Ahh, good old Harriet. No sooner has she started warming the seat of power with her bum, she looks for ways to get 50% of the population on her side, by saying "“Men cannot be left to run things on their own,” she explains. “I think it’s a thoroughly bad thing to have a men-only leadership."
This sort of comment, coupled with the instigation, by Labour, of women -only MP selection lists cannot fail to alienate many males of the general public. The women only lists will inevitably lead to charges that the successful candidate didnt get the gig on merit, and is therefore a less than able candidate. It is sexism, however you dress it up.
It is true that the House of Parliament is massively underrepresented when it comes to women, ( even Rwanda has a more representative parliament) who after all represent 50% of the electorate - but resorting to unfair sexist practice such as women only lists, and making this sort of comment is not the right way to change the balance.
The right way to change this balance is as part of a radical, long overdue overhaul of the whole political system, to make politics more transparent, less confrontational, and more representative so that more of the general public become engaged with, and part of, the political process.
Be inclusive, Harriet, not exclusive. Full text of her interview can be found at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6735934.ece
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