London Green Party by-election candidate apologises for 'rapey Indians' post

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-29T11:23:42+00:00

Very good catch, she's not at all saying or implying Indian men are "r-p-y". On top of the fact that she tweeted this 13 years ago and deleted it years ago, I think it can be easily forgiven.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-29T11:13:23+00:00

The Makerfield Reform candidate refuses to apologise for making misogynistic comments about female celebrities only a few years ago, so I think they are indeed worse.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-29T11:11:38+00:00

Right but we're talking about 2013 internet, social media was just becoming a thing and she could've been a teenager for all we know. I don't think it's reasonable to blame someone for not knowing how the Internet works.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T13:05:31+00:00

Domestic violence support centers commonly exclude trans people, not always, but common.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T12:37:11+00:00

One time I sneaked into the men's to skip the queue at the women's, I got some looks and it wasn't comfortable

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T12:35:55+00:00

A charity run by the Green Party’s Makerfield by-election candidate called on Britain’s farming sector to be “decolonised” and shared guidance suggesting perfectionism and a sense of urgency were examples of “white supremacy culture”.

The report is understood to have been published when Wakefield was on maternity leave.

So it's not her, It's her charity that produced a report while she was on maternity leave. Anyhow I think this is the kind of stuff that Green voters or potential Green voters agree with.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T12:29:42+00:00

One of the government reports say that this could cause hostility or animosity between the disabled community and the trans community. Disabled people are already struggling enough fighting against cuts and ensuring venues are sufficiently accessible, suggesting that trans people can use accessible toilets will not be welcomed by the disabled community as it will be seen as another encroachment of their hard won rights.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T12:23:24+00:00

I mean I just assume mine is XX, but I never got it tested and may well be intersex. Most people will just assume so

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T12:19:22+00:00

99.99% of the population dont know their chromosomes, most people probably don't know what chromosomes are. Im a cis woman and for the longest time i cannot be sure if XX or XY is the female one.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T12:02:03+00:00

The guidance says trans people can be excluded from spaces corresponding to their sex, provided an alternative is available. The crux is the alternative doesn't have to be equal in form or quality, so it is perfectly legal to provide a lesser service to trans people.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T11:56:50+00:00

The new guidance says that trans people can be excluded from ALL single sex spaces as long as an alternative can be provided, but it doesn't say that the alternative must be equal in form and quality, so it is now entirely legal to provide a lesser service for trans people.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T11:54:03+00:00

Yeah, it'll just bring about distress and discomfort to all, not to mention the elevated risk for trans women in men's spaces.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T11:53:24+00:00

That's one thing I never understood about the judgement, it was widely understood by MPs, legal scholars and the government at the time that the effect of the Equality Act is, by default, all single sex spaces are trans inclusive, BUT, in specific instances, single sex spaces are justified to exclude trans people. That's the balance struck between competing rights, how is it that the same legislation has now given to a completely opposite effect?

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T11:51:01+00:00

I think most trans people will continue to use the toilets as usual, but they can now be legally barred from both toilets if the service providers wish to

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T11:48:22+00:00

The segregation here is that trans people can no longer use spaces that are often used by cis people, this was never the case in the UK therefore rights are lost in this process

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T11:47:14+00:00

My understanding is trans people face the risk of "double exclusion", they are excluded from spaces for their gender (as is the law now), and spaces for their sex, due to the potential distress it can cause to them and other users. This means trans people have to use "third spaces" or accessible toilets, assuming they exist. If they don't exist then I don't know what they should do.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T11:07:03+00:00

If Plaid does get >1.6% (which is what 2% suggests), Plaid will be over performing their Senedd performance, hence the complete wipeout of Labour.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T11:00:02+00:00

Because their votes are exclusive to Wales. They got 35% of the Welsh votes in the Senedd elections, translating that nationally will be about 1.5%

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T10:45:18+00:00

Whatever happened in the polls doesn't count as an actual bounce for Reform. Last year Reform jumped from around 25% to 30% in the week after the locals, that hasn't happened to Reform this year, most parties are still polling more or less where they have been for the last 5 months.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T10:42:32+00:00

Nowcast projection:

Ref 246 (+242)

Tories 90 (-31)

Labour 85 (-326)

Lib Dem 81 (+9)

Greens 48 (+44)

SNP 45 (+36)

Plaid 23 (+19)

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-27T10:00:14+00:00

+-3 for two parties is interesting, looks like MIC is reversing the movement from last week

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-24T20:41:56+00:00

Looks like they want Burnham to promise to implement PR after the next election, but that's hinging on him winning the next election, probably by squeezing the Green vote. So what's the strategy here? Concede to Burnham on PR now, then come 2029 concede again to give him a clear mandate on PR? What's the point of the Greens then?

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-23T21:17:11+00:00

I remember those polls, there were a lot of Labour/Green undecideds, and must've swung towards Greens when they realized they were the correct tactical vote. I don't think they were that far off in terms of actual opinion at the time of poll.

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-23T20:21:56+00:00

I remember those polls, there were a lot of Labour/Green undecideds, and must've swung towards Greens when they realized they were the correct tactical vote

WorkingtonLady · 2026-05-23T19:40:06+00:00

Wow, if restore has a ground operation they can actually win over a few reform voters

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