Labour’s latest #effectiveopposition for women stark contrast with Tory damage

The Tories, without shame, claim they’re the pro-women party because of the fact of their two female prime ministers. Right…

They’veknown for yearsthat their policies have a vastly disproportionateeffect on women – and that has never stopped or moderated their actions. They’ve evenrefused to publish impact assessments on the extent of the damage. In spite of the willingness of media mouthpieces to talk about the issue with deadpan face, it is, beyond doubt, pure posturing and snake-oil.

Jeremy Corbyn started his leadership of the Labour party by appointing the first-ever majority-female Shadow Cabinet and has continued to strengthen the position of women on the Labour front benches – and his party’s victory on Friday shows even more clearly that Labour is the real party that promotes and cares about women.

Stalking is not, of course, only suffered by women – but it isprimarilywomen who are…