A government minister has rejected calls for a list of exclusive women to replace the embarrassed Tory MP Neil Paris. University Minister Michel Donelan said successful lists of women-only candidates were “humiliating” for women. He argued that it was better to encourage women candidates to enter parliament “by value”. “We are not doing it by setting quotas that I think are quite demeaning to women,” she told Sky News. “Women can get there on value.” Kwasi Kwarteng, the secretary of operations, has also spoken out against the quotas. “I have never been a fan, honestly, personally, of quotas and shortlists,” he said in an interview over the weekend. It comes after Tory Party leader Oliver Dowden vowed to ensure that half of the Conservative candidates are women amid allegations of sexual misconduct and intimidation by members of parliament.
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ICYMI: Interest rates are rising this week – should we expect a rough road ahead?
At the moment, interest rates are almost unreasonably low and I believe that today ‘s central banker harvest will be judged harshly by history, writes Hamish McRae. Read the full Hamish article here: Matt Mathers 2 May 2022 10:14 1651481733
More than 250 people were spotted on small boats after a break in the English Channel
About 254 people were spotted in small boats crossing the Channel to the UK on Sunday after an 11-day hiatus on such voyages. The number was confirmed by the government, as more people believed to be immigrants were seen being transported to Dover on public holiday Monday. It is believed that there was an 11-day break around the English Channel from April 20 to 30, when no crossings were recorded amid reports of strong winds and rough sea. Updating its data for Sunday, the Ministry of Defense confirmed that 254 migrants were located in seven small boats. On Monday morning, more people believed to be migrants were pictured on the Dover lifeboat following a small boat incident in the English Channel. Matt Mathers 2 May 2022 09:55 1651480256
Sturgeon: Sexism in politics is getting worse
Scotland Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she believes the problems of sexism and misogyny in politics are getting worse – in part because of the impact of social media. Ms Sturgeon told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “I do not think there is a woman alive, not only in politics but at any social level, who has not experienced somewhere in the spectrum of misogyny and sexism behavior that is unacceptable. “In a way, I think it’s worse today than when I was a woman in politics. “You are a little familiar with it and you get used to it, while I see it much more intensely through the eyes of younger women.” Matt Mathers 2 May 2022 09:30 1651479056
Sturgeon: No illegal referendums
Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sterzon, has said she will not hold a new independence referendum unless it is legal and constitutional. “I would not like to go to a referendum that was not legal,” he said. “The only referendum that is worthwhile is the one that is democratic, legal and can pay off. “It would not be in the interest of those who want independence, let alone in the interest of anyone else, for a referendum to be anything other than legal and constitutional, because that is the only way to achieve independence.” Matt Mathers 2 May 2022 09:10 1651477856
Tories split over call to find woman candidate to replace shameful porn MP
University Minister Michel Donelan said successful lists of women-only candidates were “humiliating” for women. Political author Andrew Woodcock states: Matt Mathers 2 May 2022 08:50 1651477042
Outraged Somerset voters burn Tories candidate posters
People tear down and burn the election posters of a Tory council candidate in Somerset, it was reported. Dawn Denton, the Tory candidate held by Frome North, told the Telegraph that she received a bad response while exploring the countryside. “Farmers said they were happy to put them in, but they fall into the trash,” he said. “People say they will get them very close to the election, because we know they are not going to survive. “I have made people throw leaflets at the door and at me.” Matt Mathers 2 May 2022 08:37 1651475405
Crispin Blunt will resign from parliament
An angry Tories lawmaker defending a colleague found guilty of sexually assaulting children has announced he will step down from parliament in the next election. Crispin Blunt was forced to apologize and resign as chairman of the all-party parliamentary group for LGBT + global rights after condemning the sentencing of Imran Ahmad Khan as an “international scandal”. Elected a Reigate MP for the first time 25 years ago in 1997, Mr Blunt has been one of the strongest advocates for gay and trans parliamentary’s rights since its release in 2010. In a statement announcing his decision to resign, he said he would use the time left in parliament to “continue to cite long-held populist views on political vessels that continue to cause harm to our society and beyond.” her “. Our political editor Andrew Woodcock has the latest. Namita Singh2 May 2022 08:10 1651474534
The head of the Commons specifications says that he was “caressed” as a young MP
The chairman of the Westminster Standards Committee said he was “moved” by male MPs when he arrived in the House of Commons as a young gay man. Labor MP Chris Bryant told LBC Radio he never mentioned the incident because he did not want to be “part of the story” but would do so if it happened now. Mr Bryant’s allegations come amid a flurry of allegations of harassment and abuse of women in parliament. Namita Singh2 May 2022 07:55 1651473912
Whitehall sources were concerned about Stilitz’s participation in the Gray show
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s allies are raising questions about the suitability of a left-wing lawyer to advise Sue Gray in the Partygate investigation, the Telegraph reported. Daniel Stilitz QC, who provided “independent advice” to the civil servant in her investigations into Mr Johnson’s alleged breach of Covid-19 restrictions, is a vocal critic of the prime minister. Earlier, he wrote a warning to Labor MPs backing the Brexit deal, saying it was a “mug” if they trusted the prime minister. In another tweet before his election, Mr Stilitz called him a “fake news machine”. The alarm from Whitehall sources about his participation comes after the suggestion that the Gray report is so condemning that Mr. Johnson may be forced to resign after its publication. Namita Singh2 May 2022 07:45 1651471106
The minister denies the culture of misogyny in Westminster
Energy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng denied that there was a culture of bigotry in Parliament, accusing it of some “bad apples”. Insisting that it is a safe place for women to work, the minister supported the resignation of Tory’s colleague Neil Parish because he twice watched pornography in the Commons. The incident also raised the concerns of Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who called for a “radical reform” of labor practices following the emergence of a series of offenses of intimidation and sexual misconduct involving lawmakers. Read the details in this report: Namita Singh2 May 2022 06:58
