Women’s Rights

Cossy

Rosie51

This is not legislation though Cossy this is updated guidance about existing legislation.

The definition around purdah also mentions political communications of which this is one.

I know many on year simply love an excuse to diss the LP, who have made mistakes during their “reign” in power, but sometimes there are totally legitimate reasons.

I'm not 'dissing' the LP, I voted for them! It was pointed out they released something about pothole repair funding which presumably is political communication? Whether or not this is covered by purdah you can't deny that the timing is awfully suspicious. A whole year and she gets the updated guidance just on the very day she can't release it. We weren't born yesterday.
Labour do many things right but on women's rights and protections they fail miserably in my opinion.

AGAA4

I will wait to hear what the new rules say but Labour do seem to be rather uncertain on women's rights.
I hope that they will be clear on safety for all women with no ambiguity. No ifs, buts or maybes.

I agree, but trans people do also deserve safeguarding, just not at the expense of any biological women.

Rosie51

This is not legislation though Cossy this is updated guidance about existing legislation.

The definition around purdah also mentions political communications of which this is one.

I know many on year simply love an excuse to diss the LP, who have made mistakes during their “reign” in power, but sometimes there are totally legitimate reasons.

What is even more unspeakably cruel in my opinion Galaxy is telling children they can change their sex when anybody with more than one brain cell knows it's impossible. A little boy that likes to dress up in a tutu and fairy wand is still a little boy, just one who has imagination and enjoys pretend in a non stereotypical way.

I do worry what society has done to these people by playing pretend. It is unspeakably cruel. No one needs to reveal to anybody that Robin moira white for example is trans, we all know. Those who have pretended that these men are women have done harm not only to women but also to those who pretend to be another sex.

Once again these are not new rules, the legislation was confirmed by the Supreme Court one year ago that in the Equality Act sex refers to biological sex at birth. The EHRC guidance on implementing this legislation correctly is what has been updated (in theory at least), presumably to apply UK law and not 'Stonewall law' as so many organisations have so far.

Phillipson would know perfectly well about the rules pertaining to Election campaigning periods. She has dissembled for nearly a year about releasing the guidance.

The Trans lobby wields enormous influence within the Labour Party out of all proportion to its numbers; generous donations have much to do with it, coupled with threats to take their grievances to the ECHR if thwarted in their desire to frequent ladies' lavatories.
Robin Moira White, a barrister who identifies as female ,said in an interview on Woman's Hour 12.05.2025 concerning this issue, that he did not think the Supreme Court ruling would survive a trip to the ECHR. A great deal about the dignity of transwomen being compromised by being forced to use places of additional privacy, (single lavatories) which will reveal to their colleagues that they are trans.

I will wait to hear what the new rules say but Labour do seem to be rather uncertain on women's rights.
I hope that they will be clear on safety for all women with no ambiguity. No ifs, buts or maybes.

This is not legislation though Cossy this is updated guidance about existing legislation.

Apparently that’s not correct Grannybags but it’s a convenient excuse. The timing is so suspicious you have to wonder what it will say. Obviously they know it will upset some voters.,

They have had a year bless them.
I see the 2 misogynists in chief - Alistair Campbell and joloyn Maughan are demonstrating their unpleasantness on the subject. 'Progressive' men are so dangerous to women.

Isn’t it a little like purdah in GE, ie no political communications or legislation etc to be released for a certain period before the elections and not during campaigning, it’s quite normal.

I heard this will be released in May after the elections. Something about not being allowed to publish while campaigning is going on

Well they're not 'new rules' it's supposed to give clarification under the law as it has always been. I expect she's having trouble, like so many do, with making single sex spaces inclusive of some special men, while following 'the letter of the law'.

In any other context the mantra is "the letter of the law must be obeyed" BP has been massively dragging her feet in this respect, wishing it would just go away no doubt. Bet if the ruling had gone the other way though ...........

Because they have consistently shown they are useless on this subject. It is of no surprise.

I agree with Bridey. Bridget Phillipson is woefully inadequate but I will be interested to hear what she has to say and if it differs from the Supreme Court ruling on biological gender.

Because it probably contains wording that biological women arent going to like, hence why they are holding it back until after the May by - elections.