To be so happy at so many women in the cabinet

[Standupcitizen]

Anyone else absolutely thrilled to see women represented equally in the cabinet for the first time ever?

22 appointments. 11 women, 11 men. It seems completely deliberate. Previously the highest % of females in the cabinet was something like 38%. First female chancellor in history as well.

I feel elated that for the first time in my life, we have equality of the sexes in government.

Whatever you think of starmer, the labour party or of the women in question, this is absolutely huge to me, i feel ridiculously emotional about it. I think as a woman who has been dismissed, talked over, belittled, discriminated against and overlooked for promotion in favour of men in the workplace - if the government can do it, then other companies have no excuse.

Sorry that posted before I had finished.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41796213

David Blunkett wasn't a minister in the last Labour government, he wasn't a minister after November 2005.

@Standupcitizen

Have you done any research into it?. It's just it was a non issue to me also until I started to follow a few threads about it.

The women in that cabinet will be no better than the commanders wives in the handmaid's tale unless they all understand what has been going on
So no, I don't share your enthusiasm yet op.

This, absolutely.

Some physical disabilities are not visible.

You haven't understood my point at all.

Oh, I think I have.

I share your excitement OP. It matters. It counts. It will make a difference to what our children see and expect.

I think you have too. And so transparent.

That's nitpicking of the highest order. If you define the last Labour government by the period that Labour was in power from 97-2010, which is how most people would do it, rather than by Parliamentary session, then Blunkett was not only a minister but Home Secretary, one of the most important ministers.

I too share your happiness op.

But it does rather illustrate the point that disability is not always visible, if posters did not realise the PM was disabled.

Oh dear, Harriet Harnon has just been on itv, very curt, no nonsense.

She said there has been "confusion" around the equalities act and there needs to be clarification around safe spaces only allowing women in.

It's just some confusion basically.

It's only about safe spaces.

It's been made into more than what it is by being a political football.

Quite right too. It makes a change to hear some common sense from the most woman centred, feminist MP we’ve ever had. Now she’s retired she’s free to tell the truth.

Harriet 'PIE' Harman.

most woman centred, feminist MP we’ve ever had

Yeah if you mean the women who have penises. Thanks for the laugh.

I thought this wasn’t about the trans issue?

Oh HER! She of the "Paedophile Information Exchange" infamy .
I don't think anyone needs to be listening to her tbh
She has apparently learned nothing.

HH believes some women have penises. This then affects women’s rights to single sex spaces as women with penises (at least by HH’s silly billy comprehension, we all know they can’t have a penis) are…. male. It’ll drop for you eventually. In fact it’s probably already dropped, you just can’t stand women being able to want and access single sex spaces. I note you never bothered to address my last question, you just continue to sea lion anyone else who thinks this isn’t an important issue. It is and it’ll continue to be.

And yet if he’d picked a predominantly male cabinet he’d have been criticised for that too. He can’t win.

That is indeed what the law says.

Whereas you @Blossomtoes are so opaque nobody could ever penetrate your agenda 😂

@MistyGreenAndBlue her tone triggered me.

To be fair to blossom people can't take on every issue out there.
It's not important to some people, personally, I understand my own remit is limited (that's not totally say I can't empathise with others issues). But I'm glad others bring up issues that affect us all, it all comes together, eg those worried about disabled peoples access rights eg getting in and out of train station or buses, those worried about midwives available fir home births and so on.
Those who bang the drum about sen issues in the schools and I appreciate all of them.

Labour won because the vote was split. NOT because this country wants them in.

Labour won because the country wanted the Conservatives out.