JO
I truly despair of identity politics. She was the only woman because the remaining candidates were male. There had been two female candidates who have been knocked out of the process to replace our current prime minister - who is female. In the previous leadership competition, the last two candidates standing were both women. I'm not a Tory - I'm more likely to spoil the ballot paper - but the Tories do far better at getting female leaders than any other party.
I also detest the way that people bandy around words like "bigot", "sexist", "racist", etc to try to shut down debate because, in the end, all it does is drive debates that need to be had underground and then, ta-da, President Trump gets elected!
Public discourse in this country has really gone downhill in recent years. Your post was, unfortunately, an example of this decline.
Getting back to the program, I am a long-standing fan of Emily but neither she nor the politicans did well last night. The format was bad, the chairs the politicians sat on looked very uncomfortable, Emily seemed more interested in grandstanding herself, and an hour wasn't long enough for five contributors.
johnnyboy
Founding member
I feel the vitriol Maitlis is receiving is unjust and unwarranted. Look at the panel for heaven's sake. The only shred of decency on it was Rory Stewart and I'm no Tory. She battled against a gaggle of renowned Tory dodgers and as for the way Boris Johnson treated her, no wonder she felt the need to interrupt!
Let's also not forget she was THE ONLY WOMAN on the show amongst some really sexist and bigoted men.
I'm with all the other broadcasters who are standing to her defence.
Let's also not forget she was THE ONLY WOMAN on the show amongst some really sexist and bigoted men.
I'm with all the other broadcasters who are standing to her defence.
I truly despair of identity politics. She was the only woman because the remaining candidates were male. There had been two female candidates who have been knocked out of the process to replace our current prime minister - who is female. In the previous leadership competition, the last two candidates standing were both women. I'm not a Tory - I'm more likely to spoil the ballot paper - but the Tories do far better at getting female leaders than any other party.
I also detest the way that people bandy around words like "bigot", "sexist", "racist", etc to try to shut down debate because, in the end, all it does is drive debates that need to be had underground and then, ta-da, President Trump gets elected!
Public discourse in this country has really gone downhill in recent years. Your post was, unfortunately, an example of this decline.
Getting back to the program, I am a long-standing fan of Emily but neither she nor the politicans did well last night. The format was bad, the chairs the politicians sat on looked very uncomfortable, Emily seemed more interested in grandstanding herself, and an hour wasn't long enough for five contributors.
