'I doubt any of the female contenders for the Tory crown need lose sleep over being called a feminist'// Ruth Wishart
Liz Truss is one of the contenders to replace Boris Johnson at the head of the Tory party
It’s dispiriting to think of all those occasions when we argued that for politics to become more civilised, all it would take was for more women to get elected. The arrival of Maggie Thatcher as the UK’s first female premier did little to reinforce that happy theory.The right-wing media made much of there being no fewer than five women initially in the chasing pack to grab the keys to Downing Street.
She’s being promoted by fans as a woman of considerable ministerial experience. Doubtless because she’s managed to screw up so many posts en route to the fanciest office accommodation in Whitehall. As international trade secretary, she brought us that now infamous deal with Australia, which would allow their inferior animal welfare standards to undercut our own farmers.
Which brings us to Penny Mordaunt , another woman still standing. As is the way of these party contests, much of the “friendly” fire from her own side – truly blue-on-blue sort of stuff – has got quite intense, as she proved more popular with the Tory membership than had hitherto been suspected. However, back to the lovely Penelope who has boasted that she has the ammo to demolish the “yellow wall” of thein Scotland, what with her having been a naval reservist and once, memorably, the first ever female defence secretary. Mind you, she did replace Gavin Williamson, a chap so suited to the role that he once told Vlad the Bad to go away and shut up. That went well.
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