It's shocking that two years after the 'Pestminster' scandal, female MPs are fleeing politics

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Is the level of aggression in politics making being a female MP intolerable?

“Aww bless poor little didums,” responded a viewer on Twitter, simultaneously echoing my original response to the death threat and underscoring the reason for the segment, in which we were discussing the current exodus of women from frontline politics that began with Nicky Morgan, citing abuse as a contributory factor.

 

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catherine_mayer At least she signed off with an important announcement:

catherine_mayer The same proportion of men and women are leaving. Nothing to see here, move on.

catherine_mayer Oh, please... If MPs, & that includes the women, hadn't *refused* to represent their Constituencies, treated & talked down the electorate as being too thick to know what they were voting for & tried to overturn our democracy, this would not be happening.

Nope

No. It’s no more or less than previous years and representative % of the current male/ female MP split

I wonder if it ever crosses their minds it is their own actions which spur abuse.

How strange is this world. When it comes to women empowerment the people of east specially those who dream for better future for their women look upon Europe to embrace the change. But the dark reality of Europe is other way around. Women empowerment still seems a distant dream.

Cry me a river.

Cry me a river.

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