The Times launches a strong attack on David Cameron's alleged failure to change the "male-dominated" Conservative Party this morning. "Women take a back seat in Cameron's Tory Party" is the main front page splash. A leader on page 2 says...
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ConservativeHome on 28th Apr 2009 (via conservativehome.blogs.com)
The Times reflects on David Cameron's lack of women on the front bench. David Cameron has lined up an all-male team to attack Labour over the economy, raising concerns within his own ranks that he has downgraded his pledge to promote women in the Conservative Party. A high-profile female parliamentary candidate said: “The fact that there are not more women in the inner circle inevitably...
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Ranting Stan on 28th Apr 2009 (via rantingstan.blogspot.com)
David Cameron is preparing to promote a new generation of women to key positions in his shadow cabinet in a reshuffle this Autumn.
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Telegraph on 16th Aug 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Further to my earlier post about how Cameron is looking to promote women, Recess Monkey has a post about how women only occupy the lower branches of Conservative front bench politics, which you can read here Let's hope that when Miller and Greening get promoted they get some substantial jobs ...
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TheAliceDaleBlog on 19th Aug 2008 (via alicedale.blogspot.com)
Millions of women are rejecting David Cameron amid fears over the handling of the economy and public spending cuts, the Conservative Party's own private polling has disclosed.
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Telegraph on 17th Oct 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
David Cameron faces a fresh uprising from grassroots Conservatives furious at his attempts to promote women.
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Telegraph on 21st Nov 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron says he will impose all-women shortlists on a highly resistant Conservative party next year, in an attempt to increase the number of female candidates fighting winnable seats at the next election
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FT on 20th Oct 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
DAVID Cameron has been urged to promote more women after naming only three female MPs in his cabinet.
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Scotsman on 13th May 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
According to the Independent on Sunday, Cameron may make changes to his frontbench team before Brown gets a chance to, and he's looking to include more women. here
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TheAliceDaleBlog on 21st Jul 2008 (via alicedale.blogspot.com)
Responding to David Cameron's speech today to the Conservative women's organisation, Labour's Deputy Leader, Harriet Harman MP asked: "If David Cameron is serious about his "moral obligation" to help women, children and families, why did he vote against flexible working and longer maternity pay? Why does his marriage tax break penalise families and children who need most help? Why w...
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LabourMatters on 10th Nov 2008 (via labourmatters.com)
In a speech today Labour's Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, welcomed two former Conservative Party activists to the Labour Party and said the project to change the Conservative Party had failed. David Miliband said: "The Tory head and the Tory heart are at odds. The head tells them that the world has changed, that they have been rejected at three elections because they were seen as the nast...
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LabourMatters on 15th Apr 2010 (via labourmatters.com)