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Makes you wonder how the "progressive" Labour Party has never managed even to elect a female party leader, let alone contribute a female PM to our country.

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Meh, unless our next PM is a Transsexual , mixed race , mixed faith ,mixed sexuality ,atheist , celebate, wheel chair user then it's a clear case of discrimination.

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Brocialism: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/lif...cialism-rules/

I don't know. We're dealing with small sample sizes here and I would say it this time it's a rather unique set of circumstances that have led to this. Everyone had assumed it would be Osborne vs Johnson at some point but both had their chances scuppered by Brexit fallout.

I would also say that Labour weren't, in my view, ever that progressive a party until recently. I think it was very such the working man's party and people elevated via unions and other male-dominated cliques/clubs. The Conservatives have probably allowed the individual to go up more, more meritocratic, and thus less prone to jobs for the boys.

Just a guess though, I don't have in-depth knowledge of the history.

I would say the modern Labour party has become more progressive since New Labour though and I don't think there is any reason a woman would not become leader now expect for the Corbyn messiah complex. Plenty of talented female politicians in Labour too these days.

I also think Lendson is a loon so hopefully May will win although given the last year it's time to put money against that happening.

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yes, but a lot of tory party members are loons, who the rest of us have to rely on to choose the next leader of the country....

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Leadsom has set her stall out. You can imagine her being quite popular with the socially conservative Conservatives.

That her financial policies make Gordon Brown seem like the picture of restraint and prudence along with that she's full of excrement about pretty much everything will hopefully be highlighted and not drowned out by her religious, socially extreme credentials.

Her election would be disastrous.

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This.

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this what ?

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I should mention I was referring to http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...int-power.html

Between this and the entryism in the Labour Party we'll need to have pilots saying "We're just landing at London Heathrow. Welcome to the UK, please remember to set your watch back 40 years."

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That she is not the one that should be given the keys to 10 Downing Street.

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watch this space :)

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Some would be huge fans. Be the closest thing to having UKIP in charge.

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It wouldn't be good, that said May is just another Tory clone, teflon like but mostly ineffective. Talk about Rock & hard place, Jesus some choices these days.

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but Theresa may's geography degree will no doubt be a great asset to the country .

much better than ledsoms degree in political science .

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Not sure what your degree is in is really one of the big factors. Being way more UKIP that UKIP's only MP is more of an issue, both for the more liberal 'detoxifed' Tories and everyone else that isn't populist nationalist.

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its all about job prospects
Jobs directly related to your geography degree:

Cartographer
Commercial/residential surveyor
Environmental consultant
Geographical information systems officer
Planning and development surveyor
Secondary school teacher
Town planner
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-...gree/geography