steveintoronto
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To add substantive reference to the "gender factor" I state in prior posts, and how this is happening in the UK in both major parties as well as here:
This is just for the new Independent Party, more mostly female ones have left their party to sit as independents in the House, but on many issues, will align with the Independents.
I can define this a bit better than previously posted, as this isn't driven by a sense of 'Feminist Zeitgeist'. It's driven by a rejection of stuffy, parochial, paternalistic and conniving existing parties.
Women, by their very nature, are more sensitive to the fetters of this kind of overbearing control. And they're starting to to vote...with their feet! The ratio of 'defectors' so far in Westminster is over 2:1 women to men.
I'm looking for an article that analyzes this phenomenon. Will post when found. Meantime, back in Canada, eh:
That may sound facile, but other nations' female reps are displaying that too. There's substance to this...
Addendum:
Which MPs have defected from parties to join the Independent Group?
1/12 The Independent Group
Details on the individual MPs are in the following photos
Reuters
Chuka Umunna: Politicians are grateful for TIG – here’s what one of Theresa May's cabinet ministers told me
‘Some fresh, principled, rebalancing will, I predict, have more impact than people immediately realise’
www.independent.co.uk
This is just for the new Independent Party, more mostly female ones have left their party to sit as independents in the House, but on many issues, will align with the Independents.
I can define this a bit better than previously posted, as this isn't driven by a sense of 'Feminist Zeitgeist'. It's driven by a rejection of stuffy, parochial, paternalistic and conniving existing parties.
Women, by their very nature, are more sensitive to the fetters of this kind of overbearing control. And they're starting to to vote...with their feet! The ratio of 'defectors' so far in Westminster is over 2:1 women to men.
I'm looking for an article that analyzes this phenomenon. Will post when found. Meantime, back in Canada, eh:
[...] Liberal backbencher Celina Caesar-Chavannes, who announced last week she won’t seek re-election, tweeted her support for Philpott, as she has done repeatedly for Wilson-Raybould since the SNC-Lavalin controversy erupted a month ago.
“When you add women, please do not expect the status quo. Expect us to make correct decisions, stand for what is right and exit when values are compromised. Thank you Jane Philpott for articulating this beautifully,” Caesar-Chavannes wrote. [...]
Philpott joins Wilson-Raybould in resigning from cabinet over SNC-Lavalin
Treasury Board president Jane Philpott resigned Monday from the federal cabinet, saying she’s lost confidence in the way the Trudeau government has dealt with the SNC-Lavalin affair. Her resignation came just less than a month after former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould resigned from...
toronto.citynews.ca
That may sound facile, but other nations' female reps are displaying that too. There's substance to this...
Addendum:
11 MPs have just quit their parties — what the hell is going on?
Adam Payne and Thomas Colson
Feb. 20, 2019, 12:33 PM
- Eight Labour MPs and four Conservative MPs this week quit their parties to form a new centrist bloc called the Independent Group.
- The group's members are all vocal opponents of Brexit, but say the group also reflects disillusionment with the leadership of the two main parties.
- More MPs are set to join the new group in the coming weeks.
- Here's what the historic splits mean for Brexit, the future of the Conservatives and Labour, and the prospect of a snap general election.
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11 MPs have just quit their parties — what the hell is going on?
UK politics is in shock after 11 MPs quit the Conservatives and Labour to form an independent group, with more set to join them. Here's what it means.www.businessinsider.com
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