Rosie Duffield’s opponents are intent on destroying her

Rosie Duffield is a national treasure but try telling that to the trans rights mob. When Duffield won the seat of Canterbury in 2017, she became the constituency’s first Labour MP for 99 years. She has used her position to speak up for women’s rights, most notably during a powerful and moving speech in parliament in the Domestic Abuse Bill debate in 2019. As two feminists campaigning to end the tyranny of men’s violence towards women and girls, we soon struck up a friendship. Yet her decision to fight for women’s rights has landed her in hot water.

Duffield understands all too well that for women and children escaping domestic abuse, or seeking support after rape and sexual assault, being in a safe, female-only environment is crucial. But the so-called progressives in and around the Labour party appear to be happy to use any means necessary to hound Duffield out of her job.