Women’s Equality party founders urge members to call time after 10 years

Posted on October 26, 2024 by Admin

Exclusive: WE to vote after leaders conclude model no longer works although its ‘mission is as urgent as ever’

• Why we’ve made the difficult decision to back a motion to close WE

The leader and co-founders of the Women’s Equality party (WE) will recommend that members vote to close it down at a special meeting called for next month.

Financial challenges and a changed political and media landscape mean that, after a decade of activism, the party is no longer the most effective way to campaign for women’s rights, said its leader, Mandu Reid.

Welby told me gay marriage progress will be ‘glacial’, says Sandi Toksvig

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Admin

Comedian says C of E’s position is ‘untenable’ after meeting archbishop of Canterbury

Sandi Toksvig has said the Church of England’s position on same-sex marriage is “untenable” after a meeting with the archbishop of Canterbury.

The comedian met Justin Welby after she expressed her dismay last year that he had reaffirmed the church’s 1998 declaration that gay sex is a sin.

Sandi Toksvig to meet Archbishop of Canterbury over same-sex marriage

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Admin

Move follows bishops’ refusal to back gay marriage while blessings to be on voluntary basis for clergy

Sandi Toksvig has said she will be meeting the archbishop of Canterbury for coffee, after bishops this week refused to back gay marriage but said civil partnerships could be blessed in church.

“Quick update – I will be meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury for a long promised coffee next week,” the broadcaster and author, who is gay, tweeted on Saturday.

Boris blimp to join 9ft Nigel Farage on anti-Brexit march in London

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Admin

Pro-Europe grassroots groups to voice opposition to a Johnson premiership

Protesters will take to London’s streets on Saturday for a “No to Boris. Yes to Europe” march days ahead of Boris Johnson’s widely anticipated move into No 10.

A Boris toddler blimp was launched in Parliament Square at 10am, featuring salmon-pink skin, the politician’s trademark “faux-dishevelled hairstyle”, mismatched running gear and a Brexit-bus T-shirt, according to March for Change.