Louise Mensch resigns...

[propercharlie]

too hard to balance famaily life :(

[FalseStartered]

yup, am not jealous of her looks

[squoosh]

Ugh, why are women so often assumed to be jealous of other women's looks? Is that all our little minds can absorb 'pretty, prettier, prettiest, yuck, not pretty'.

Zzzzzzzzz

[clemetteattlee]

Amelia are you playing anti-feminist bingo?? Or do you really think one woman can't criticise the behaviour of another without it being about jealousy? What a crass and superficial comment.

[limitedperiodonly]

To be fair clement women are crass and superficial, aren't we?

In our own little way we're quite good at it. Though we'll never be as good at being crass and superficial as someone like Dave, for example

[slug]

In politics, resigning for "family reasons" is usually an indicator of a scandal on the horizon.

But since she is the one with the powerful job I am a bit at her, rather than her DH making the choice to resign.

[squoosh]

He DH makes ££££££££££££££ she makes ££, not so surprising that she is the one doing the resigning.

[slug]

I make way more ££ than DH, yet it's assumed I'm the one that should give up their job for the sake of the offspring.

It's the old sexual double standard at work. I don't know whether to feel sorry for her constitutients or not.

[FalseStartered]

what makes you unsure about feeling sorry for her constituents, slug?

[porcamiseria]

why does she get so slated?

he is a sucessful attractive (so shoot her!) writer who had a short term career as an MP

only thing that got me was death threats against her kids on twitter

maybe thats why shes moving, fuck all to do with feminism

[clemetteattlee]

She gets slated because she is self-serving, claims to speak from women like me, and she is a Tory. She has made this about her family when it is actually about being a puppy dog to her husband.

I like honesty.

I REALLY wish people would do their research into her as a woman and MP before deciding that the only complaint we have is that she is attractive.

[squoosh]

No one has slated her for being attractive!

[porcamiseria]

I think the Guardian slated her for having plastic surgery

MN/Guardian- same difference

[FalseStartered]

having plastic surgery is not the same as being attractive though

[AGiraffeOnTheDivingBoard]

Not just a labour / Tory split on this one though. Norman Tebbit's not too happy with her leaving early and using tax payers' money to fund a by election. After his wife was injured in IRA bomb he saw out his tenure and made it clear he wouldn't stand again so that he could care for her.

I don't think this is about family commitments. I think releasing this statement during the Olympics is very interesting timing as is the reason given. Maybe all will come clear soon have clearly watched too many episodes of In the Thick of it

[ThePan]

AIBU-DM-Jeremy Kyle. A common DNA.
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[porcamiseria]

why are people so cross, care even? I think its a bit of a non issue

[TunaPastaBake]

''having plastic surgery is not the same as being attractive though''

too right

[squoosh]

I don't think the Guradian slated her, they just asked her directly in an interview whether it was true or not. I think she may have declined to answer. I was just surprised that such a young woman would have a face lift.

[FalseStartered]

well, i care because she was my fucking MP porca

[porcamiseria]

not any more false

I dont even know why my MP is

[porcamiseria]

I am in politics section however fucks off

[FalseStartered]

don't let the door bang your arse on the way out rain ruin your hair

[clemetteattlee]

Blimey. Never thought I'd find myself in agreement with Norman Tebbitt.

[amothersplaceisinthewrong]

Saw her once on Have I got News for You and thought her rather an airhead. Good riddance, hopefully once less Tory MP.

[animaltales]

She's not a fool. She must have known that it would be difficult to juggle work and family life before she stood as an MP!! I doubt, even before becoming an MP, she was rushing about looking after the children whilst penning her 'novels'......I suspect she has full time child care anyway.