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Originally Posted by joeysteele
I do not see what sex a PM is should be relevant.
Labour has had some really strong Women as Cabinet Ministers.
People like Barbara Castle and Shirley Williams to name 2.
In fact I think had she not lost her seat in the 1979 election, had she then stood Shirley Williams would have been chosen by Labour as leader then to combat Margaret Thatcher.
I think the novelty of a female PM is now long past however and there were Women candidates in the last leadership election for leader who failed again.
They will get there one day but to me it's irrelevant, just who can do the job is what matters.
Labour has however been temporarily led by 2 Women over 3 occasions, Margaret Beckett after John Smith died until Tony Blair was elected,and Harriett Harman twice, between Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband and then between Miliband and Corbyn too.
Mind you if this is the best 2 Women for the top job this time round then the parties are in a pretty poor position.
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just endured another pitiful politically correct bbc news episode when they taught us almost nothing about these 2 candidates but repeeated the fact they are 2 women 9 times in the same report, absolutely mind numbingly pathetic. are we going to grill these 2 and every facet of their beings, their beliefs careers intelligence, character and potential like male candidates, i sincerely hope so. in reality most people who criticize will at some stage simply be called sexist and their flaws will be ignored