Labour Party and don't want to be complicit in your party's transphobia follow this link: . It's the easiest way to take action.
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@PhilosophyTube This but with Jimmy Carter.
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@ItsMatt_Again They're called powerbottoms
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@harrycav95 @jacktism_ @Aden_Harris_ Unless your leadership stops pushing transphobia, that's a moot point. Your party is enacting transphobic policies, so why welcome them to queer events?
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Idk I think putting an associate of Epstien in a position of power over young people is a bad idea.
@jimmysergi_
Jimmy Sergi
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Really excited that Lord Mandelson is running to be @UniofOxford ’s next Chancellor. He’s the perfect candidate to be the first ever Labour holder of this position, with the expertise to advocate for Oxford and the university sector as a whole.
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@MilkmanMeme Damn SNP landslide...
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Labour would rather present a united party than as a party with people who care about vulnerable people. It's unconscionable.
@BadWritingTakes
Bad Writing Takes 🖊️🏳️‍🌈
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Labour's @JoshNewburyMP has seemingly been forced to delete his thread opposing Wes Streeting's horrific attack on vulnerable transgender children. Labour is fully committed to anti-LGBTQ hatred and to harming vulnerable young people.
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@jodieswavyhair Would you rather we just say the era was awful with limited character development and plot holes galore or at least tried to be positive about it?
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@Matthew10509611 @pam_lna @Ian66219823 Its not just a lack of context, its also the idea that a rigged elections real results woukd be revealed to a new channel rather than kept secret.
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@lizziehopley They're both women. Neither are male. Khelif was born female, gender transition isn't even legal in her country.
@iocmedia
IOC MEDIA
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Joint Paris 2024 Boxing Unit/IOC Statement
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By this logic, the programe Labour was elected on is a pro-child poverty platform?
@PolitlcsUK
Politics UK
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🚨 NEW: A Labour source says this decision was taken "to show that we expect Labour MPs to support the programme we were elected on" [ @BethRigby ]
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It's incredibly depressing no one in the cabinet is willing to stand up for trans people.
@MCRLibDems
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Well… this sucks
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@s30k__ I mean he was a massive Terf, so obviously it's not too surprising he's comfortable in Scottish Labour
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@tombruhcks They're mergeing with the Liberal Party to form the Democratic Liberal Party.
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Is it bad that whenever I see Carter trending, I always think he's passed away?
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@livmarshalluk @ng_labour @Ethan_Radford_ @CllrNeghat @CllrMattShannon @SamHarriss00 @NadiaWhittomeMP @CllrJHayes Labour shouldn't be welcome at Pride. When it comes to "Culture wars fuelled with hate and vitriol" your party is actively partaking to restrict trans youth's acsess to gender affirming care. Don't pinkwash your party when it's the boot on our community's neck.
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Istg Spotify emails for concerts that don't have any tickets left are so annoying
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I don't get why Twitter scraps the good ideas and just gives us the garbage ones we don't want. Like I get Musk is bad at his job, but he can't be this bad?
@kyoruyeye
avary 🤍
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oh how i still miss you… left us too soon…
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It's nice that every time Labour does something I'm optimistic about they immediately go back on it. Cumbria doesn't need a coal mine.
@bencsmoke
Ben Smoke
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🚨NEW: both energy+ housing ministries refuse to rule out giving coal licence + planning permission to contentious coal mine at centre of legal challenge, potentially breaking key labour election pledge my full story on the fight to end coal here:
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@politicabot @markjenkinsonmp The government's already doing it.
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It's really odd that a Scottish Labour MP says this is change, ScotRail is already in public ownership.
@DrScottArthurMP
Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹
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Change!
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@JMarshUoL This shouldn't be a surprise, Streeting backed the block when it first happened. Labour's clearly shown its intentions with this, I don't doubt it will get worse.
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You're right, it's unacceptable, so why's Labour meeting with JK Rowling and pushing the dog whistle of "trans ideology" being taught in schools?
@labtowin
Labour to Win
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Labour will treat transgender people with dignity and respect. The Tories are using trans people as a political football - this is unacceptable. #BBCDebate
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@rdg_elliott Streeting supported this decision back in May. it's not a sudden change in direction. It's a continuing course of transphobia. Your manifesto also supported implementing the Cass Report, which we all know is abysmal.
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Why did you vote to keep it if you're against it?
@RachaelMaskell
💙Rachael Maskell MP
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📝 Sign my petition Last year, the two child benefit cap impacted upon 1.6m children. Sign here 👉 #York #ChildPoverty #TwoChildCap #TwoChildPolicy #TaxCredits #UniversalCredit #EndChildPoverty #EndChildPovertyNow #Petition
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@NathanJRamsden @LabourWillow If you've got no guarantee, why stay? I left as I couldn't justify supporting a party harming my community. If you're staying to apply pressure, you can do that from the outside. Unless you'll be able to point to changes Labour make in trans issues, its an empty gesture.
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The Labour Party can't claim to support LGBTQ+ people and support transphobia...
@TimesRadio
Times Radio
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“It’s very simple: a man has a penis and a woman has a vagina.” Discourse over trans rights in Scotland has alienated voters, says Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party. #TimesRadio | @KateEMcCann | @adamboultonTABB
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@LabourWillow Okay, but do you think Labour will actually improve trans rights? I used to agree with you that they would, but over recent months I'm not optimistic any more. Labour's shown itself to be transphobic, unless that changes there's no point supporting them down this path.
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@softleftlabour So will Labour be reversing all of this then? It's hypocritical to attack the Lib Dems for causing this, if your party doesn't do anything to undo the damage.
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You could not pay me to live anywhere in America
this is crazy
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@seward_morgan @LabourList Like the mistake Fazia Shaheen made and was deselected for?
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@sophwan_ At the end of the day it's entirely your decision. For me it was the fact I don't support the direction the party is heading and I couldn't actually see a way to influence it.
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@DimensionsInJen
Jenny 🍉
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@trevorbaxendale Now I have your attention will you stop liking anti-trans stuff? As a trans person it’s really very annoying? I’d say this’d alienate your readers if you had any.
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@CameronGreerSNP I mean terfs are literally fixated on genitals in spite of the fact it has 0 impact on their lives. It's not surprising they act like creeps.
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@liamlibdem @LGBTLabour Joe Dharampal-Hornby and Lilly Soaper are the co chairs, and it's an embarrassment to themselves they haven't gone yet.
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