David Cameron is mistaken in considering all women shortlists for Tory MPs. If he genuinely believes it then he is simply wrong. His argument that parliament is not working well because it is unrepresentative is wrong. It's not working well because the executive is too strong.
We now have more women than ever in parliament, is our politics better than ever? No, it's in the gutter. Have female ministers proved to be more able than their male counterparts? No. Am I blaming women for any of this? No. The number of women in parliament is irrelevant to this argument. If we had better MPs maybe we would be in a better position, and by better I mean more able to think for themselves and formulate an intelligent argument whilst supporting their constituents. So they should get to be an MP on merit, i.e. not by being on some favoured list or minority only list.
It is completely un-Tory. Which makes me think that DC is up to something? Is he wanting a clause 4 moment? If he is, he's chosen the wrong argument because he will lose.
If all jobs were chosen on merit, we'd be in a better country.
Squiffy.
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