>Those attending the Young Labour conference in March must self-define as one or more of: black, Asian and minority ethnic (Bame), a woman, disabled, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT).. Labour said that there was no point in straight white men attending because the conference’s aim was to elect equalities representatives. >A Labour Party spokeswoman said: “There is nothing new about spaces for people with protected characteristics meeting to discuss the inequalities and obstacles they face. The purpose of this conference is to ensure that members from disadvantaged groups are able to elect representatives to Young Labour’s national committee.”.. thetimes.co.uk/article/labour-bans-straight-white-men-at-conference-qqklhfr3w
>Tory MP Andrew Bridgen has written to the Equality and Human Rights Commission to ask them to investigate whether the entry rules added up to ‘discrimination’. >He said: ‘The Labour Party are no longer about equality or fighting against discrimination, they have been entirely taken over by identity politics and specific groups of activists. >‘They are a divisive party who want to put people into victim groups. They seem to believe that white, male heterosexuals have nothing to contribute to the subject of equalities. >‘It seems that in La La Labour land everyone is equal but some are more equal than others.’ dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5378489/Labour-bans-white-straight-men-equalities-conference.html
