U.K. Parliament debate Male suicide and International Men's Day

Submitted by Raymond Cuttill on Sat, 2015-11-28 00:40

U.K. Parliament debates male suicide and International Men's Day

In case you missed it (most here probably didn't) Thursday 19 November 2015 was International Men's Day, A debate was had in Parliament in the London. It was proposed by MP Philip Davies and mocked by MP Jess Philiips saying “every day is International Mens’ Day”. If you’re not in the slightest worried about male suicide, men’s health, workplace deaths, treatment in the family courts or constant vilification of men then maybe you could agree with her. In spite of her objections it did go ahead. It was held in Westminster Hall, not in the main House of Commons where other debates were considered more important.

You can watch it here:
Westminster Hall
Thursday 19 November 2015 Meeting started at 1.30pm, ended 4.31pm
Parliament TV
or read the transcript here:
Hansard transcipt
or download it here (read pages 71-94 (marked 241WH to 288WH at the top of the page):
Download PDF

You can see the comment by MP Jess Phillips.
27 October 2015: Jess Phillips MP mocks an application to debate men's issues on Intnl Men's Day

And other comments like:
From the Independent (UK newspaper)
Need some reasons why we don't need International Men's Day? Allow me to enlighten you

From the Guardian (UK newspaper):
Relax, guys – it’s International Men’s Day (the official one)

Male University of York Student Commits Suicide on Day His University Ditches International Men’s Day After Pressure From Feminists

For those who actually think there needs to be an IMD:
1. internationalmensday.co
2. ukmensday.org.uk/about-imd-uk/the-six-pillars-of-international-mens-day/

I also put it on my Facebook page.

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looks like we have a late nomination for the 'MANGINA OF THE YEAR' award.

go brits. we always suspected you had it in you. no pun intended.

this is looking to be a tough year to pick a winner. the competition is fierc...

let's just say its going to be difficult to pick just one and let it go at that.

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Submitted by daveinga on Sat, 2015-11-28 18:02

Thanks for the post and feel free to swing by more often! Hope life's been treating you well.

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2015-11-28 19:51