Sexism in the media.....kitten heels

I don't understand this; he said he would go in October, didn't he?
So he is still Prime Minister, and he appointed the new EU Commissioner (swift move there eh?).
www.itv.com/news/update/2016-07-08/cameron-names-new-eu-commissioner-after-walkout/
Will the new PM be able to sack him if he doesn't meet her approval?

He was at Wimbledon, cheering on Andy (DC I mean)

What worries me is that we are leaderless at present. Pink cardigans, grey suit or kitten heels apart. Let's hope no major crisis hits us. ....oh it has.

We just seem to have been left by Cameron. He called a needless referendum with a mad result and just buggered off. How will history view this period?

Never heard of Andrea leadsom before all this hoo ha.
Glad I'm not being asked to vote for either of them.

scottie
I think the Tory leadership is decided in early September , seems like a long time to me. "Take back control" now seems to mean "hand control to 150,000 conservative party members as we drift slowly onto the rocks"

A pink jumper, that's given her a good chance of winning the Labour Leadership challenge then.

I could have screamed at the tele today.

Cameron was giving a statement re the UK's Defence Policy and Trident. What did the media a.holes ask about, being a mother and Andrea Leadsome.

Ye gods the gravitas of discussing politics is appalling at times.

Just seen Angela Eagle on t.v. She has jazzed herself up with a pink jumper. I like this lady and will watch her with interest!

You could argue that being childless gives you more time to run the Country. Anyway, it is an unkind comparison as you do not know whether childlessness is by accident or design.

Does anyone know WHEN the Tory leader is finally chosen?

Quite right if you have children or not what's the problem it's got nothing to do with the running ov the country. My daughter has never wanted children she has a very good job and a busy lifestyle why is it that some people think you have to have children.

With the exception of David Cameron, I have no idea whether any of the male politicians have children or not, and I bet most other people don't know either. Why is it an issue for women?

Brilliant cartoon!

This made laugh!

Regarding the controversy over Andrea Leadsom being reported as saying being a mother gave her a more vested interest in the future of the country, I found myself wondering whether had the candidates been 2 men the issue of whether they had children or not would have even merited a mention. ( what a long sentence!).

It would appear so!

Don't forget non-Savile Row suits and not doing your tie up properly!

PS. Boris Johnson is hardly poor or little!

Kitten heels and vests!
Is this what politics has come to? !

I am always proud when I see our Prime Ministers looking smart and professional at overseas conferences and such. Cameron, Sturgeon, Thatcher all look nice when representing their Country. If you look a mess you will not get any respect. Poor little Corbyn and Boris Johnson (remember him) need to look the part.

I think the standard of journalism has gone downhill, thanks to Murdoch and the proliferation of all those gossip rags. I have a friend who is an actress who used to grumble about the tabloid press and I used to say "Wait till the Guardian interviews you" but when they did the writer (not staff) used the phrase "bee stung lips".....!
Having said that, I do agree with you, Kittylester, that we are influenced by what someone looks like, what they wear and so on, and I'm one of the noseiest people in the world.

Does anyone remember the tv drama "the Amazing Mrs Pritchard" by Sally Wainwright where a totally unknown woman becomes Prime Minister, played by Jane Horrocks. It would be funny if this really happened..or would it?

At best, Leadsom's references to being a mother displayed the desperation of someone trying to pad out a rather thin CV. At worst, distasteful in the extreme.

Reading and watching "reports" from the media over the last several weeks has filled me with despair. Horrible, sensationalist, rabble rousing rubbish in the main. Have we as a nation forgotten balanced reporting. And its not just here, what the press (and politicians) have done in the last few days re: police shootings, just making a bad situation intolerable. Much though I would have thought I was against censorship of the press, I am beginning to wonder if all this freedom they have to incite hysteria, isn't going to lead to a breakdown of our heretofore (relatively ) civilised society.
Sorry to be so heavy on a sunny Saturday morning, but I am feeling quite strongly about this.

I don't know of any gloating. I certainly think someone who has had to combine career and kids has a different sort of experience to bring to the role. It will resonate with many other women who know that we cannot 'have it all' and have had to make sacrifices accordingly. Teresa May has been pro Sharia law which I find disconcerting and her husband seems to have benefited from commercial contracts connected to the home office.

Kids are a joy but they are also a worry, a burden at times, a responsibility, a drain on finances and sometimes after all that, bloody ungrateful. Who knows what family life brings us overall? But anyone who has been a mum knows the feelings of not being able to get to 3 sports days in different places and not being able to 'network' after work because you have to get home and help with the spellings. I don't think she gloated, her experience in being a mother is useful that's all.

To me gloating over ones ability to have children was so cruel and unnecessary. Made me want to cry. Much worse than any criticism of appearance.

I don't think I can be the only person whose opinion of people is affected (to a greater or lesser degree) by their appearance, at least initially. It might be shallow but sight is one of our senses.

But, I do agree that the media shouldn't be making those judgements for us.

So long as they get this country back on track, they can dance round Trafalgar Sq. stark B........K naked for all I care. (female versions SBN are of course available)

It still says more about those who use someones physical appearance or choose to use abusive name calling rather than those they are talking about.

I think some people just enjoy being nasty for nasty's sake.