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 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)
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)
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 and Nick Clegg have been urged to do more to promote women, after critics complained that new Cabinet was virtually a "men-only" Cainet with women outnumbered nearly five to one.
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Telegraph on 13th May 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
David Cameron and Nick Clegg have been urged to do more to promote women, after critics complained that new Cabinet was virtually a "men-only" Cainet with women outnumbered nearly five to one.
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Telegraph on 14th May 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
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)
Gary Titley MEP fires a broadside at Cameron’s Conservatives in Europe: “…Tories are still Tories. David Cameron might claim they have changed, but we see the real face of the Conservatives in the European parliament. In the last year alone Tory MEPs voted against fighting the trafficking of women, energy efficiency, the Fundamental Rights Agency and
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LabourMatters on 25th Sep 2008 (via labourmatters.com)
David Cameron has hired two business women to advise him on how to win the female vote.
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Telegraph on 18th Oct 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)
Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, responding to David Cameron's comments on women, said:
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LabourParty on 2nd Oct 2011 (via labour.org.uk)