Firstly, let me say, it pains me to admit this because I’m not a Tory. I’ve always looked upon myself as a slightly left of centre, live and let live, community based, floating voter. But the more I look at this election campaign, the more I’ve realised that, to me, this is a one issue election. Women’s rights.
Starmer has been asked countless times about women’s private spaces, on radio and on TV. Each time he’s done everything he can to avoid answering the question. In any one of these interviews, he could have made his position clear, particularly on that phone in last week where the caller Jane said she was sick of the twaddle that comes out of his mouth.
Now he’s being quoted in the Telegraph as having said that biological males should not use women’s public toilets. This is a typical move by a politician. Leave it until the last minute, so he can’t be quizzed on what he actually means and then twist and deny it afterwards. I don’t trust him.
I don’t want to vote Conservative. After Partygate and the chaos caused by that idiot Liz Truss, they need a good kicking. But they’re the only party that have consistently come down on the side of women. If Labour get in and shift the gender landscape, the changes they make could be irreparable.
In the Victorian era, they didn’t build public toilets for women. It was a way of keeping women chained to the home. This is the direction we’re heading in if we don’t stand up and put a stop to it. And I don’t want to look back on this in years to come and realise I could have voted against this shift, but I let my political views get in the way.
Why I'm voting Conservative
jomartin281271 · 02/07/2024 15:23
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Signalbox · 02/07/2024 19:20
Me too OP. In my constituency Labour don’t stand a chance of winning so it’s between a Tory who is openly GC and a lib dem who is openly a TRA. I think Labour will win the election comfortably and I think we need some decent GC voices in opposition not an opposition who just wave all the gender nonsense through with zero challenge. So for me it’s a tactical vote for who will be better in opposition.
thestudio · 02/07/2024 16:13
You don't have to vote at all. Given other Tory policies I imagine the net gain to women if they get in again will be zero, if not in the minuses.
So you should not vote for them if you care about women. Add to that the impacts on all vulnerable groups .
Spoil your vote.
Signalbox · 02/07/2024 19:34
The tories do not give a shit about women.
Neither do Labour.
WishIMite · 02/07/2024 19:40
And yet under the last Labour government we had Children's Centres, funding for local women's refuges and safe houses, efficient gynae services and less child poverty.
Signalbox · 02/07/2024 19:34
The tories do not give a shit about women.
Neither do Labour.
Halfemptyhalfling · 02/07/2024 16:08
Government is about many issues not just one. the conservative party partied and vomited up the wall while people were dying of COVid so wouldn't be my choice. This one issue can be campaigned on after the election
Pumpkindoodles · 02/07/2024 19:45
Are you aware of how many tory mps have been accused of sex crimes, voted down policies that would help women or how women have suffered under a Tory government?
I don’t know who I’m going to vote for, but to say you are voting tories because they are for women is naive at best, and complete stupidity at worst.
Corinthiana · 02/07/2024 19:46
They're not "counted as a protest vote", they're examined in case they actually count as a vote.
They achieve nothing.
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StMarieforme · 02/07/2024 19:48
Build your whole future on a this? Vote for misogynistic racists who hate anyone who is poor/ old/ disabled?
Good grief.
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