Mick Hartley

The new Labour Party. Under Corbyn it was the antisemites. Now, under Starmer , it's the trans lobby:

The Speaker of the House of Commons has made an unprecedented intervention over the security of politicians after a female MP was forced to pull out of the Labour Party conference later this week after receiving online threats from militant transgender activists.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle said elected representatives should be able to appear publicly “without fear of harm” after Rosie Duffield revealed she would miss the conference, which begins in Brighton on Saturday.

The MP, who won Canterbury for Labour in 2017, ending its century-long run as a Tory seat, has decided to stay away after receiving advice that her safety and security could be at risk if she chose to attend. Duffield, 50, claims she has been branded transphobic for “knowing that only women have a cervix”. She has also pointed out that it might not be appropriate for people with male bodies who identify as women to enter female-only spaces such as lavatories and changing rooms….

Hoyle said: “Parliamentarians, who have been elected to speak up for their constituents, should be able to attend their own party conference without fear of harm.

“Too many people have been targeted for their opinion or the office they hold. In order to protect democracy, we need to ensure those participating can do so without threats of intimidation.”

Duffield believes those who attack her for her views are “mostly straight white men”. She said: “There are some women who get involved and want to be seen to be very woke … but mostly it is men, and the same men that have trolled me ever since I got elected.

“So it looks like, feels like and smells like misogyny, and this is just the latest cause they have latched on to … The fact that I am blonde — they call me a bimbo. The fact that I don’t like antisemitism. There is always something, but it is always the same people who attack me.”

Not always straight white men. There are also a few gay white men:

After Duffield’s second electoral victory in 2019, the Labour-supporting pundit Owen Jones shared a snap of himself proudly standing alongside her at a constituency rally he had organised. Less than a year later Jones dug out the picture once more, this time to “apologise publicly” for his actions and to say that he was “genuinely mortified” about having ever shared a platform with Duffield.