Just over half of Labour MPs are female (104/202). Not too shabby. The equivalent number for the Tories is 87/365. Shabby. (2019 GE figures) (View Post)

For the record, Michael Foot consistently supported Thatcher's response to the invasion of the Falklands. (View Post)

Yes, mostly. Probably the same people who'll replace, at a higher cost, the 91,000 civil servants moved off the books to reduce the headcount. (View Post)

Maybe, but in the macho world of football it is a story. This lad's tale is part of the process of changing the culture of football so that, in time, a gay footballer would not be remotely newsw… (View Post)

That's a fabulous story. Huge kudos to the lad for coming out at the tender age of 17, and telling his story so well. He'll be an icon for the gay (footballing and elsewhere) community, I r… (View Post)