The Party of Wales @Plaid_Cymru have ambitions to dethrone @WelshLabour in 2026, but their
leader @RhunapIorwerth will need to address the frankly bonkers statement 👇 that is still live on their website.

It’s extremist and dangerous. Read on.
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Hey @RhunapIorwerth , are you planning to get candidates for 2026 Senedd elections to also sign this pledge?

Because if so, the people of Wales need to know your candidates are promising to ignore women's rights and break the law.

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.@Plaid_Cymru must respect the Supreme Court judgment.

Because this 👇 looks very much like they don’t respect women’s single sex spaces are just that - single sex. They are blatantly encouraging unlawful activity here.

Beware women of Wales. For you and your daughters.

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It’s a pick ‘n mix of jaw dropping trans extremism in the @Plaid_Cymru statement right now.

We can’t state this strongly enough - if @RhunapIorwerth does not grip and deal with the extremism within his party, no woman should entrust his party with her vote.

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No room for ‘wrongthink’ within @Plaid_Cymru.

How do they deal with ‘gender critical’ members?

Will they send you off for re-education (Helen Mary Jones anyone?) - or eject you?

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Good news though!

We’re here to help you @RhunapIorwerth - if you’re actually serious about your party understanding its responsibilities under the Equality Act.

We’ll be mentioning the Supreme Court judgement.
A lot!

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No self respecting woman should vote for a party that doesn’t respect her sex.

Women are 51% of the population.
We’ve written to @Plaid_Cymru with our questions. We’d like answers. We’d like a meeting.

Over to you @RhunapIorwerth.

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Jul 25
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Excellent meeting at @Monmouthshire council, including a discussion on their Strategy Equality Plan.
Credit to the awesome resident from WRN Wales who pointed out the inaccuracies and misrepresentations to her councillor - and had these corrected 👏
Link follows 👇
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Our WRN resident raised concerns with councillor Christopher Edwards, about a whole host of problematic references and inaccuracies in the Plan.

He represented her superbly, referencing the Supreme Court judgment and the Equality Act.
Local democracy working. Diolch!
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Issues raised:
1. Protected characteristics listed incorrectly/missed out completely.
2. References to the Welsh Government's LGBTQ+ Action Plan need review - as now not compliant following the Supreme Court judgment.

Discussion starts 2.10.42👇

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Mar 1
WRN Wales teamed up with @women_outspoken today in a joint action outside Mumbles Yacht Club @mumblesyc to draw attention to their dreadful policy of allowing men to use the female showers, changing rooms and toilets.

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Cathy and Dee explain more here 👇.

@mumblesyc have not bothered to consult with, or consider their members.
They expect women and girls to sacrifice their privacy and dignity to accommodate the wishes of a man to be in female spaces.

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We wrapped ourselves in towels to illustrate the appalling policy of the club.

Women and girls should NOT be expected to leave in wet sailing gear, or hide behind towels and dry robes in their own changing rooms.

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Nov 21, 2024
HERE WE GO AGAIN. 🚨
@WelshGovernment have released their voluntary Diversity & Inclusion guidance for political parties.
The consultation closes on 7th January 2025.

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Draft diversity and inclusion guidance for registered political parties [HTML] | GOV.WALES
The guidance is split into three parts for political parties:
1. Publication of a strategy
2. Collection of data
3. Quotas for women candidates
For obvious reasons, we are particularly interested in Part 3.

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The guidance refers to 'specified characteristics' which go beyond the Equality Act 2010.
Sex is referred to within this and IS linked to the Act.

HOWEVER. This section relates only to Parts 1 and 2. Strategy and Data. NOT quotas for women.
Guess what this means?
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Sep 27, 2024
We’re pleased to UPDATE on our below interaction with @WalesOnline.

After a further complaint about inaccuracy, BOTH articles have been corrected, meaning that we don’t have to take this to IPSO.

It’s worth digging in . Accuracy matters in journalism. As does fairness.
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After an email to the political editor, then the editor (no response) we made our complaint about inaccuracy.
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We have subsequently been informed that BOTH articles have been corrected.

This article of 26/9 (in which we are also now quoted), had used the word ‘female’ originally - when the Bill had avoided any such reference.

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Sep 21, 2024
Is @WalesOnline an impartial and accurate news source?

On 18/9 they published this story, which is both factually inaccurate and biased.
We contacted both the reporter and the editor to offer balance and to correct the inaccuracies.
NO RESPONSE.
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The article reports on the response of several groups, who were all keen to see the ‘Gender Quotas’ Bill become law in Wales.

Their views are reported uncritically, along with their disappointment with Welsh Government at the scrapping of the Bill.
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We didn’t share their enthusiasm. Neither did other women or groups.

The Bill attempted to introduce self ID.
It also allowed for at LEAST 50% of candidates to be ‘women’ on electoral lists.
It did NOT allow for a 50/50 split as claimed inaccurately in the article.
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Sep 19, 2024
It’s a mystery why @RhysOwenThomas MS has proposed a specific set of amendments to the ‘Gender Quotas’ Bill as potential ‘corrupt practices’.

This of course is the very Bill that would have sneaked in self ID to Wales.

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The Bill is recommended for withdrawal, but will be debated and voted on next week at the Senedd.

The proposed amendments appear to us to suggest that anyone challenging a statement that a candidate is a ‘woman’ could be criminally liable.

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business.senedd.wales/documents/s153…
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We don’t buy that this is to protect female candidates from ‘force, violence or restraint’ or any threats.

Existing criminal law more than adequately covers that.

So is this MS seeking to silence any challenge to ‘gender statements’ instead via criminal law?

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