I really struggle to understand what it is that makes so many people from the UK anti-trans. In the US I find a lot of people who mostly don’t care, and a noisy minority who are driven by their churches to reject anything but cis heterosexuality. But outside of the NYT, which seems bent on destroying trans people, I hadn’t found people in the US to care much, while the UK is out there leading the charge with TERFs and a zeitgeist of trans hatred. Without the level of evangelical Christianity as in the US, I can’t understand where that’s coming from. Anybody know the history that got them to this point?
The fact is, this election should be an easy win for Labour. They basically gained lots of ground in the local elections and people showed they are fed up with Tory lies and everything they do. But, much like the tories can't help do anything but fight each other, Labour can always manage to turn an easy win into a major loss.
Labour are really making it hard for me to vote for them rather than just vote against the tories. First they have cleaned up some of the antisemitism that lost them the election last time but i'm sure if you scratch them too hard you'll find some. They recently had a defect from the tories to them who has had to apologise for remarks she made about her husband's victims.
They've said they're not the party for people on benefits. Which is most low paying jobs in the UK and disabled people. So who do they want to vote for them?
They wont even think about the EU.
And now they're pulling this shit?
What's their stump going to be? We're less awful than the other guys but still going to fuck those on benefits, the working and middle class over? Its not the tories who are doing this "don't vote for labour" voter supression its Labour themselves which is mind blowing.
It's really depressing that we have the blue Tories in charge, who are likely to be followed by the red Tories (since that's how Labour come across right now). I'd love the Monster Raving Loony Party (a real thing) to field a candidate where I am.
I'm actually indirectly acquainted with a Labour Party member elected to a fairly prominent local office. It's the relative of a good friend, so it's not like we know each other personally, really. (I mean, like, I really don't know them, but I trust my friend to vouch for her relative's sanity.) But at the local level they do seem to have some sane heads. Given how bad they are nationally, though, I imagine that if you're in the wrong locality, the locals are actually worse.
I really struggle to understand what it is that makes so many people from the UK anti-trans. In the US I find a lot of people who mostly don’t care, and a noisy minority who are driven by their churches to reject anything but cis heterosexuality. But outside of the NYT, which seems bent on destroying trans people, I hadn’t found people in the US to care much, while the UK is out there leading the charge with TERFs and a zeitgeist of trans hatred. Without the level of evangelical Christianity as in the US, I can’t understand where that’s coming from. Anybody know the history that got them to this point?
The fact is, this election should be an easy win for Labour. They basically gained lots of ground in the local elections and people showed they are fed up with Tory lies and everything they do. But, much like the tories can't help do anything but fight each other, Labour can always manage to turn an easy win into a major loss.
Labour are really making it hard for me to vote for them rather than just vote against the tories. First they have cleaned up some of the antisemitism that lost them the election last time but i'm sure if you scratch them too hard you'll find some. They recently had a defect from the tories to them who has had to apologise for remarks she made about her husband's victims.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68976500
They've said they're not the party for people on benefits. Which is most low paying jobs in the UK and disabled people. So who do they want to vote for them?
They wont even think about the EU.
And now they're pulling this shit?
What's their stump going to be? We're less awful than the other guys but still going to fuck those on benefits, the working and middle class over? Its not the tories who are doing this "don't vote for labour" voter supression its Labour themselves which is mind blowing.
You write with such erudition and dignity about such arrant cruelty. Many thanks, CD.
This is devastating. So much hate.
It's really depressing that we have the blue Tories in charge, who are likely to be followed by the red Tories (since that's how Labour come across right now). I'd love the Monster Raving Loony Party (a real thing) to field a candidate where I am.
For those not in the know:
https://www.loonyparty.com
I'm actually indirectly acquainted with a Labour Party member elected to a fairly prominent local office. It's the relative of a good friend, so it's not like we know each other personally, really. (I mean, like, I really don't know them, but I trust my friend to vouch for her relative's sanity.) But at the local level they do seem to have some sane heads. Given how bad they are nationally, though, I imagine that if you're in the wrong locality, the locals are actually worse.
Labour has gone to shit. Starmer may as well be a Tory.