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To think it's time for a woman to be Prime Minister

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Cinnamon77 · 30/10/2025 06:34

It doesn't look like Starmer is going to be PM for much longer but all the favourites to replace him are men.

Every female PM we've had has been Conservative - no woman has ever led the Labour Party before.

Wouldn't it be an improvement to have a left wing woman running the country, like we've seen elsewhere? There are many good female MPs in Labour like Raynor, Mahmood, Huq, Phillips, Siddiq, Leadbeater, Thornberry, Dodds, Kendall, Haigh, Butler and Reeves (Ellie, not Rachel).

Why aren't any of them contenders and wouldn't we be doing better if one of them was in charge?

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Slothey · 30/10/2025 06:42

I don’t disagree with most of your thinking… but interested in why you have Tulip Siddiq on the list? She was a fairly average junior minister before being found to be seriously corrupt.

Letsbe · 30/10/2025 06:42

OverlyFragrant · 30/10/2025 06:39

Labour has a serious problem with women.
They have never voted a woman to be a leader (Harman was a caretaker leader and not voted in) and I firmly believe a good % of their members are ideologically opposed to it.

Edited

I think you mean Harriet Harman

BlueJuniper94 · 30/10/2025 06:40

Raynor as PM?!

You've had Truss and May, what was wrong with them?

Why does it have to be a woman

OverlyFragrant · 30/10/2025 06:39

Labour has a serious problem with women.
They have never voted a woman to be a leader (Harman was a caretaker leader and not voted in) and I firmly believe a good % of their members are ideologically opposed to it.

slightlyunimpressed · 30/10/2025 06:39

Whoever is in charge will make absolutely no difference, it’s just a distraction while moving the decks chairs.