Thread by @LibVoice4Women

Thanks to the magnificent efforts of @LabWomenDec, the courage and foresight of MPs and Peers, and aided by apparent dawning awareness of the existence of something called public opinion, Labour appears to be finally taking steps towards sanity on women’s rights 🧵

Starmer says he thinks women are female and drops self-ID
lbc.co.uk/news/keir-star…

Streeting has apologised to @RosieDuffield1
theguardian.com/society/2023/j…

Nandy has understood the perils of outsourcing her brains and morals to the activists around her.
https://t.co/M1IF5Z2Mbxthetimes.co.uk/article/is-it-…

Meanwhile, other people are also finally "getting it". They are feeling "angry and ashamed".

Once you’ve seen it you can’t unsee it.

All of a sudden the tide is turning.

https://twitter.com/afneil/status/1685032706139197440

Where does this leave Lib Dems? Unfortunately the last significant intervention made by Ed Davy was to insist rather angrily that women "quite clearly" can have penises.
liberalvoiceforwomen.org/blog/ed-quite-…

Meanwhile, the Conservatives have had their tanks parked on Lib Dem ideological lawns for some time. Here is @KemiBadenoch on "freedom of association, freedom of conscience, the presumption of innocence" just today.
thetimes.co.uk/article/73977f…

Unfortunately we have allowed the Tories to occupy the liberal ground by having precisely nothing to say on the scourge of cancel culture. In fact we have participated in it. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…

Back in 2021 one of our first blog post asked how organisations including the Lib Dems would manage this inevitable situation. liberalvoiceforwomen.org/blog/womensrep…

We have been trying to offer @LibDems a paddle to row back from this mess. But instead of agreeing to talk to us the leadership has spent time, effort and money shutting down debate and trying to get members like us kicked out. liberalvoiceforwomen.org/blog/call-for-…

Despite how some of us have been treated, we would still prefer the party that many of us have invested so much in over the years to become recognisable again. We believe the UK needs a Liberal party, not a mindlessly "woke" one. We still hold out a hope that change is possible.

Because contrary to popular belief the majority of Lib Dems are "terfs". Some of them just haven’t realised it yet. When they do they are likely to be as ashamed and angry as @afneil

We are offering @EdwardJDavey not only messaging advice and a critical mass of supportive members, but actual tangible policy proposals which, if only they were allowed to be debated at conference, would bring the party properly back on track. liberalvoiceforwomen.org/blog/rethink

So far this has not been possible (we will be appealing this decision)
liberalvoiceforwomen.org/blog/motion-re…

Because we care about the outcome more than our feelings, we're not asking for apologies. We're asking you to give the party we helped build a chance to save itself.
Treat members like adults. Let us debate and let's resolve this. You can thank us in 2024.
#LiberalsDebate