Harriet Harman to stand for Speaker

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I've just seen this news. Overall I have a very positive impression of HH as a feminist and her work in ministerial positions. Can anyone with a better memory for detail and knowledge of politics give their view on her? Is she gender critical? I seem to recall her chairing the interesting committee session that included Joanna Cherry who was on fire questioning a Twitter rep (?) about their misogyny.

I'm not really one for declaring lower limits on who and what counts as a feminist. I understand that women have to negotiate between their feminist principles and actually navigating through a patriarchal society. But I imagine that Harriet Harman could take her PIE history book and walk underneath it without grazing her head.

I also can't get past PIE.

It is just shocking isn't it?
How anybody could say that is incomprehensible. No thought process involved at all. She is a lawyer!!! So not unintelligent.

I still can't understand how she remained as an MP after the pie stuff. I really can't.

I still can't understand how she remained as an MP after the pie stuff. I really can't.

I still can't understand how she remained as an MP after the pie stuff

Margaret Hodge managed to step around the Islington council paedophilia scandal that she was implicated in.