Female shortlists
That Ian O Bayne, who appears to be writing from within the organisation, has to write such a long letter (25 March) spelling out the absurdities of the “mandatory women-only shortlists” shows what a parallel loony-left universe his party has moved into.
Anyone looking at the make-up of the teams on TV’s University Challenge, for instance, sees the answer staring them in the face week after week.
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Hide AdSome women do put the necessary hard work and dedication into getting on in business and politics, and they do get on.
However, whether the militant feminists like it or not, most women have other priorities, and no amount of fiddling and fixing the democratic process will change what happens in the real world to fit their twisted dream. Roll on 7 May.
Irvine Inglis
Reston
Berwickshire