Nick Fletcher, the Conservative MP for Don Valley, has linked an increase in male violence to women being given acting roles previously only played by men, such as Dr Who, during a debate on International Men’s Day. Speaking in Westminster Hall, Fletcher said: “Every male character or good role model must have a female…
Following the deaths of over 20 migrants crossing the channel yesterday, home secretary Priti Patel told the Commons that “yesterday was a moment that many of us had feared for many years.” Patel reiterated her belief that harsher border control was needed, saying: “More than 20,000 have been stopped this year… We have dismantled 17…
A minister from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport today told parliament that “football requires a strong independent regulator … I and the government endorse [this] in principle today”. Nigel Huddleston, parliamentary under-secretary for DCMS, said: “That is what the fans want, and this government is on the side of fans.” Labour supported…
Last week’s testimony from Cricketer Azeem Rafiq on the institutional culture of racism in cricket sent shockwaves throughout the country. As questions turned to whether the failings seen in Yorkshire were indicative of wider society, Rafiq himself had to apologise for posting historic anti-semitic messages online. Politics.co.uk went out to ask the public: Is Britain a…
Arguments for and against LGBT conversion therapy were heard by the women and equalities parliamentary committee today. Dr Sheikh Ramzy, director of the Oxford International Islamic Information Centre, quoted someone who had asked for conversion therapy, and said: “He prayed and prayed and prayed and prayed to God. “He finished and he got married and…
Former Conservative MP Rory Stewart says NATO’s inability to act independently from U.S. foreign policy is “very worrying”. Giving evidence to the foreign affairs committee on the UK’s foreign policy in Afghanistan, Stewart was asked by the chair Tom Tugendhat what the UK should have done differently. The former international development secretary argued the UK…
MPs have passed a controversial amendment to the health and care bill that will change the way the social care cap is calculated. The government has been criticised by a number of its own MPs in recent days over plans to change the calculation of the social care cap. The new proposals would see those…
The home secretary Priti Patel has batted away suggestions her department is failing to deal with increases in migrant Channel crossings, accusing Labour of “standing up for unlimited migration”.Responding to an urgent question on the government’s handling of the migrant Channel crossings by small boats, the home secretary claimed: “The only solution to this problem is…
Prostitution has been a part of our society for centuries, but the women who engage in it are often overlooked. Whilst there are many reasons women become sex workers, the majority are forced into it by poverty, seeing it as last resort to earn money. At the moment in Britain, prostitution itself is not illegal…
Sleaze and cronyism has dominated the frontpages recently as a spotlight has been swung onto MPs’ second jobs. Notably Geoffrey Cox was paid as much as £6 million for work outside of parliament, leading to the government announcing a crackdown on outside work. But do the public think MPs should be allowed second jobs? Our…
