When I went to my first
#LetWomenSpeak
event in Newcastle I had a visceral response to seeing a load of police when I got off the metro in Newcastle. I'm going to share a bit more about why that was in this thread, including some graphic videos showing two tier policing ๐งต
I hereby declare that I intend to stand as a Party of Women candidate for Tynemouth constituency in the General Election on 4 July 2024.
#PartyOfWomen
@ThePosieParker
@LWSLocals
I am so angry about this. I've sacrificed the last 6 weeks to stand in the election. I worked through my holiday and put my business on hold (which has been detrimental) and then we have these women with large platforms who are supposed to be on our side slagging us off.
Each of the 16 Party of Women candidates have been incredibly courageous and held the line. They are my heroes. Sniping about 'abject performance' is missing the point entirely. They got women's rights into the discussion, and will continue to do so.
286 votes for
#PartyOfWomen
in the Tynemouth constituency
I am proud of our achievements. We only formed in February and we don't have a big budget. This is the beginning. Join the revolution
I've just been to my first ever hustings. I've never even been in the audience before but today I was a candidate! It was a church and I was nervous as there were so many people there but I am proud that I stood up for women's rights and told everyone
#PartyOfWomen
exists
We went out in
#NorthShields
today outside the Beacon Centre talking to voters about
#PartyOfWomen
We have out around 300 leaflets and talked to all of the people we gave leaflets too. There are a lot of angry people out there who don't want men in women's spaces.
This is the open letter shared on twitter and other social media at the time on behalf of the mothers of the north east. We received no response. The local papers smeared us and called us names.
I voted as soon as my postal vote came out. It was such a hard decision who to vote for when my own name was on the ballot paper. I was very excited though!
#PartyOfWomen
I talked to a group of young girls who are too young to vote but they told me they don't like mixed sex toilets in their schools because it makes them uncomfortable. I gave them a leaflet and told them they could complain.
I've never been in trouble with the law, ever. I was under the impression that it was part of our democracy to speak out against injustice.
The police did a good job in Newcastle for
#LWS
. In other parts of the country it wasn't well managed. Liverpool was the worst.
This video shows a woman and her child trying to leave the protest having escaped the police out the back of some shops. The police told her to go back to the protest. The following videos show why she wanted to leave
Darren was trying to leave the area and go home but was tackled to the ground from behind and attacked by a dog. The dog took a chunk out of his shoulder and the local hospitals refused to treat him. Local people rallied round the community and managed to get someone to help him
I wasn't at this protest but I know these people. They were kettled by police and stopped from leaving the area. I was at a priest a few weeks before this and was concerned at the level of aggression from police. I found myself (a woman in my 40's) running away from the police
I say sacrificed. I worked my arse off every single day and it was worth it. I would do it again in a heartbeat because the truth matters
#DareToBeHonest
I am so angry about this. I've sacrificed the last 6 weeks to stand in the election. I worked through my holiday and put my business on hold (which has been detrimental) and then we have these women with large platforms who are supposed to be on our side slagging us off.
I am standing for
#PartyOfWomen
in
#TynemouthConstituency
so that women's voices and women's concerns are heard and not censored. They call us far right. They call us transphobic. They call us Nazis. We are the Women! The concerns of women are not far right or transphobic.
I had a great time this weekend. I've met
@MrMennoTweets
3 times now but I'm usually the photographer, so there's no evidence. Yesterday I made sure I was in the pic! And I spoke at
#LetWomenSpeak
for the first time. My 7th event.
The men just can't leave anything for women can they? Trans women are men and Emily Wilding Davison fought for women's rights.
The flags have been removed and we will be returning to give Emily back her ribbons and flowers.
@ThePosieParker
#LetWomenSpeak
#LetWomenSpeakMorpeth
We don't have massive resources and we haven't had time to recruit loads of volunteers. There were three of us and we got such a positive response. I'm feeling very positive
@redheadranting
It started when I saw
@ThePosieParker
on YouTube saying she had been visited by police for being untoward about paedophiles. Say what?? ๐ฑ
I was interviewed yesterday for this podcast. Matt was lovely and is knowledgeable about the issues
#PartyOfWomen
are raising by standing candidates in the general election
Well I'm going to miss all the election shenanigans but I will be pleased to get back to my life. No matter what happens at the count tomorrow night, i achieved so much more than I thought I could. I've learnt so much and I am going to move forward with this new knowledge.
@NEBylines
Let women speak doesn't claim to speak for all women. It's a space where women are given the opportunity to speak for themselves. This article is full of shameful lies.
@LadySoLucky
@WomensNN
@bindelj
Well I've only been in this for 5 mins and haven't done very much... Except put my whole life on hold while I put myself out in the firing line for 6 weeks... No not a lot really.
@bindelj
So you don't want to hold the line? You want to let men say they're women? Can you explain? I really don't know where you're coming from with this! How are you helping women if you won't hold the line?
I am getting emails, tweets and Facebook messages of support from people locally, nationally and around the world
Thank you to each and every one of you. You're making a difference to help us with our morale to keep going. This election is intense.
#POW
@Woman4W
The Oxford union speech woke me up. Well lockdowns did. I started to listen to all the people they said were evil. Katie Hopkins, Tommy Robinson, all of them. If they can call me names they will do the same to others.
64% of Boris Johnsonโs cabinet was privately educated.
68% of Liz Trussโs (short-lived) cabinet was privately educated.
63% of Rishi Sunakโs cabinet was privately educated.
4% of Keir Starmerโs cabinet was privately educated.
This is (one of the many reasons) why a Labour
1/2 Breaking!!!! A
#PartyofWomen
candidate reported a threat to
@northumbriapol
@POWLizPanton
They did not take the threat seriously and put the phone down on herโฆ or so they thought. In fact, the line stayed open and we have the recording of what was said:
PC 1: What does
I treat everyone with dignity and respect. Even the person who sent me this on my crowd funder, anonymously. "Your bigotry will fail you, your campaign will crash and burn. This will be the grand failure of your lifetime and history will bury you."
UK General Election - Reality Metric
Leaders of Westminster parties who believe that women can have a penis:
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Scottish National Party โ
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Reform โ
Alba โ
Workers Party of Britain โ
My campaign is already a success. I have raised the money I needed to stand as a candidate and to send a leaflet to every household in the constituency. And I have politicians talking about women's rights. Not singlehandedly mind. A few other good women helped me! :-)
@jo_bartosch
I voted for myself but were advising to write
#RepealtheGRA
If you do spoil you ballot paper you have to be careful that you don't write in one of the boxes over the others as it may count as a vote.
@helenstaniland
Wtf! Imagine what he could do with that vivid imagination if he put it to doing something productive instead of abusing women on the internet. How do men come up with this sick shit?
Hey women of the world and men who support us. I think we've got the politicians running scared. They have lost the plot and are now running to catch up
That's what happens when you don't allow women to speak, politicians. Feeling silly yet?
@K_IngalaSmith
@HaringeyReSist
I'm not KJK. But in her defence she's the only one holding the line and she calls others out when they don't hold the line. Holding onto petty grudge rather than all pulling in the same direction is the reason this is continuing. We have achieved a lot. Shame you didn't help.