Brighton Voters Consider an All Female List
Brighton Short Breaks recognises Brighton and Hove evidencing its as the most Right On townin the this week with the occurance that it is the first time a parliamentary election has ensured an all-female listing of candidates .
20 years after Mrs Thatcher broke governmental ground by becoming the first ever Prime Minister the complaint that the foyers of Westminster are still a masculine reigned club ring just as loudly as ever! So, Brighton and Hove’s totally female short list of Parliamentary campaigners generates some boost to a prospective future shift of ground in the sexuality balance in the political power arena .
Being cited 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 somewhat upset about the state of our political domain and speculative as to the reasons for male domination above and beyond the onetime precedence that gentlemen should have it entirely their own way – and its a whole Pandoras box of debate that is nicest left for some other time .
But my role here today is as – as always – to fly the flag for Brighton and Hove and show how advanced intending and politically alive our population is, and having a ratio of men to women in parliament more typical of the population, is in my thought, a pace in the true direction!
