Well that must be my longest every thread @DanielFooksArt - I didn't know there's a limit of 25 tweets to a thread! This one is shorter...
So it seems as if there's a huge amount we agree upon politically, and I love your art.
We've never met, though I knew your Mum in London in the mid-1960s
and visited Jean and your Dad in Livingstone in 1969
...when your big brother Simon was a toddler...
I'm curious - I'm hoping you don't think it's right that I, and all these others who share my view about the material reality of sex, and about defending sex-based rights, should be silenced?
And that you do agree that 'If free speech isn't for those with whom we disagree it is meaningless'?
I'd love to be able to meet and discuss these issues in person sometime - that's not possible right now, so meanwhile, let's 'chat' on here?
So it seems as if there's a huge amount we agree upon politically, and I love your art. We've never met, though I knew your Mum in London in the mid-1960s
and visited Jean and your Dad in Livingstone in 1969
...when your big brother was a toddler in 1969
I'm curious - I'm hoping you don't think it's right that I, and all these others who share my view about the material reality of sex, and about defending sex-based rights, should be silenced?
And that you do agree that 'If free speech isn't for those with whom we disagree it is meaningless'?
I'd love to be able to meet and discuss these issues in person sometime - that's not possible right now, so meanwhile, let's 'chat' on here?
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Dear Daniel @DanielFooksArt I do quite agree with you about what Voltaire said, even though it was apparently mis-attributed - it was Beatrice Evelyn Hall that said it... (see @VoteEsther below)
Also I see you support David Millar and others who have been silenced for their views about the state of Israel and the rights of Palestinian people. And of their right to voice their opinions.
Kiri Tunks @kiritunks is a former joint President of NEU, and one of the founders of @Womans_Place_UK. She was 'uninvited' from speaking about sexism in Education at a @UKLabour Party branch.
@UKLabour@MarshadeCordova As well as omitting one of the 9 protected characteristics, Marsha de Cordova MP the shadow minister for WOMEN and Equalities, seems to have totally forgotten that the Labour Party manifesto of 2019 said
“Labour will put women at the heart of our government and programme” /1
@UKLabour@MarshadeCordova and that they would
"Ensure that the single-sex-based exemptions contained in the Equality Act 2010 are understood and fully enforced in service provision."
It's almost beyond belief that she should OMIT the protected characteristic of sex from an article about the EA 2010. /2
@UKLabour@MarshadeCordova Sadly the party didn't gain power, so they don't have the ability to implement the second part of that as regards enforcing the provisions in service provision.
But they do have to power to 'put women at the heart of their programme', and to 'promote understanding... /3
If you're a Labour Party member - have you taken a motion to your CLP about Self-ID or anything related to GRA?
That's how party policy will get changed. There was no such motion at last years LP conference, nor at the Women's Conference in Telford.
Below is a model motion asking that a 'gender' audit is conducted on the impact on women of the 'gender identity' change which was put in the 2017 LP Manifesto.
This is how they say they will change the law "A Labour government will reform the Gender Recognition Act and the Equality Act 2010 to ensure they protect Trans people by changing the protected characteristic of ‘gender assignment’ to ‘gender identity’