18 Comments

re: "Transphobia".

Transition does not change male offending patterns . A greater proportion of transwomen in prison have been convicted of sex offences than other men. Men do not belong in women' s and girls' protected, sex-segregated spaces.

Good men stay out, however they identify, so bad men stand out.

Expand full comment

Well, first you need to consider that you are talking about a couple of hundred (around 244) trans people in UK prisons versus several thousand men in prison. Also "A greater proportion of transwomen in prison have been convicted of sex offences than other men" does not mean the majority of trans women are sex offenders.

Expand full comment

Great post. Have not voted for this party for all of the reasons stated by AAV in this article. I wonder how long the honeymoon period will last 1,2,3 days/weeks/months, it certainly won't be years.

Expand full comment

Agreed, I'm afraid it's to late. Hopefully it won't be a " Landslide ". Media in Scotland are pushing for Labour, hope the people don't forget the let down of the past Labour turncoats.

Expand full comment

Amnesia has set in Scotland.

Expand full comment

Was with you all the way till your comments on transphobia. What a load of hackneyed tosh. Not allowing men into women's spaces is not transphobic. Itโ€™s such an overused, numbingly cliched dogwhistle. Trans people have all the human rights everyone else has - access to women only spaces is not a human right - it's a demand. A demand that now comes with legal punishment for those who have every right to disagree - a demand that carries its own blasphemy laws. I know of no one wishing trans people ill - a line is drawn where people, mostly women, lose their jobs and livelihoods for standing up for their hard won sex based rights.

Expand full comment

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿคฃ

Expand full comment

One of my daughters is called Jasmine, she is open to discussing different views.

Expand full comment
Jul 4ยทedited Jul 4

"I know of no one wishing trans people ill". Really? Do you not get out much? Have you heard of the internet?

And to be frank if a man wants to assault a women he doesn't need to take all the time and effort to pretend to be trans to do it.

He could even join the Met and get paid for being an abuser.

Expand full comment

Having the same issues in the US only not enough people realize that Biden is just as bad as Trump. He's a Catholic๐Ÿคฎ He's a Zionist. Zionism = Nazism. He's a neoliberal capitalist and he's pro profit. He's aiding, abetting, and facilitating a genocide he can end in one phone call. Dems had 50 fucking years to codify Roe. Still no universal healthcare. Biden will veto any legislation for that. He refuse to abolish the filibuster and he's against expanding our supreme court. He's illegally closed the border and he's building Trump's stupid wall.

Expand full comment

Jasmine raising the level of debate ๐Ÿ˜‚

Expand full comment

And Archie lowering it.

Expand full comment

Hey AVV: You make a lot of good points about Starmer .... but I wrote a piece a few weeks ago for THE LEFT LANE ( https://theleftlane2024.substack.com/p/question-so-what-are-keir-starmers) that argued he is a typical centrist Labour leader. Four conclusions I drew: " 1) Labour is not a socialist party and there is no chance of transforming it into one;

2) The main problem with Labour is NOT its leader, whether Starmer or Blair or Gaitskell or anyone else, but rather the ideology, policies and organisation of Labour itself;

3) There is no viable future for socialists inside Labour;

4) What we need is a new mass socialist party aimed not at managing capitalism, but of replacing it. "

Not sure what your view is.

Cheers Alan Story

Expand full comment