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Keir Starmer does not have a problem with women, says transport secretary (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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Keir Starmer does not have a problem with women, the transport secretary, Louise Haigh, has said, but she admitted the government had made “missteps”.

Haigh, one of a number of female cabinet ministers who had been close to Starmer’s former chief of staff Sue Gray, defended the prime minister after Gray left her post to be replaced by his campaign director, Morgan McSweeney.

Starmer had also been accused of having a woman problem by the former Labour MP Rosie Duffield, who quit the party last month.

But Haigh said the prime minister had promoted a number of women. “I don’t think the prime minister has any problem working with women,” she told Sky News. “If you look at the women he has around him, the first female chancellor [Rachel Reeves], Angela Rayner – the cabinet is gender balanced. We have more female Labour MPs than there are Tory MPs in total.

“So I don’t think any sense that the Labour party has a problem with women – or the prime minister – is evidenced by the facts of us.”

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[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 17 points 4 weeks ago

I didn't think he did, but now I'm wondering if he has. 🤔

[–] Florn@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

My "Doesn't Have a Problem with Women" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This looks a lot like the government trying to get ahead of a story, because I've never heard anyone accuse him of having a women problem (well, anyone credible, Duffield doesn't count).

[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I take it from the article that Times Radio specifically asked Louise whether Starmer had a problem with women as part of an interview - she's hardly going to say yes!

Times Radio probably asked her based on Duffield's shit-stirring and the fact that Sue Gray is a women. That makes two women who have left the government, therefore Starmer must hate all women! A pretty dumb conjecture by the Times, but I guess that's the right wing media's job.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

"PM who has women in his cabinet and is married to a woman has a problem with women"

Pathetic stuff really.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

What if the women are Palestinian

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Shirt questions answered shirt