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.

Times radio just announced Annaliese Dodds has a post for "women and equality " heaven help us .

I haven’t got an agenda. Just opinions and priorities. I don’t share yours. 🤷‍♀️

I can't see the likes of Rachel Reeves being some kind of "handmaiden" in the cabinet.

Definitely not. She’s a warrior.

But there is also Angela Rayner who is only in it to buy houses.

I must say it is refreshing that since the election we haven't had an appearance from But Jeremy Corbyn, although all its successors are still going strong.

76% voted in favour of getting the Tories out.

62% voted for progressive/centre/left parties.

ummm…

The picture I just posted suggests he was. Also I think it’s very nit-picky to say someone who was a minister during the last time Labour were in government wasn’t a minister in the last Labour government just because he may (or may not) have still been there in the last section of it.

Yes. Annaliese Dodds was an inspired choice - not

Yeah it’s great. Hopefully we can equal out the numbers in road work jobs, power line instalment, sewer work, bin collection. Oh it’s just the positions of power and influence that the numbers matter isn’t it? Perhaps we could equal the number in prisons too, massively underrepresented there.

You're making a lot of sense.

Um .. ok...

How would an opinion be able to come with pictures? Strange🤣

Taking this at face value for a moment…
Yes, if a woman wanted to have one of those jobs, she absolutely should be able to. Currently non-academic young women are largely limited to care work and beauty type jobs, both poorly paid and insecure. Some of those in your list would offer much better prospects.
in terms of prisons we should definitely equalise - by reducing the number of men. Listen to the new prisons minister. His experience shows him that at least a third of male prisoners don’t really require a custodial sentence. It’s more than that of women, though, so to treat everyone fairly we are go8ng to have to deal with the issues that lead people to crime.

I think it would be helpful for the analysis to have pictures.

I would very much welcome men committing crime at the same level as women.

It's superb to have such a representative cabinet and overall, it seems like a well thought-out one too. Particularly impressed with the idea of appointing people who know what they're doing rather than shoe horning people into roles that they don't necessarily have any expertise at. Early days but encouraging signs.

Absolutely.

Are you always this stupid or is just especially for this thread?

In other news 7/29 members of the Shadow Cabinet are female.

I am a little puzzled why Call me Dave thinks it would be a problem the Shadow Foreign Secretary being in the Lords, but not the Foreign Secretary being the same.

To be fair, Sunak’s probably found it difficult to scrape up enough MPs of either sex to form a shadow cabinet.

Shall we speculate on why the Shadow Welsh Secretary is in the HoLs?

i think I know this one. It’s account…account…

Got it. You can only have limited accuntability if you are in the Lords and you can’t see your opposition.

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IRL, I never hear anyone who is bothered by this: not my friends, family, colleagues - not a single soul. And that's despite working in a building that has unisex bogs!

The things that matter most to the people I know are the cost of living, the cost of housing, the state of our public services esp education and the NHS.

Whereas I know loads of people who care about it very much. Just because people aren't articulating it doesnt mean they dont care - they just might not feel comfortable telling you.