Pinning this. The words of
@hen10freeman
, a disabled woman who has every right to expect her intimate physical care to be carried out by only women as she wishes. This is the hill.
🧵 The nerve of people being vile about me wanting same-sex care. People asking ‘what about lesbians’ is homophobic, they are women. This isn’t about sexuality, it’s about sex. I’ve been told I have an agenda, not wanting men to touch me is not an agenda. Here’s my 24hrs 1/
EXCLUSIVE 🚨 w/
@cazjwheeler
Natalie Elphicke lobbied the justice secretary to intervene in criminal trial of her sex offender husband
Robert Buckland told her it was "completely" improper
She allegedly then tried to secure him better prison conditions
A pleasure to be at
@CburyCathedral
for 30th anniversary of the ordination of the 1st women priests. Esp proud to celebrate my partner's wonderful mum, Canon Eileen Routh, one of those pioneering women, with our beloved Rose,
@DoverBishop
, a trailblazing role model to many women.
💥NEW: FM John Swinney seems to confirm live on
@SkyNews
the gender recognition reform legislation will be abandoned after it was blocked from becoming law.
Former FM Humza Yousaf hinted he’d work with Labour govt to amend the law. Swinney doesn’t mention this.
My mind is slightly blown - Government have accepted my legal amendments to ban Registered Sex Offenders from changing their name to avoid detection. Huge congrats to all the victims & survivors esp.
@DellasLaw
x
@LDNVictimsComm
@VictimsComm
'Politicians are actually more nuanced... and they are allowed to change their minds.'
Former Labour Party adviser Tom Baldwin defends Natalie Elphicke's defection to Labour, but tells
@ShelaghFogarty
that 'she does need to show she has some Labour values'.
Loto figure privately dismissive of Labour MPs' reaction to the Natalie Elphicke defection
- It's the Labour parliamentary party "talking about itself"
- MPs "haven't worked out the leap they're going to have to make from opposition to government"
A million requests for interviews again today. I seem to be the only Labour MP willing to put my name to quotes yet again, not sure why this is constantly the case when so many of us feel exactly the same on several topical issues? It would be great if colleagues also spoke up...
Coming up:
📢The actor and disability rights campaigner Liz Carr is fronting a new BBC documentary: Better off Dead?
It explores the controversial topic of the legalisation of assisted dying.
She tells
@claremcdonnell1
why the possibility of changing the law terrifies her ⬇️
Fury over Natalie Elphicke’s defection inc in shadow cabinet. One MP asks: ‘Are we welcoming Farage next week?’ Another: “Many of us didn’t fight Momentum only to see our leader welcome Reform in the front door.”
Story by
@elenicourea
,
@PippaCrerar
& me
New: It’s all happening in Dover.
The boss of P&O Ferries has written to MPs on
@CommonsBTC
to correct the evidence he gave yesterday.
Peter Hebblethwaite’s letter suggests he is concerned he may have mislead parliament.
NEW: Natalie Elphicke says she’s not been offered a peerage by Labour.
She says Rishi Sunak has “broken many election promises… He’s not stopping the boats and he’s letting the country down.”
Full pool interview airing shortly on all broadcasters.
This is the issue in one easy-to-understand picture, though it's missing the phone slid under the door to film the girl. If you think this doesn't/wouldn't happen, you went to an all-girls' school and/or have led a remarkably sheltered life.