Caroline Lucas calls for an all-women cabinet

I think she is going about this the wrong way.

It would have been better to set up this cabinet with the best, most collaborative people she can find.

And then used the fact that it is entirely made up of women as proof that women are more collaborative.

I don't think a national unity government/cabinet comprised of women would be automatically better than a mixed sex cabinet.

However, having seen the list of female politicians that Lucas wrote to they are all women who I feel are quite capable of putting aside party allegiance for the good of the country.

Bear in mind that we currently have labour refusing to consider cross party alliances, it seems to me that Lucas is simply using an "all woman" fantasy cabinet as a tool to create cross party cooperation. Going for a temporary all woman alliance cuts across party political line and puts the idea of a national unity government in the headlines.

Although it is very unlikely to happen I do think that politically it's a valid tactic for Lucas to use.

Why not broaden the scope and include Anne Widdecombe?

Hahaha if only she knew what a woman was!

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Yep, and it sucks. It's almost like people should have been advocating against it for years and treating everybody equally regardless of their sex / gender / race / religion. But apparently it's actually OK when you have a chance of bouncing your 1-MP having party into the cabinet...

Now I feel resigned to the idea that my (male) vote wasn't really worth that much to them, and that she is trying to back-door herself into power.

On the plus side, BrainFart, now you truly know what it feels like to be disenfranchised as a woman.

I grew up with a woman Prime Minister and a woman monarch. I can't say as I noticed women holding positions of power doing much to improve the lives of ordinary women. Indeed any improvements appear to have been driven from the bottom up by grass roots movements rather than the top down.

Even if Ms Lucas actually means women as opposed to 'anyone who feels a bit girly today' I doubt that an all woman cabinet would be a game changer.

Identify a terrible, horrendous political situation. Propose a completely batshit stupid remedy. Well done Caroline Lucas.

As ever with the Greenies, so much better at describing the destination than the journey.

How do we get this 'cabinet' approved by Parliament?

The "If Lehman Brothers had been Lehman Sisters..." argument does not stand up to a moment's scrutiny.

I was so disappointed to read that. Voted Green my entire life (except 2017 when I voted Labour as didn't want any split vote letting Tories in), and always thought she was a brilliant MP. Now I feel resigned to the idea that my (male) vote wasn't really worth that much to them, and that she is trying to back-door herself into power.

She wouldn't know what an all-women cabinet looked like - she's way too drunk on the kool-aid.

Although I suspect her hangover would set in quickly once she realised that she'd enabled a bunch more men to achieve it.

Caroline Lucas also defended the challenors and believes twaw so it'll be an all male cabinet that she's after

No problem. If any male MP pops on a dress and lippy and ‘identifies’ themselves as female, Caroline will take them.