Female MPs complain about sexism and misogyny in Tory ranks in meeting on Tuesday night
The Conservatives have been hit by yet anothersex scandal after a female minister reported seeing a male colleague watching porn on a mobile phone in parliament.
Female MPs are also “on the brink of mutiny”, according to one senior Tory, over a report over the weekend that three cabinet ministers were among 56 MPs against whom complaints of sexual harassment to the independent complaints system were made. When the complaints were raised, others among the group of 40 MPs in attendance were said to have “gone ballistic”. One recalled: “We all shouted that they had to be suspended.” Another attender said: “I think chief wasn’t prepared for strength of feeling, one colleague talked about comments made on her skirt, another at being called ‘girls’ by whips, another about being sniggered at by male colleagues in chamber.
Female MPs across the Commons are outraged about the treatment of Rayner. But Boris Johnson’s spokesperson said on Wednesday the PM was “uncomfortable” that the Speaker had summoned the editor of the Mail on Sunday to discuss its misogynistic treatment of her. Rayner tweeted in response: “I said … in January that the sexist film parody about me was misogynistic and it still is now. As women we sometimes try to brush aside the sexism we face, but that doesn’t make it OK.
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