Thread by @LabWomenDec

Thread - 10 inspiring #ExpelMe speeches.
One year ago at 7pm, against a backdrop of intimidation from the usual men's rights mob, our historic rally started in defence of @ALLIANCELGB & @Womans_Place_UK who'd been defamed in

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absurd pledges signed by @UKLabour leadership & Deputy candidates inc @AngelaRayner @lisanandy.

Since then 1000s of Labour supporters have signed our Declaration & joined our campaigns.

First up was this fabulous message from MSP @JohannLamont

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Then @BevJacksonAuth for @ALLIANCELGB
"I'd like to thank the impromptu choir outside...I look forward to being able to sit down and talk to each other...
Sex not gender"
3/11

Here's @kiritunks one of the founders of @Womans_Place_UK
"Women started the Labour movement....
You ignore us at your peril"

4/11

And here's @Lachlan_Edi, at that time working for @UKLabour, with the inside story on the development of the Party's 2019 manifesto commitments to both #SexBasedRights and #SelfID.
5/11

Then @PaulEmbery clarifying that he's not Prince Harry!
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Then @DebbieHayton, @UKLabour member.
"Transwomen are male. Women are female. This is material reality on which socialism is founded"
7/11

Then @bindelj, against a background of the shouting and screaming outside calling for her to be cancelled....
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Here's @selina_todd, who had recently been no-platformed at the 50th anniversary event of the Oxford Women's Liberation Conference.
9/11

And finally @luluchops1
"Our message to @UKLabour party.
We will not be silenced and we will not allow our party to be hijacked by the cult which is identity politics"
#LabourLosingWomen
10/11

Outside, demonstrators had set off smoke flares..

One yr on, @Keir_Starmer still hasn't met with any of us & is still peddling tired old messages.
Ignoring us isn't working Keir!
When our arguments are heard in the open, we win - #MOMABill #ONS...
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