Brightons Parliamentary Credentials
January 5, 2010 9:10 pm TravelBrighton Short Breaks sees Brighton and Hove demonstrating its role as the most Right On townin the this week with the occurance that it is the first a parliamentary election that has gathered an all-female listing of nominees.
20 years after Mrs Thatcher broke new governmental territory by being the first ever female Prime Minister the complaint that the halls of Westminster are still a macho controlled area ring just as loudly as ever! So, Brighton and Hove’s full female short list of Parliamentary prospects generates some encouragement to a prospective future change of basis in the gender equalizer in the political power arena .
Being quoted in The Argus , Fawcett Society chief executive Ceri Goddard said: “If all the candidates are women that is cause for celebration but also concern that it has taken until 2009, whereas all-male elections are still the norm.
“The voters if Brighton can be pleased that whom ever they elect they will be a step closer to closing the gender gap in parliament where currently less than 20% of our MP’s are women – less than Iraq, Afghanistan and Rwanda.”
‘Less than Iraq, Afghanistan and Rwanda……… ‘ - personally that peculiar statement left me somewhat discomfited about the state of our political arena and interested as to the grounds for male domination above and beyond the onetime precedence that gentlemen should have it completely their own way - and its a whole Pandoras box of discourse that is better left for some other place .
But my role here now is as - as always - to fly the flag for Brighton and Hove and manifest how progressive intending and politically sensible our town is, and having a ratio of men to women in parliament more typical of the population, is in my judgement, a stride in the true direction! brighton holiday apartment