Thread by @LabWomenDec

Thread.
In the week of #GIDs closure & #AllisonBaileyWins..
@UKLabour doubles down on its refusal of our conference stand application.
With result that MPs Diana Johnson, Feryal Clark, Steve McCabe, Tonia Antoniazzi, Marsha De Cordova, Rosie Duffield & Mary Glindon go on record..

..with backing of @UKLabour Peers @HayteratLords @LordPhilofBrum Estelle Morris, Tony Young, @DavidTriesman, in support of our application for a stand at #LabourConference22.
Scroll down to third letter "Labour must reconsider ban"
theguardian.com/theobserver/co…

Following initial refusals @HayteratLords offered live on air on @BBCWomansHour to take a larger stand when told that smaller stands were taken.
But then on 27 July the party's Business Board ruled our application should be rejected "on commercial grounds"

Peers and MPs have asked what are the "commercial grounds" which led the party to decide against the additional income. An answer is awaited...
More background and chronology here
labourwomensdeclaration.org.uk/the-silencing-…

But although delegates and visitors may not be able to talk with us at a conference stand, all are welcome at our fringe meeting #LWDLiverpool22 at 6pm on Monday 26 September at a nearby venue followed by a reception
eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-do-wome…

Here's @michaelsavage in @ObserverUK on 3 July on the initial refusal of our application submitted early in March.
theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

And of course we stand in solidarity with women's charity @FiLiA_charity and lesbian and gay charity @ALLIANCELGB which have received similar summary refusals of their applications for stands from @UKLabour. Conference attendees should have access to these voices.

The tide is turning
@UKLabour needs to actively engage with gender critical voices - not just the odd private meeting.
Without respectful dialogue on the conflict of rights between sex-based rights & self ID, the party remains behind the curve and in potential breach of #EA2010

"More Labour MPs have expressed support for a group campaigning for sex-based rights..barred from having a presence inside the party's autumn conference...Tonia Antoniazzi, Feryal Clark, Marsha de Cordova, Rosie Duffield, Julie Elliott, Mary Glindon, Diana Johnson, Steve McCabe"