The Tories have been in power for 14 years, and all the shifting of goalposts have happened under their watch, so there is little reason to trust them on this. I wouldn't vote for them anyway. I feel the rise of gender troubled children is driven by the mental health crisis in our society, which in turn is driven by poverty. And the Tories are responsible for that.
Labour actually whipped their MSPs to vote in favour of the GRA, and the LibDems and Greens are equally keen on the legislation, to the point of science denial.
I am fortunate that Joanna Cherry is my MP. Her refusal to espouse this new religion has led to her being sidelined by the SNP, but she's a principled politician and an excellent constituency MP, so I am happy to vote for her (there's no Alba candidate in my constituency). JC is the only reason I'm voting SNP. Otherwise I would be spoiling my ballot paper.
My worry in all of this is just how much damage has been done without any changes to legislation, and also that the current generation of university students are being groomed into this. When they graduate, our professional classes will be flooded with adherents to this ideology, regardless of legislation.
My impression is that the Tories basically were swept along by the rise of gender ideology, effectively 'going with the flow', until some of them noticed the gender wars and the increasing numbers of women who were seriously pissed off with pretty much any party to the left of the Tories due to those parties officially buying into the whole "trans women are women" deal.
They shifted position, after 2019, to be more supportive of 'gender critical' voices, and thus did some useful things on this front in the last few years. But yes, I agree they let gender ideology gain purchase in our universities, schools, the NHS, the civil service and many other public bodies without any resistance. Their efforts under Sunak have been a rear-guard action taken way too late in the day.
My fear now is we're going to have a governing party with large vocal chunk of its members and MPs (and probable ministers) signed up to much (if not all) of the TRA's agenda rather than a governing party that was for the most part merely swept along by it. Furthermore it looks like the Lib Dems will have a much larger contingent than they currently do and they, along with the Greens, have bought into the TRA's agenda even more strongly than Labour. They might even become the official opposition if some of the more dire polls (from the Tory perspective) are to be believed. The next Parliament could well be dominated by officially gender affirmative parties, with a smattering of Tories and maybe a Reform MP or two as the only voices not in alignment on this issue.
Gender ideologists Labour and the LibDems both as govt and opposition? Thanks for the new nightmare to haunt me! :)
I notice that no-one is holding the LibDems to account for their role in the Coalition govt introducing austerity, the Immigration Act that begot the Windrush Scandal, the 2012 Act that introduced private companies wholesale into the NHS in England, or the privatisation of the Post Office. And, of course, the horrors that have rained down on the disabled via ATOS, etc.
Ed Davey was actually in the Cabinet that introduced these measure. But as long as he continues of provide amusing photo opportunities for childish tv correspondents to chortle at, there's no danger he'll be asked about it.
Re: Ed Davey's role in the Coalition government, today I watched Nick Robinson's interview with Davey, and Robinson did actually grill him about the Post Office scandal & the cuts to public services that the Lib Dems allowed during this period, though admittedly not all of the items you mention were covered. The best Davey could say is that they stopped some of the things the Conservatives had planned and implemented some of the policies the Lib Dems favoured.
The increased seats the Lib Dems are projected to get seem to me to be mainly down to the reduced vote for the Tories rather than the Lib Dems getting more support. The share of vote in current polls is not much different to what it was in 2019.
If I remember right Alba are both mildly Social Democratic, and seeking independence and would be a suitable place for women who won't wheesh can place their votes, but then there is a conspiracy to make sure that no one knows this
The Tories have been in power for 14 years, and all the shifting of goalposts have happened under their watch, so there is little reason to trust them on this. I wouldn't vote for them anyway. I feel the rise of gender troubled children is driven by the mental health crisis in our society, which in turn is driven by poverty. And the Tories are responsible for that.
Labour actually whipped their MSPs to vote in favour of the GRA, and the LibDems and Greens are equally keen on the legislation, to the point of science denial.
I am fortunate that Joanna Cherry is my MP. Her refusal to espouse this new religion has led to her being sidelined by the SNP, but she's a principled politician and an excellent constituency MP, so I am happy to vote for her (there's no Alba candidate in my constituency). JC is the only reason I'm voting SNP. Otherwise I would be spoiling my ballot paper.
My worry in all of this is just how much damage has been done without any changes to legislation, and also that the current generation of university students are being groomed into this. When they graduate, our professional classes will be flooded with adherents to this ideology, regardless of legislation.
My impression is that the Tories basically were swept along by the rise of gender ideology, effectively 'going with the flow', until some of them noticed the gender wars and the increasing numbers of women who were seriously pissed off with pretty much any party to the left of the Tories due to those parties officially buying into the whole "trans women are women" deal.
They shifted position, after 2019, to be more supportive of 'gender critical' voices, and thus did some useful things on this front in the last few years. But yes, I agree they let gender ideology gain purchase in our universities, schools, the NHS, the civil service and many other public bodies without any resistance. Their efforts under Sunak have been a rear-guard action taken way too late in the day.
My fear now is we're going to have a governing party with large vocal chunk of its members and MPs (and probable ministers) signed up to much (if not all) of the TRA's agenda rather than a governing party that was for the most part merely swept along by it. Furthermore it looks like the Lib Dems will have a much larger contingent than they currently do and they, along with the Greens, have bought into the TRA's agenda even more strongly than Labour. They might even become the official opposition if some of the more dire polls (from the Tory perspective) are to be believed. The next Parliament could well be dominated by officially gender affirmative parties, with a smattering of Tories and maybe a Reform MP or two as the only voices not in alignment on this issue.
Gender ideologists Labour and the LibDems both as govt and opposition? Thanks for the new nightmare to haunt me! :)
I notice that no-one is holding the LibDems to account for their role in the Coalition govt introducing austerity, the Immigration Act that begot the Windrush Scandal, the 2012 Act that introduced private companies wholesale into the NHS in England, or the privatisation of the Post Office. And, of course, the horrors that have rained down on the disabled via ATOS, etc.
Ed Davey was actually in the Cabinet that introduced these measure. But as long as he continues of provide amusing photo opportunities for childish tv correspondents to chortle at, there's no danger he'll be asked about it.
Apologies for giving you a new nightmare! If you can bear it, I expand on my comments above here: https://jameshammerton.substack.com/p/the-next-uk-parliament-looks-like?r=126v2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Re: Ed Davey's role in the Coalition government, today I watched Nick Robinson's interview with Davey, and Robinson did actually grill him about the Post Office scandal & the cuts to public services that the Lib Dems allowed during this period, though admittedly not all of the items you mention were covered. The best Davey could say is that they stopped some of the things the Conservatives had planned and implemented some of the policies the Lib Dems favoured.
The increased seats the Lib Dems are projected to get seem to me to be mainly down to the reduced vote for the Tories rather than the Lib Dems getting more support. The share of vote in current polls is not much different to what it was in 2019.
If I remember right Alba are both mildly Social Democratic, and seeking independence and would be a suitable place for women who won't wheesh can place their votes, but then there is a conspiracy to make sure that no one knows this