It is a hard time to be a Labour MP. The polls are flagging, the economy is stagnating and the Middle East remains in crisis. But facing electoral armageddon in three weeks’ time, one brave backbencher has taken it up on herself to raise her party’s spirits. Samantha Niblett, the Honourable Member for South Derbyshire, is launching a campaign to make 2026 the ‘summer of sex’. Appropriate, given the number of people being screwed by this government…
Niblett is calling for a more open and inclusive approach to lifelong sex education. As part of this, she has teamed up with ‘sextech entrepreneur’ Cindy Gallop (genuinely) and done a big interview with PoliticsHome in which she talks about ‘taking control of our patriotism, about taking control of our Britishness, and not feeling ashamed’. Truly, one for the next Home Office citizenship test. As part of her commitment to openness, Niblett declares proudly that she has watched pornography herself, ‘like lots of people’ and even talks about watching content on Gallop’s MakeLoveNotPorn website. Come back Neil Parish, all is forgiven.
Niblett has secured a Commons debate in the autumn on lifelong sex education. But before that she wants to speak to a ‘whole bank of organisations’: ‘So we can talk about sex all summer… to help shape that speech for the chamber, but then also we shape our next steps.’ She hopes to even bring sex toys into Parliament to encourage open conversation about sexual pleasure – though she is currently in conversation with parliamentary security over whether the devices will be allowed onto the estate.
Talk about Carry On Up the Commons…
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