Five years after the “Pestminster” scandal in the wake of MeToo, female politicians in Britain still face a toxic culture of misogyny and abuse
reported that three Conservative cabinet ministers and two Labour shadow cabinet ministers were facing allegations of sexual misconduct.
At least one complaint is believed to involve allegations of criminality and that an MP “bribed a member of staff in return for sexual favours”.“I fear this has broken me”: how worried should we be about abuse pushing women out of politics? ’s editor, David Dillon, being called to meet with Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House, which Dillon rejected via a story on theA male MP watching porn in parliament may just be the tip of Westminster’s misogyny iceberg, and what action will come from the ongoing investigations into misconduct remains to be seen
At the time, Michael Fallon resigned from then-prime minister Theresa May’s cabinet over allegations of inappropriate behaviour, a cross-party committee was created to lead cultural change and a phone line was set up for people to report allegations of wrong-doing.
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