Pinning this. The words of
@hen10freeman
, a disabled woman who has every right to expect her intimate physical care to be carried out by only women as she wishes. This is the hill.
🧵 The nerve of people being vile about me wanting same-sex care. People asking ‘what about lesbians’ is homophobic, they are women. This isn’t about sexuality, it’s about sex. I’ve been told I have an agenda, not wanting men to touch me is not an agenda. Here’s my 24hrs 1/
Fury over Natalie Elphicke’s defection inc in shadow cabinet. One MP asks: ‘Are we welcoming Farage next week?’ Another: “Many of us didn’t fight Momentum only to see our leader welcome Reform in the front door.”
Story by
@elenicourea
,
@PippaCrerar
& me
New: It’s all happening in Dover.
The boss of P&O Ferries has written to MPs on
@CommonsBTC
to correct the evidence he gave yesterday.
Peter Hebblethwaite’s letter suggests he is concerned he may have mislead parliament.
NEW: Natalie Elphicke says she’s not been offered a peerage by Labour.
She says Rishi Sunak has “broken many election promises… He’s not stopping the boats and he’s letting the country down.”
Full pool interview airing shortly on all broadcasters.
This is the issue in one easy-to-understand picture, though it's missing the phone slid under the door to film the girl. If you think this doesn't/wouldn't happen, you went to an all-girls' school and/or have led a remarkably sheltered life.
"I don’t think we’re hearing about other viewpoints. There are a lot of people who have fears...."
@thelizcarr
on new BBC documentary
#BetterOffDead
. MPs likely to vote on assisted dying again soon so we need to hear and carefully consider all views...
“Isn’t it weird to not want to bury the hatchet?”
Does Keir Starmer owe
@RosieDuffield1
- a Labour backbencher who was “almost made into a pariah” for opposing transgender reforms - an apology?
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@maitlis
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@jonsopel
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@RachelReevesMP
It’s International Day of the Midwife. I visited maternity services at
@StGeorgesTrust
as part of our Birth Trauma Inquiry to see their Fetal Medicine Unit, Bereavement Suite, and Early Pregnancy Unit. Our inquiry will report on May 13th with recommendations to the Prime Minister
This week we spoke to parliamentarians about our campaign for single-sex care. We presented them with our report, sharing our concerns, your stories from your experience of care and we shared statistics gathered by others regarding abuse. Please see here:
"It's a silent scandal."
Associate editor at The New Statesman
@hannahsbee
and
@SkySarahJane
discuss birth trauma and what needs to be done to fix the crisis that is impacting hundreds of women across the UK.
#SJUK
📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
📗 Sister in Law is the new book from lawyer
@HWistrich
It details 10 of her cases, including Sally Challen’s appeal, the victims of the taxi driver John Worboys, & the women in the ‘Spy Cops’ scandal.
Harriet tells
@itsanitarani
what has driven her remarkable legal career 🔽
"We would like to reassure group leaders and the mothers who benefit from LLLGB’s services that we are confident the law is on our side, as mother is a sex-based term in UK law."
Statement from a group of
@LLLGB
trustees, posted by
@WeAreWithWoman
@UKLabour
's
@HayteratLords
will ask today
"What assessment [HMG] have made of NHS England stating that “anyone with ovaries can get ovarian cancer” rather than referring to “women”, whereas at other times NHS England refers to “men”..
Watch live from 11am
🚨 AUCTION 🚨
@rickygervais
very kindly signed one of our baseball caps that we are now auctioning to raise funds to support our rescue and rehoming work.
To place your bids email info
@alldogsmatter
.co.uk, with the subject ‘Auction’. Bidding closes at 5pm on Monday 6th May.