The prime minister is entering a defining period in which she will have to defy enemies at home and abroadIn the final few weeks at prime minister’s questions a group of female Tory MPs have stood in front of the entrance to the Commons chamber,within the eyeline of Theresa May and opposite the press gallery, loyally nodding at almost every word she has uttered. This position, or at what is known as the Bar of the chamber,is much sought after by MPs on set-piece occasions, as it is also in the view of television cameras.“It used to be a set taken up by Tory men like Iain Duncan Smith and Jeremy Hunt, and ” says Labour MP Lucy Powell. “So a group of Labour women then tried to occupy it. But now the Tory whips have clearly told their women to regain into chamber early and just stand there.
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Source: theguardian.com