UK: Women MPs bullied in Commons!

Linucs writes "More news from UK: women get "bullied and abused" in Commons. "When scores of young female MPs arrived in the Commons in 1997, Labour's Claire Curtis-Thomas assumed the red ribbons tied to coat hangers were for Aids day, only to be told they were for members to hang up their swords. Another new MP, Yvette Cooper, found it hard to persuade Commons officials that she was an MP, not a researcher or secretary."

This is standard stuff - get this one: "But the research suggests that Britain's politics have been dramatically changed by the arrival of more female MPs." - say what? - "Commons' hours have been made more "family friendly", and childcare and domestic violence have become important concerns for parliament."

Maybe F4J didn't notice that the Commons have been made more FAMILY FRIENDLY? (makes you wonder...)"

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