If you are a former Labour voter putting a cross against the Tories or Reform (or not voting for anyone) because of trans rights, when the Tories have made all the issues mentioned worse for everyone, then you definitely have bought into the right wing press's claim that this is a culture war.

There must be a joke somewhere about them identifying as "politically homeless" whilst encouraging transphobic ideals so far that they'll vote Reform. Completely bizarre

Sharon, a 60-year-old social worker ... from London who does not own her own home and has no savings. Her two adult children are unemployed, despite having gone to university, each owing about £40,000 as a result. Private rental housing was “beyond their means”, she said.

Sharon was one of hundreds of women who shared that sex-based rights for women and girls was a main political concern of theirs this election.

Her finances are ruined by liberal policies but her main concern is trans people? Fuck her.

I know a couple middle aged women who are voting LibDem because they think Starmer has taken Labour too far left, because of trans people.

Fortunately they live in a Tory seat where the LibDems are the main opposition, but still, it's disheartening as fuck

A lot of vagueness. How many is "Hundreds"? I guess under 700 or it would be "nearly a thousand".

Then "About a fifth of respondents said they had either decided to spoil their ballot paper or were considering doing so, among them Sharon". How do we know Sharon is reflective of the others? We don't.

It seams like picture painted with not a lot of data, from a self selecting group, that is being cherry picked. Maybe it's reflective, but I got no way of knowing it's even reflective of the few hundred who wrote to The Guardian about it.

This writer got an axe to grind?

ISTG if the tories stay relevant because the fucking FARTs need to be taught their place that'll just be the crowning fuck up to this stretch of the UK managing to screw up not letting the tories have nice things.

"politically homeless" just means i'm a fucking fascist but i'm embarassed about it

Guardian hagiography for transphobes. On Saturday, exclusive interview with Nigel Farage again.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Embury, who had been living alone but continued to work with her husband after they split up years ago, took out a £250,000 loan against her home, on which she had already paid off a mortgage, in the hope of saving the family business, but in vain.

Some expressed fears for the safety of trans-identified relatives in the current political climate, such as a woman from the West Country who said her teenage daughter was transgender and felt “concerned by the aggressive and inhumane discussion of marginalised people”.

She’d “like to vote Lib Dem” but felt that the party had not centred “the harms of Brexit to our businesses, healthcare, communities and culture” sufficiently in their election campaign.

Scores of women, from across the political spectrum, said immigration was a main concern: Politicians, they told the Guardian, should “close our borders immediately”, and “tighten UK security”.

Helena, a 47-year-old teacher from Worcester who voted Labour in 2019, said parties could win her support by, among other things, “addressing immigration decisively, listening to the concerns of ordinary voters and investing in the skills of young people in this country” – views that were widely shared by respondents, various of whom expressed fears over soaring crime and poorly managed integration of migrants affecting schools and other public services.

Elizabeth, a 72-year-old retired civil servant from London, said social care, child poverty and the cultural sector were among her top concerns and she would “reluctantly” vote Labour.

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