Abort Gordon
Evening all:
Tremendous to see our comrades in the Green party embracing the notion of extending abortion rights to Northern Ireland when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill comes round for its third reading.
The part I'm really looking forward to, though, is watching our comrades in the Labour party try to reconcile any push for northern Ireland abortion rights with the undoubtedly high expectations of their new and highly reactionary pals in the Democratic Unionist party. Can't WAIT to see the great Harriet Harman - the Uk's very own self-proclaimed champion of women's rights - pull that one out of her butt. What a result that'll be for perversion.
You'll remember the DUP, of course, and the unpalatable details of its recent, greasy love-in with Labour. You'll remember that nine DUP MPs agreed to vote with the government on 42 days' detention, in exchange for - well, in exchange for absolutely nothing apart from job satisfaction if our glorious leader Gordon was telling the truth at the time. If he wasn't - we're pretending Gordon's a liar for a moment here - they did it in exchange for extra financial support for Northern Ireland, and for guarantees that Northern Ireland would continue to be excluded from the Abortion Act. I err towards option B.
Certainly, it was no surprise to find the HFEB and its attending Abortion Act amendments suddenly withdrawn from Commons debate in July. It was no surprise either to hear whispers that one of the reasons the HFEB left the picture so fast was that Gordon was struggling to get his new DUP mates to see the bright side of HFEB notions such lesbian parents, and abortion on demand.
Speaking as the bill was delayed, Harriet said 'Of course the bill remains a flagship government bill ... as much time as possible needs to be found for it and the other issues that the government are committed to. It would therefore be good to look for a date in the autumn....'
I had a feeling at the time that that was Harriet's way of saying she was hoping like hell Gordon would be history by autumn, and taken his DUP deals with him. And who could blame the old bag? We're all hoping that.
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cross-posted at liberalconspiracy.
