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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
Lynne Featherstone writes… We do not just elect individuals, we elect people to be members of a team
January 28, 2012 11:04 AM
• [Jan 25] Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone* writes a monthly column for one of her local newspapers. Here is the latest edition, looking at Parliamentary representation:
Our Parliament has come a long way in recent years. In fact, watching 'The Iron Lady' with Margaret Thatcher sticking out like a blue female sore thumb amongst the total male greyness of the then chamber - it reminded me of how recently in history this establishment was nearly all male. However, despite real progress, it is still nowhere near reflecting the percentage of women in the country - and that is without even starting to talk about other aspects of diversity such as ethnicity, class or disability . .
You do not have to wait until an election though. If you know someone talented, why not encourage them to get stuck into politics and stand themselves? The readers of these columns are a wonderfully diverse group - and I'm sure that the people you know and could encourage would be more diverse than the current make-up of Parliament!
* Lynne Featherstone is MP for , Minister for Equalities and blogs at www.lynnefeatherstone.org.
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