More women occupy parliamentary seats and senior Whitehall positions, but many still lack access to inner decision-making and are not consistently listened to. Sir Keir Starmer replaced three senior men with women in key roles, yet concerns persist about a male-dominated inner circle wielding disproportionate influence. Cabinet minister Lisa Nandy accused Labour of operating as a "boys' club" and said some briefings have been "dripping with misogyny." Historical and recent examples, from Nancy Astor finding no women's loos to Rachel Reeves finding a urinal in the chancellor's bathroom, illustrate enduring exclusion.
"there weren't even women's loos when Nancy Astor arrived. She's said to have nipped down to the Ritz to use the facilities before a ladies toilet was installed in Parliament's neo-gothic palace. More than a 100 years later, Rachel Reeves arrived in the Treasury in 2024 to find a urinal in the chancellor's bathroom - that shows how long it has taken for women to get access to all areas of politics."
"But this week, a serving member of the cabinet, Lisa Nandy, suggested Labour has been operating as a "boys' club" and went on to complain "some of the briefings have absolutely been dripping with misogyny". Don't just casually ignore one of Labour's most senior politicians suggesting - quite openly - that a clique of men have had too much sway in government, and some of them have used woman hating as a political tool."
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