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Brighton Gets Behind Its Political Women

Brighton Short Breaks welcomes Brighton and Hove presenting its self view as the most Right On community in the United Kingdomthis week with the occurance that it is the first  a parliamentary election has ensured an all-female list of nominees.

20 years after Mrs Thatcher broke governmental conventions  by  the first ever woman Prime Minister the complaint that the hallways of Westminster are still a masculine reigned territory  ring just as forte as ever! So, Brighton and Hove’s all female  short list of Parliamentary campaigners generates some boost to a prospective future change of ground in the sex proportionality in the political power world.

Being quoted in The Argus , Fawcett Society chief executive Ceri Goddard said: “If all the candidates are women that is cause for celebration but also concern that it has taken until 2009, whereas all-male elections are still the norm.

“The voters if Brighton can be pleased that whom ever they elect they will be a step closer to closing the gender gap in parliament where currently less than 20% of our MP’s are women – less than Iraq, Afghanistan and Rwanda.”

‘Less than Iraq, Afghanistan and Rwanda……… ‘ – personally that particular statement left me slightly red-faced about the state of our governmental domain and interested as to the causes for male mastery above and beyond the past precedency that gentlemen should have it totally their own way – and its a whole Pandoras box of discussion that is better left for some other place .

But my role here now is as – as always – to fly the flag for Brighton and Hove and exhibit how forwards intending and politically alive our home city  is, and having  a ratio of men to women in parliament  more typical of the population, is in my belief, a pace in the true direction!