Louise Mensch resigns...

Northern apparently the children are going too. She didn't want them to get "too settled in England" given that she was planning on going in 2015 anyway.

False - he doesn't need a train, he can commute by zipwire

fridge that would be so funny

Seems a coincidence that we have had a few days of the Boris for PM campaign gathering momentum then a high profile Tory quitting. Did they have an inkling she would quit?? Old duffer tories say they like the fact that Boris appeals to non-Tories so my money is on the people of Corby taking the hit...

I don't think she's done women in general any favours with this. I'm wondering why she had to give up her role but her husband makes no adjustments. How hard can it be to manage a well established rock band? Does he have to be there all the time - or does he want to be there all the time and she's given way? Having over a family over two continents would always be hard. I think her ex has been very involved with the dcs and presumably isn't going to agree to them all moving to the US so she will keep on shuttling between the two.

Boris standing in her seat

maybe that's why the train station was allowed to stay open

I have a grudging respect for her - and I say this as a Labour member. A sort of love to hate sort of thing - I admired her, while disagreeing with pretty much everything she said.

I doubt it will happen, but I like the idea of Boris replacing LM. Swapping one HIGNFY celeb for another.

Not so good for the citizens of Corby, though ...

Do you think Boris will stand in her seat?

Sardine, if her motive is to "keep her family together" it is a reasonable question to ask why she is then taking her children to a different continent to their father.
Given her history I can imagine that none of this was "grown up".

@sardine so that's two things you don't understand then. If you genuinely have never encountered sexism in the workplace then you are either a very lucky woman, or you don't work with men, or you only work with nice men (I know there are plenty of them around but I've never worked in an environment where they were in the majority) - or you don't work at all. However for those of us who work in more typical environments this will undoubtedly at the least come up in conversation as yet another example of why women can't hack it at the top levels. With no nuance, no understanding of the complex issues involved, no recognition that Mensch might well be about to make a fortune from her Internet related activities and probably only became an MPin the first place as a publicity stunt and no understanding of the actual facts (ie that she married a man who lives in America so she isn't your run of the mill working mother).

Your smug comments about what newspapers people who think this will be yet another issue for us to refute read were somewhat off the mark too - I read the Graun, and that's it.

This would have been a good one for medieval MN

She be a WITCH

BURN HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"she is taking the chilldren away from their father"

Loving these type of comments.

Oooohhhhhhhhhhhh she is EVIL.

Unimaginable that she might have discussed it and agreed a plan like a grown up

Now i don't know what is the case but quite a lot of people are casting her in some kind of child-snatcher role and it's quite amusing.

I'm with mam29, there must be more to it.

I'm guessing she is giving up her job as an MP, because she has something else she wants to do.

I'm also guessing she will not disappear from Twitter or any other media

nah, it's more than a rumour droves

i'm skipping

So she is taking the chilldren away from their father as well?

She is an MP, he is a rock band manager. Why hasn't he resigned??

She didnt do a thing for her constituents .( according to dcousin who is also in local politics in corby ) .

Aleagedly there will be celebrations in the non-Tory constituents homes .

Oh hold on I have re-read.

Yes I have worked in pretty male-dominated sexist environments (covert rather than overt sexism) and certainly I have never been in a job where a man would have taken a female parent to task over her working

What industry are you in?

I quite liked her.

was baffled so did some digging.

she has 3kids. dont know how old youngest possibly 5.

they reside as in live in corby where shes an mp

do they attend local state schools in corby?
do any of them board?

she has quite a big family

think shes 1 of 4.

do her family not support?

i assume she has funds to pay for

nanny
housekeeper.
pa even.

her husbands american
he lives in newyork.

but the kids are from 1st marriage and i think the father is active and lives in the uk.

in her letter resignation she said they aware if issues and have done best to support her/a make allowances?

what does this mean?

must be more to it.

as westminster seems to break up with schools hols even.
some mps rarly seen in parliament.

its is a shame as theres very few high profile women in politics.

metabilis I'm not sure I understand what your comment is about?

@sardine You don't work with sexist men then? Lucky old you.

I suppose people are guessing what the press response will be - and I suppose that depends on what papers you read, if you even read any at all!

I don't read much expect the BBC and sometimes the independent so do not have much to fear on the being beaten with a stick front, about whatever a politician is doing.

I imagine the daily mail will get some very big sticks out but so what's new they use everything as a stick to beat women with!

Well as I don't like MPs who don't live in their constituencies, I think it is probably a good thing.