As a former Conservative Councillor, who has been actively involved in local and national politics for over 25 years, Judy Viitanen has been following David Cameron’s U-turn on all-women shortlists with great interest. 
She totally agrees with his comment that: ‘there are many very, very good women’ and that he wanted “to give them a chance to serve in Parliament”. However, PRimage is not surprised that the announcement has met with stark opposition and heated reactions from some in the Conservative Party. 
Former Tory Minister, Anne Widdecombe, who Judy rates highly, has described all-women shortlists as ‘an insult to women’, saying ‘it will do women no good at all.”PRimage recognise that cynics will say that this U-turn is a move to bump up statistics which currently show that only 19 of 192 Conservative MPs are women. But the reality, as Judy knows, is that it is not easy for women to infiltrate the often male dominated local Conservative groups. Parliament and the country needs more women MPs from all political parties! 
What’s your view? Post a comment – PRimage would love to hear your thoughts on this.
She totally agrees with his comment that: ‘there are many very, very good women’ and that he wanted “to give them a chance to serve in Parliament”. However, PRimage is not surprised that the announcement has met with stark opposition and heated reactions from some in the Conservative Party. Former Tory Minister, Anne Widdecombe, who Judy rates highly, has described all-women shortlists as ‘an insult to women’, saying ‘it will do women no good at all.”PRimage recognise that cynics will say that this U-turn is a move to bump up statistics which currently show that only 19 of 192 Conservative MPs are women. But the reality, as Judy knows, is that it is not easy for women to infiltrate the often male dominated local Conservative groups. Parliament and the country needs more women MPs from all political parties! What’s your view? Post a comment – PRimage would love to hear your thoughts on this.