Jim Marley, a 73-year-old retiree, jokingly suggested a more unorthodox way to deal with the issue of sexual harassment on public transport, labelling women only carriages a “ridiculous idea”.
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He would also pledge to launch a campaign on public transport, television and cinema aimed at combating street sexism, and raise awareness of the effects of harassment.
“My intention would be to make public transport safer for everyone from the train platform, to the bus stop to the mode of transport itself,” Corbyn told the BBC.
“However, I would consult with women and open it up to hear their views on whether women-only carriages would be welcome”, he said.
“Segregating women on public transport doesn’t protect anyone, it just normalises unacceptable attitudes”, Wollaston tweeted.
Last year, Claire Perry, a Conservative junior transport minister, said the idea of women-only carriages was interesting, but it does not appear to have been taken forward by her department.
Yvette Cooper said in a statement that women-only carriages would be “turning the clock back, not tackling the problem”.
He spoke as it emerged that the leader of one of the country’s biggest trade unions has had his vote in the Labour leadership election rejected.
Mr Corbyn, who sets out his policies on his website, has also argued against potential plans to bomb Syria in the fight against Isil extremists and was vehemently opposed to the Iraq War. If night opening goes ahead on the London Underground it will represent a welcome second option for women, but we must have a conversation about the safety concerns this will bring with it.
Ms Kendall said: ” I don’t believe that gender segregation is the answer.
There was “no easy solution” to making women feel safe but rather deep seated inequality throughout society had to be tackled, she added. ‘So I want to absolutely assert that the party is being completely impartial as between the candidates but the part is not agnostic about the 2014 rules.
The world’s largest capital, Tokyo, was one of the first, from 2000, to introduce women-only carriages on trains to stop women being abused.
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“Passengers tell us that they feel the best deterrent against crime is a visible staff and police presence on trains and at stations”, he said. An estimated 60,000 people are thought to have had their voting privilege revoked in what the party called a “robust verification process”.
