Blind obedience to trans dogma

hem’ treasurer of LGBT+ Liberal Democrats. He proceeded to dismiss the LV4W motion as a ‘sham’ and demanded members ‘reject the idea that trans identities are up for debate’. Unsurprisingly, Lib Dem MPs slunk out of the room before the vote, apparently because they had another meeting to attend. Hollowood’s final plea to ‘vote against this suppression’ was met with jeers when she dared to mention the arrest of comedy writer Graham Linehan.

We shouldn’t be surprised by the fevered, dogmatic opposition faced by Hollowood and LV4W. After all, blind obedience to trans dogma is one of the Lib Dems’ few consistent policies…

The Patsy Calton Award should have been a moment to celebrate women’s contribution to politics, and to honour activists like Hollowood. Instead, it became a monument to the party’s contempt for its own female members. When it comes to sex and gender, the party’s pratfalls aren’t clumsy accidents – they’re deliberate. The joke, however, is clearly on women.