Thread by @LabWomenDec

Yesterday in #IWD debate @MariaMillerUK made the old claim that some funded VAWG groups say there's no problem with the application of #SexBasedRights!
C'mon Maria - we all now know that's not right.
Brave women like @K_IngalaSmith @ShonaghDillon & ..
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thetimes.co.uk/article/df43f5…

new Single-Sex Providers Network set up by @FrontlineFemin1 are telling it like it is:
"The spokeswoman said all 14 member groups and their boards “have serious concerns about speaking publicly for fear of losing funding for their services”..
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But here's what @MariaMillerUK claimed in @HouseofCommons!
"For more than 10 years under EA2010 orgs such as Women’s Aid & Refuge have been ensuring that those spaces are absolutely safe by using risk assessments on everybody who uses them, whether they are men or women...
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or indeed people who may be trans. This issue, while important, is already being practically dealt with by those organisations"
@bernardjenkin, her Tory colleague replied:
"I am afraid that a great many women do not agree with my right hon. Friend, and I am speaking for them"
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All Parties, inc Tories, include members who differ on the conflict of rights between #SelfID & #SexBasedRights
@UKLabour's current policy is unsustainable & contradictory - but it's not alone in struggling with this.
The #NoDebate era is over
@joannaccherry finished it off
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