Ashley Dalton was ridiculed for saying that anyone who decides they're a South American cousin of the camel should be treated with 'dignity and respect'.
Labour faced mockery over its stance on trans issues last night after it emerged that the party's equalities spokesperson said people could self-identify as a llama.
The revelations come after Labour health spokesman Wes Streeting switched his stance on the trans issue earlier this month, admitting it was a mistake to say all trans women are women. In 2016, she was asked by somebody in one Twitter exchange if a person decided they were a llama, should other people take them seriously. Ms Dalton replied: 'Yes. And treat you with dignity and respect.'Ashley Dalton was ridiculed for saying that anyone who decides they're a South American cousin of the camel should be treated with 'dignity and respect'
Tory MP and ex-minister Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg said: 'If anything demonstrates the absurdity of self-identification, it is the idea that anyone can suddenly decide they are a llama and expect people to treat them as such.
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