Why Westminster sexism is so hard to stamp out
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🗓️ 29 April 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The misogyny that many women working in parliament experience has reared its ugly head once more. Anoosh Chakelian, Ailbhe Rea and Harry Lambert discuss the latest revelations of sexual misconduct at Westminster and the personal cost for the women who speak out.
The team then discuss Labour’s prospects for the local elections and whether the cost of living, not partygate, could be the key to victory.
Then a special You Ask Us to say goodbye to Ailbhe Rea.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Anouche. |
| 0:03.9 | I'm Ava. |
| 0:04.9 | And I'm Harry. |
| 0:05.9 | And on today's episode of the New Statement podcast, we're going to discuss sexism in Westminster |
| 0:10.0 | and talk about the Labour Party's hopes ahead of the local elections. |
| 0:13.7 | And then there's a very special UASC US. |
| 0:17.8 | Sorry this morning I might sound a bit fuzzy because we were at the publisher podcast |
| 0:24.2 | awards last night where we actually won the best political podcast for the second year |
| 0:28.2 | in the row. |
| 0:29.5 | But it is a bit of sweet morning because it's Alva's last New Statement podcast. |
| 0:33.9 | She will be back on Westminster reimagined next week with our Mandoe Anouche, but she |
| 0:38.0 | is moving on from the NS. |
| 0:39.9 | I don't think you can tell us much about that yet, can you, Alva? |
| 0:42.7 | No more details soon. Okay, so watch this space. Yeah, I'm not going to try and get that |
| 0:47.7 | exclusive on this particular podcast. But yeah, sadly, we are discussing a rather grim topic. |
| 0:53.0 | It's been an unedifying week in Westminster. First of all, we had the story in the mail on Sunday, |
| 0:58.9 | Tori MP was saying that Angela Rainer crosses and uncrosses her legs in front of Boris Johnson |
| 1:03.5 | at PMQ's trying to distract him because she doesn't have his Oxford Union debating skills, |
| 1:08.5 | and there's been a big outrage following that among journalists, MPs and staffers in Westminster. |
| 1:15.1 | Tori MP has been accused of watching porn in the commons, and we found out that 56 MPs, |
| 1:20.2 | including three cabinet ministers, are facing allegations of sexual misconduct. |
| 1:24.6 | Alva, you wrote about your own experience with Stanley Johnson last November. We won't talk about |
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