{"id":120746,"date":"2023-10-30T16:09:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=120746"},"modified":"2023-10-30T16:09:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:09:09","slug":"outrage-at-mark-drakeford-after-insult-to-women-exposed-in-leaked-memo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/outrage-at-mark-drakeford-after-insult-to-women-exposed-in-leaked-memo\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage at Mark Drakeford after insult to women exposed in leaked memo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mark Drakeford<\/span>‘s plan to allow biological men to qualify for women only quotas to boost the number of female politicians has been met with outrage.<\/p>\n

Welsh Labour wants to let those born male who identify as female to qualify for women only quotas<\/span>, according to a leaked memo obtained by the Guido Fawkes website.<\/p>\n

But the First Minister’s plan has been greeted with derision by political rivals, including Welsh Conservatives leader, Andrew RT Davies.<\/p>\n

In response to the idea, he tweeted on Monday (October 30): “A total farce. Labour\u2019s gender quotas are insulting to women, and to the public whose votes should be free from interference by politicians.<\/p>\n

“But this is comical. If anyone can ‘identify’ as whichever gender they choose, the whole thing is unfit for purpose. Scrap it.”<\/p>\n

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His comments come after a leaked memo revealed election officials would also be forbidden from challenging a candidate if they did not believe they were a woman.<\/p>\n

The draft of a Bill contains a clause allowing biological men to stand on female only quotas in a bid to make sure half of the members of the Welsh Parliament are women.<\/p>\n

Cathy Larkman of Women\u2019s Rights Network Wales told Guido Fawkes: “It is astonishing the Government is spending public funds and using a Gender Quotas Bill to promote an agenda which undermines the rights of half the population of Wales.<\/p>\n

“It is shameful that they are high-jacking legislation that should benefit women and increase female participation in political life, to embed a toxic and misogynistic ideology.”<\/p>\n

She added it was “unforgivable” Mr Drakeford and his Government, “aided and abetted by Plaid Cymru”, intend to “betray” the women of Wales in such an “underhand” way.<\/p>\n

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Heather Binning, founder of Women\u2019s Rights Network, said: “Redefining the word ‘woman’ has implications for all women in the UK and is both extraordinary and deeply concerning.<\/p>\n

“Despite seeing all that happened with gender reform in Scotland – particularly in the case of ‘Isla Bryson’ – the Welsh Government seems not to have learned any lessons.<\/p>\n

“Attempting to bring gender self ID in on the back of another imminent piece of legislation that purports to benefit women is devious and disingenuous. It must be resisted.”<\/p>\n

The Scottish Government’s move towards self-ID caused an uproar when a convicted rapist – who was born male but identified as female under the name Isla Bryson – was initially jailed in a female prison<\/span>.<\/p>\n