They need to be above internal pressure and external trollingThere is more than one way of playing dirty in politics (The self-righteous left is wallowing in its cruelty”,Comment). As a lifelong feminist, Im increasingly depressed by all the plangent appeals to male chivalry and female solidarity coming from female career politicians.
There are disagreements approximately policy. whether Labour female MPs want to vote along with austerity budgets, and renewing the useless Trident,or vetoing even the smallest transaction tax on City share dealing, or joining the queue to drop bombs over Syria even though Syrian refugees have begged us not to do it – those MPs are going to hear disagreement from their constituents, and who are women as well as men. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com