Thursday, 10 April 2014

Minister For Women: Not Equalities (And Vice Versa)

The new minister for women is Nicky Morgan, while Sajid Javid, a former banker and general high-flyer, will take up Miller's old role as culture secretary in charge of equalities. Morgan isn't a secretary of state but a minister - one step down. And in early briefings, aides suggested she would report to Javid. That's right, the minister for women, and thus the portfolio she holds, is subordinate to a man. Unsurprisingly, Number 10 beat a hasty retreat on this idea later in the day.

On top of this, in the past Morgan has voted against equal marriage and backed Nadine Dorries controversial amendments to the Health and Social Care bill in 2011, calling for independent advice for women seeking an abortion. Meanwhile, Javid is the minister who found himself in hot water for appearing to suggest that there are no women on the Bank of England's monetary policy committee because they didn't make the grade. It would have been tough to find two ministers with a history more ill-suited to the women and equalities brief... *


Hilarious.

Posted by Fagburn at 09:11:00
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  1. Anonymous31 July 2014 at 15:13

    When I heard this on the News Quiz I thought they were joking. It turned out to be true. Nicky Morgan as Equalities and women's minister? May I suggest another appointment in that vein then, race relations minister could be Nick Griffin! How can you work with equalities but not agree that gay marriage should be part of equalities? So what happens if she deals with the case of a disabled person who is complaining about access at a gay club, wants equal treatment for/with their ablebodied gay partner, etc? Or a woman who is suing an employer for any reason, but perhaps homophobia comes into it, like for example they call her homophobic things or she wants to share parenting/working with a lesbian partner. Or a couple want one to get asylum and they are an LGBT couple.

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