We were absolutely delighted this morning to hear that Diane Abbott MP, a strong, talented Labour woman, has entered the race to become Labour leader. We wish her the very best of luck!
Diane Abbott’s candidacy just goes to confirm what we said yesterday – politics is no longer men only. There is space for a woman in this race but we want to see women in this race!
One woman is a great start but that doesn’t mean that more women can’t or shouldn’t stand. In fact quite the reverse. We want to see as many strong talented, female, politicians as possible join this race.
Thank you so much to everyone who has written or emailed Labour women so far. We’ve had an amazing response in the last 24hours and we’re not there yet. If we want to see more women join the race we need to let them know, we need to ask.
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