Previous posts (link, link, link and link) have highlighted how the UK Labour Party are, by using all-women shortlists, banning men from being able to satnd a Labour candidates in key Parliamentary seats at the the next General Election.
Now the same is happening in Erith and Thamesmead in South East London and whilst there has been much commentary (link, link, link) on the backstabbing and arguing about the merits of particular candidates, none of the articles actually dwell on the issue that all-women shortlists are sexist and deny men the political franchise. This sexism is just now accepted as normal by the media.
The inclusion of Erith and Thamesmead in Labour's Hall of Shame means that at the next General Election, men will have been banned from standing as Labour candidates in 31 seats.
- Airdrie
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Brighton Pavillion
- Bolton West
- Burton
- Camborne & Redruth
- Cardiff Central
- East Dunbartonshire
- Erith and Thamesmead
- Gravesham
- Hackney South
- Hemel Hempstead
- Hornsey & Wood Green
- Ilford North
- Keighley
- Kenilworth & Southam
- Leeds North West
- Leeds West
- Manchester Withington
- Nottingham South
- Nuneaton
- Reading East
- Rochester & Strood
- Scarborough & Whitby
- Selby & Ainsty
- Sunderland Central
- Walthamstow
- Washington & Sunderland West
- Wellingborough
- West Ham
- The Wrekin
No man in any of these constituencies should vote Labour
To be fair even Daivd Cameron tried to introduce these hoffic discriminatory sexist shortlists, though at least democracy prevailed in the end and his party put a stop to his antics.
Not only should these constituencies be boycotted, but also every poltician who has entered parliament via this sex discrimination.
Would also be useful to have a list of every politician who is in parliament solely because of their gender and not selected because of merit and democracy.
perhaps the only exclusion should be any who now realise the folly of sex discrimination and now speak out against it (though not sure if any such peopel exist yet).
Posted by: John Kimble | Friday, 27 March 2009 at 02:19