“Western gay men are some of the most privileged”
Compared with what, Matthew, countries and regimes where my fiancé and I would be beheaded in the street, thrown off a building or stoned to death in the street?
Goodness me I am *SO* privileged aren’t I?
Completely agree with @Mullers1993, that we need to be supporting Trans People.
One of my friends is undergoing HRT, and I am proud to call them my friend. It is their individual choice, and we should be supportive of individuals choices.
Kudos to @LGBTCons for be supportive.
I keep getting asked "why don't you drop the T from the @LGBTCons". Here is why I won't do that.
People seem to think dropping the T would magically solve every disagreement in the LGBT community.
It will not.
The difficult questions around sport, healthcare, schools and single-sex spaces would still exist. The only difference is we’d be shouting at each other from different sides of a bigger divide.
We need less tribalism and more grown-up and pragmatic conversations. Protect women’s rights. Respect trans people. Find workable solutions.
Politics should be about solving problems. That is what I intend to do. And that is how I intend to lead the @LGBTCons we will solve these problems.
@jakelibdem was fantastic on #BBCQT this evening.
Jake showed there is an alternative to the ‘Punch and Judy’ show within Labour and Reform.
@LibDems believe in liberal values and for individuals to come together for a better Britain, a Britain which is positive.
"This isn't a general election. This is an election for a potential future Prime Minister via the back door, and that's not the right way to be doing politics."
“The Liberal Democrat plan isn’t about rejoining the European Union”
Liberal Democrat Jake Austin says voters in Makerfield aren’t “bringing up” Brexit, but the party plan is for “closer ties” with the EU for the economic benefit for places that have been “left behind”
#bbcqt
'My question for Nigel Farage is - why does the family of Henry Nowak mean nothing to you?'
@Peston addresses Farage directly over his claims of 'two-tier' policing.
The Reform leader called for people to respond with ‘pure, cold rage’, despite the family's appeal for calm.
I’m not going to amplify Reform’s ad by sharing it, but the wilful misrepresentation of Kemi Badenoch - selectively quoting what she said about ‘white lives matter’ - is disgraceful and dangerous.
It needs to be challenged, including by those of us who are not Conservatives.
@AndyBurnhamGM@Keir_Starmer I have never seen a leadership contest like this in Britain - where an MP resigns to let someone to be an MP and then to force a PM out.
There are examples of this in Australia with Bob Hawke in 1983 (v Bill Hayden) and @PierrePoilievre after losing his seat in Canada recently.
The reality is @AndyBurnhamGM is using Makerfield as a launchpad to be Prime Minister.
Our politics is become more Americanised, in that it is getting more about personalities rather than policies.
I’ve got sympathy for @Keir_Starmer 🧵 https://t.co/jO4rM3O25n
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