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Lisa Nandy

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Mollygo Fri 03-Oct-25 15:43:32

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy MP has voiced support for trans women competing in some women’s sports.
Nandy has affirmed that “trans women are women and trans men are men”,
though she did not publicly oppose the recent ruling that defines “woman” as “biological female” under the Equality Act.

Is there no end to the stupidity of some politicians?

GrannyGravy13 Fri 03-Oct-25 15:44:57

I think Ms Nandy requires tuition in Human Biology…

Galaxy Fri 03-Oct-25 15:48:03

The ironic thing is that that is not the worst statement she has made on this subject.

Desdemona Fri 03-Oct-25 15:49:48

Any idiot can become an MP these days.

Galaxy Fri 03-Oct-25 16:13:52

Oh and she will lose her seat at the next election if the council results are anything to go by.

Grantanow Fri 03-Oct-25 16:19:40

Did she fail O level biology?

MollyNew Fri 03-Oct-25 16:21:10

Here we are again - just because someone expresses a view you disagree with, they are dismissed as "stupid" or and "idiot".

I don't agree with Lisa Nandy on this subject but having heared her speak on other matters, she comes across as an intelligent person.

Galaxy Fri 03-Oct-25 16:24:40

It's a lie rather than a viewpoint.

Oreo Fri 03-Oct-25 16:25:48

Plenty of intelligent people have no common sense.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Fri 03-Oct-25 16:25:53

She’s pretty useless. Toast at the next election. Probably knows it as her majority is only about 500.

eazybee Fri 03-Oct-25 17:18:33

Lucy Powell is another one who is questioning the Supreme Court's ruling on trans women; 'new trans women rules go to far', after dismissing grooming gangs issues as 'dog whistle tactics'.
This is Labour's brightest and best?

Magenta8 Fri 03-Oct-25 17:28:11

MollyNew

Here we are again - just because someone expresses a view you disagree with, they are dismissed as "stupid" or and "idiot".

I don't agree with Lisa Nandy on this subject but having heared her speak on other matters, she comes across as an intelligent person.

Some GNs just love putting the boot into people they don't agree with and writing them off as stupid.

Doodledog Fri 03-Oct-25 17:31:42

I can't understand how people can really believe that men can be women just because they say they are, and these days politicians don't have to live in fear of Stonewall, so can say what they really think on the subject.

Baffling. And I agree that she is intelligent. Just mistaken.

Mollygo Fri 03-Oct-25 17:36:47

Magenta8

Some GNs just love putting the boot into people they don't agree with and writing them off as stupid.

I know. I know.
I’ve watched it happen for a long time, especially on N&P.

MayBee70 Fri 03-Oct-25 17:40:21

Although I don’t agree with her about this ( and I must admit to not knowing exactly what she said) I was so impressed with her on Question Time many years ago that I wrote to her. So I don’t understand why she could be labelled stupid. And that was back in the day at a time when I rarely contacted politicians. Mind you, unlike many politicians at the time, she accepted the leave vote because as far as she was concerned she represented her constituents and that is what they voted for so maybe, as a rabid remoaner, I should be questioning her intelligence. But I’m not…

Galaxy Fri 03-Oct-25 17:52:46

She once said that make rapists should be in female prisons. I am so grateful I don't hold the same values as her.

Galaxy Fri 03-Oct-25 17:53:05

Male rapists that should say.

Rosie51 Fri 03-Oct-25 17:57:52

As I recall Galaxy she said they should go to a prison "of their choosing" just as long as they now thought of themselves as women. Other male rapists without that 'identity' weren't to be granted the same privilege, so that's alright then. 🙄🙄

Desdemona Fri 03-Oct-25 17:59:27

Magenta8

MollyNew

Here we are again - just because someone expresses a view you disagree with, they are dismissed as "stupid" or and "idiot".

I don't agree with Lisa Nandy on this subject but having heared her speak on other matters, she comes across as an intelligent person.

Some GNs just love putting the boot into people they don't agree with and writing them off as stupid.

Thank God we live in a democracy where we can say what we think.

Desdemona Fri 03-Oct-25 18:00:00

Sometimes.

Allira Fri 03-Oct-25 18:09:32

Doodledog

I can't understand how people can really believe that men can be women just because they say they are, and these days politicians don't have to live in fear of Stonewall, so can say what they really think on the subject.

Baffling. And I agree that she is intelligent. Just mistaken.

It makes it even more baffling that she is not stupid when she comes out with such stupid remarks.
However, she could be very intelligent in some ways but still have failed GCSE Biology.

I had to double-check the date of this OP, thinking it was an old thread.
Sadly, no.

Galaxy Fri 03-Oct-25 18:18:22

They don't believe, not for one moment.

eazybee Fri 03-Oct-25 18:29:31

Nandy is not expressing a view, she is denying a biological fact, even after the Supreme Court ruling.
Regrettably she is in a position to give influential support to the very determined opposition to the Court ruling mounted by the trans community.

Chardy Fri 03-Oct-25 19:41:57

There's a lot of ignorance about what people go through to transition, and the different stages of transitioning.

Galaxy Fri 03-Oct-25 20:06:38

Not on here there isn't. Many of us have been involved in this issue in one way and another for over a decade.