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UK News: Author accused party of abandoning women who took issue with its transgender rights policy
Keir Starmer has said he is proud of Labour’s history on women’s rights after JK Rowling said she would struggle to support the party because of its stance on transgender rights.
Starmer told reporters on Saturday that he was “very proud of the progress” of past Labour governments, which made a “material difference” to women’s lives. Continue reading…
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Anas Sarwar says ‘not a single vote has been cast’ after Grant Shapps said Tories fighting to prevent Labour landslide even bigger than 1997
The SNP leader John Swinney said at the manifesto launch that a win in Scotland for his party would be a mandate to push for a second vote.
The Labour party leader, Keir Starmer, widely expected to become the prime minister after 4 July, said categorically last week that he would refuse to participate in negotiations for another independence referendum even if the SNP won a majority of seats.
So what I am saying in this election is that if people in Scotland want to be an independent country, then they’ve got to support the Scottish National Party as the only means of ensuring that can come about and we cannot allow the westminster political parties to deny the people of Scotland their democratic rights and the democratic opportunity to decide their own constitutional future.
Because I think it’s an essential solution to the issues that people face in their lives today. If you look at the challenges of public spending cuts, which you’ve talked about in this programme, the devastating effects of Brexit on our country and our economy, and the impact of the cost of living these are all issues that have been delivered by westminster.
Well, I’ve obviously discussed this with my staff. I’ve been assured that no parliamentary stamps that have been provided by parliament have been used to support election purposes.
And it obviously the parliament has said that they’re looking into this matter, and obviously we will provide parliament with any assistance they require as they undertake those inquiries.
We campaign on a regular basis in my capacity as a member of parliament. So we’re engaging with the public on a countless range of different issues. So I think these are sort of humorous remarks made in a WhatsApp channel. And what’s important is the reassurance that I’ve had that parliamentary stamps have not been used for election purposes. Continue reading…
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