Thread by @Womans_Place_UK

The treatment of Rosie Duffield MP is deplorable. We applaud her courage in speaking out. @UKLabour says it wants more light and less heat but its actions don’t support this claim. This is a thread of some of our attempts to get Labour to listen this year.

In February 2020, we published this post about the failure of @UKLabour to respond to our formal complaint about behaviour by Labour Party members at our unofficial fringe in Brighton. Six months later we have had no response
womansplaceuk.org/2020/02/15/no-…

This is the letter one of our co-founders @ruthserwotka wrote to Lisa Nandy when she made false and damaging allegations about us on the Radio 4 Today programme. We have had no response.
womansplaceuk.org/2020/02/14/dea…

This was a letter written to Rebecca Long Bailey by one of our supporters after the MP signed the scurrilous Labour Campaign for Trans Rights pledge. To the best of our knowledge she had no reply.
womansplaceuk.org/2020/02/13/dea…

This was our letter to Zarah Sultana in June 2020 challenging her comments in a letter to Liz Truss about “transphobic organisations and individuals”. We have had no response. womansplaceuk.org/2020/06/16/dea…

This was our letter to Catherine West MP about unsuccessful attempts to no-platform Pragna Patel at a @UKLabour Women’s Forum. We received no response to our letter.
womansplaceuk.org/2020/06/28/lab…

This was our letter to @Keir_Starmer six months ago raising concerns about the treatment of women in the party who were speaking up for women’s rights. We have had no response.
womansplaceuk.org/2020/04/05/dea…

We have emailed @Keir_Starmer on at least six occasions since 2018. We have never had a response. We are told that @UKLabour wants to shed more light, less heat on this topic. It feels like Labour aren’t that keen on the light either..

Thank goodness for @LabWomenDec which is working hard within @UKLabour to make sure women’s voices are heard and that Labour politicians are challenged with the concerns women have. Book here for their event on 20th October eventbrite.co.uk/e/lwd-speaking…

The appalling treatment of female @UKLabour representatives and members who try to speak up for women cannot go on. @KeirStarmer needs to step out of the dark and into the light. And he needs to do it fast. #SexMatters #WomenMatter #LabourLosingWomen