Hi Lois, I watched all the video of you and Chris in Belgium at the time. Personally I was quite shocked at the public hostility in Brussels more than the police's attitude. It seems police overreach is quite common now, even when they police at our consent. But what did you make of the good people of Brussels? Was that a shock? In my limited experience when working in Belgium, the people were polite but reserved. I always felt there was a degree of suspicion... but that could have just been me... Thank you all for what you do.
Now you have joined the ranks of people being arrested in relation to taking a stand for what they believe in. How has this impacted your view of others who have been arrested under similar circumstances regardless of their political leanings (i.e tommy Robinson, Greta thunberg etc)?
Do you feel the media reporting angle on these arrests directly relates to what side of the chattering classes politics you fall?
I am personally pro-choice but I am becoming horrified by how little people now respect what abortion is (especially at later stages). From my understanding quite a few cases are because "it's not the right time for me". How can we support families better so an unexpected pregnancy is not seen as the end of the world?
Despite being horrified by Labour's latest initiative to decriminalise abortion by the mother up to the point of birth, I have always felt that abortions in some form are a necessary evil. My concern about an outright ban on abortion in any country or state is that it will remain accessible to women with the means to travel, whilst poorer women (often those who are the most desperate to avoid the impact of having an unwanted child) are forced into the modern equivalent of a coathanger abortion. I would argue that providing a tightly regulated route to a legal abortion minimises the dangers of creating a black market. What would your counter-argument be?
Hi Lois, I watched all the video of you and Chris in Belgium at the time. Personally I was quite shocked at the public hostility in Brussels more than the police's attitude. It seems police overreach is quite common now, even when they police at our consent. But what did you make of the good people of Brussels? Was that a shock? In my limited experience when working in Belgium, the people were polite but reserved. I always felt there was a degree of suspicion... but that could have just been me... Thank you all for what you do.
Now you have joined the ranks of people being arrested in relation to taking a stand for what they believe in. How has this impacted your view of others who have been arrested under similar circumstances regardless of their political leanings (i.e tommy Robinson, Greta thunberg etc)?
Do you feel the media reporting angle on these arrests directly relates to what side of the chattering classes politics you fall?
I am personally pro-choice but I am becoming horrified by how little people now respect what abortion is (especially at later stages). From my understanding quite a few cases are because "it's not the right time for me". How can we support families better so an unexpected pregnancy is not seen as the end of the world?
Despite being horrified by Labour's latest initiative to decriminalise abortion by the mother up to the point of birth, I have always felt that abortions in some form are a necessary evil. My concern about an outright ban on abortion in any country or state is that it will remain accessible to women with the means to travel, whilst poorer women (often those who are the most desperate to avoid the impact of having an unwanted child) are forced into the modern equivalent of a coathanger abortion. I would argue that providing a tightly regulated route to a legal abortion minimises the dangers of creating a black market. What would your counter-argument be?
How has modern feminism pitted women against their children?
What is your opinion on how society should deal with cancel culture as a consequence of distasteful but free speech?
There should be consequences for incorrect and disrespectful speech.