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The drive to expel feminists from Labour is creating a hostile environment for women
Leaders, and prospective leaders, must take a firm stand in support of open and respectful discussion regarding sex and gender, writes MARK SERWOTKA
The Labour leadership contest has become engulfed in increasingly fraught disagreements over sex and gender

THE majority of Labour leadership candidates have signed the Labour Campaign for Trans Rights pledges which among other things label Woman’s Place UK and the LGB Alliance as “hate groups” and then call for their members to be expelled from the party.

These pledges add to a toxic atmosphere of intolerance that is creating a hostile environment for feminists. 

This is the ugly face of a debate that has got out of hand. How did we get here? 

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