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UK: David Cameron to insist on women-only shortlists

Submitted by anthony on Sun, 2009-10-25 00:03.

Story here. Excerpt:

'David Cameron provoked a furious row with Tory backbenchers and grassroots members yesterday after reversing his party's opposition to all-women shortlists in a bid to boost the number of female Conservative MPs.

Only Labour has opted for all-women shortlists at previous elections, with past Conservative leaders opposing them as undemocratic. Mr Cameron's U-turn will see all-women shortlists imposed on some constituencies selecting their candidates in the New Year. Aides to Mr Cameron have said he has done all he can to promote women MPs on to the frontbench but privately admit that he is hampered by the fact that the party only has 19 sitting female MPs. That number would rise to 60 should the party win a majority at the next election, still only one fifth of its seats.
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The announcement immediately saw a backlash from Tory backbenchers and grassroots members of the party. Anne Widdecombe, a staunch critic of the all-women shortlists, said that it would make some female MPs feel like second-class citizens.

"Women, no matter what their circumstances, must get to Westminster on their own merits and be able to know that when they're sitting in the House of Commons," she said.'

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Nowhere to run...

Submitted by MichaelClaymore on Sun, 2009-10-25 23:48.

Now English men get screwed over by both the left and the right, no matter which side of the fence they are on their male leaders are hell bent on making sure they are replaced with the only people who care less about the average man than male politicians - female politicans.

Cameron gets the Misandrist of the Month for this one.

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manonthestreet It should

Submitted by trotter on Tue, 2009-10-27 09:31.

manonthestreet

It should also be added that Cameron intend raising the sate retirement pension age from 65 to 66 for men. But to be honest I do not think any MRA should have any hope from any of the mainstream parties.
MRAs are out on their own.

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