Former minister also tells Hay festival that the UK’s female leaders have not necessarily made things better for women
The Labour MP Jess Phillips has described her party as sexist for having no permanent female leaders in its history.
Asked at the Hay literary festival why Labour has never had a UK-wide female leader, Phillips responded that “like all institutions it’s a bit sexist, innit”. She said that “every institution that every single person in this room works for is led by the patriarchy”.
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