Nicola Bowden-Jones was at the heart of Bristol’s Labour Party for years, but is now at odds with the city’s Labour administration in a big way. Having resigned amid a dispute with the mayor, Bowden-Jones is now campaigning to scrap the role altogether on the basis that it is anti-democratic.
Some say this is a personal vendetta against Marvin Rees, but Bowden-Jones says for the city to move forward the mayor must be scrapped. Listen to the third of our mini-series on Bristol’s referendum.
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I’m not sure the Mayoral system per se is sexist but I recall a comment years ago suggested women don’t pick up on gossip in the male toilets. Easy solution in 2022 ban single gender toilets as at UWE.
Do we always must assume racism when a person of colour is criticised? I don’t think that’s fair.
Must we always assume…
sorry, grammatically mistake.
But seriously. These accusations of being racist, transphobic, anti-semite etc can be used as weapons to silence any criticism or counter opinion. These accusations might be founded, might be unfounded. Dare to discern.