Lobby Faces Female Backlash
Last night Guido stood in solidarity with the shunned female journalists of the Lobby. After No.10 explained Dave and Nick only granted questions to men at yesterday’s mid-term review because none of the political editors in attendance were female, we named and shamed the chauvinist Mirror and New Statesman as having no female Lobby hacks between them. Guido’s feminist allies agreed:
@GuidoFawkes @janemerrick23 1/2 Watching the presser from home, it struck me that it was just a sea of suits. Never were many of us—
Isabel Oakeshott (@IsabelOakeshott) January 07, 2013
@IsabelOakeshott @guidofawkes @janemerrick23 It's a pity not more women there today at No 10 presser. And when childcare on menu. Ironic?—
Alex Forrest (@alexforrestitv) January 07, 2013
*bites lip* @guidofawkes on the dearth of female political editors bit.ly/ZxGL2y—
Gaby Hinsliff (@gabyhinsliff) January 07, 2013
Blokeishness of Lobby exacerbates cosy deals and stich-ups. See @guidofawkes bit.ly/ZxGL2y via @gabyhinsliff (ex female pol editor)—
Sonia Purnell (@soniapurnell) January 07, 2013
The usual suspects were still stuck in their old ways however:
My apologies. Apparently @GuidoFawkes does not have a lobby pass. Also, he is a woman called Irene.—
Helen Lewis (@helenlewis) January 07, 2013
Shame…
Fire in the disco, fire in the gates of hell.
A woman’s place is in the home.
Women are just female window dressing.
Cannot see what is wrong with being in the kitchen !
What? The bedroom is better? you dirty beast…..
So if the lobby were to be full of female journos who would be looking after their sprogs?
Don’t tell me a servant on hire.
Quite a lot of them are probably Gay, does that count?
Maybe some of them were women, how do you know these days?
When we touch, when we kiss….
why is it we always start fires?
..its my desire…
your desire?
ach Sandra in Accounts, when giving you my receipts for monthly expenses, might as well post this, for others, to put them out of their misery. And I am DC types shit in a new name, by the way,
And meeting tories in their, ahem!, bars (with the KATOOSH! whip, removed),
oh should I say, Sandra, Moneypenny?
or, not oh, Moneypenny, sorry, Sandra.
The verb in your pseudonym should be singular rather than plural and ‘North’ needs a definite article.
Plural rather than singular. Silly me.
It’s a play on words – always aim to have at least two meanings in a name, even if it breaks the rules of grammar, bit like poetry.
Meaning 1: I am a toilet seat
Meaning 2: Hoots and shits
Like that, you mean?
Yes, bit like that Cat.
But feel free to chose between me or Dave who it is – maybe I have something in common with him. MUMMY!!
Hi Irene!
Get rid of men.
…to end gossip.
Strange chaps, women.
Jimmy, Reggie Perrin’s brother-in-law
A Reggie Perrin fan? Now it all makes sense.
yes, the hippopotamus…
with spanish subtitles,
Old enough to be my mother, but, By God I thought Reggie’s wife was sexy.
Why is childcare considered to be a women-only topic? I’m fairly certain there are lots of men with children out there – in fact, it seems biologically likely that most children have a father…
For many, the farther the better.
The dichotomy of feminism. They want to do everything that men do (except serve as infantrymen in wars) and be treated equally but when it comes to children and other feminist issues suddenly they are different and want special privileges.
Definition of Feminism:
Sexist promotion of women at the expense of men.
It wos labours educashun policys wot dun it !
Now you are just trying to rib me.
I would agree however that moving from feminine to feminist the growth of a moustache appears compulsary.
Looks like no one to mother the children then.
I was struck by the sea of greyness as well……no pretty young female lobby fodder who I could instruct to bend over and receive my justice….such a shame.
Irene Fawkes?
‘Irene’ means ‘peace’. I suggest ‘Tisiphone’ (vengeful destruction).
A aaah come on Irene…….. classic song
I thought it goes I came on Irene??
Wasn’t he a radical Irish socialist, kevin whatever his name was.
Benjamin Franklin’s virtues:
2. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.
Silent bob would be the only commenter here then!
That’s you fucked then.
(e) Mission accomplished.
Yeah, up yer bumhole as you like it?
For an anonymong, you don’t make a bad projectionist.
Get your projection away from me you fucking perv!
Have you ever thought about women instead of your right hand?
piss off you dirty fucker, your mind always full of filth, I feel sorry for the women you’ve defiled.
Would you like a cup of tea, vicar?
I wouldn’t even eat your fucking shit you tramp rimming old git
According to you, one moment I am defiling women en masse and the next I am rimming tramps.
Make your mind up!
I bet you have a Buridan’s Ass moment every time you try to claim your benefits…
SC has only just come back, thank God, we were much impoverished without his contribution. Please respect the views of ALL felines and keep your playground insults to your own group of like minded simpletons.
Interesting observation: This could be about projection over sexism or misogyny though.
There has been a subtle shift in the way the media is presenting itself which is to do with some issues going on in the middle east, as can be seen in the nominations currently going through over in the US.
Women featuring less questioning the leaders is more likely about an apparent introduction of distance to !srael, and showing some in the world that men are indeed men. Also, it does continue the theme of managing out liberalism (hence this is not really an ‘issue’…) whilst saving some politically devisive questions from being asked at an inappropriate time.
Surely they were all at home looking after the kids
What makes you think that
a) everyone has kids?
b) their kids aren’t grown up?
When will the Unions who control Labour elect a female leader of the Party?
The Tories are again decades ahead of them on progressive feminist values.
So the Tory leader is really a cross-dressing lesbian then?
Silly you.
Obviously went to a Labour comprehensive school & have no idea about British history – ancient or otherwise.
That Nadine fellow is a woman, isn’t he?
Yes, he’s really called Henry
Presser? Yuk!
What joy Britain might be without Westminster, its lobby and the Americanised and Euro-trashed Londonerati.
Heard on the radio yesterday, Sarah Teather Lmpdem MP is known as the Right Hon Member for Watership Down as she resembles a rabbitt
This is worrying – how it started back in the 1920′s:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9786469/Doctors-seek-court-order-to-carry-out-abortion-on-mentally-disabled-woman.html
Dangerous ground, once there is precedent they will flog it to death
Good article Guido
A female backlash? I feel the bat-squeak of desire.
Your obesity policy looks like it is going from strength to strength Diane.
hahahahahahahahahsplutterhahahahahagasphahahah
Meaty, beaty, big and bouncy.
Wacists
Looking like a weeble, I would have thought Diane would have kept her gob shut re obesity policies.
No, not wacists – weightists.
The monastic allusions sheltered within her name conjure up images of her in the refectory rather than at prayer or engaged in worthwhile tasks.
A mighty fine Ale
PUT DOWN THE FORK DIANE.
Show yourself some respect – just because your food is free & subsidised by the taxpayer does not mean you have to eat as much as you can.
Gross, unedifying gluttony is terrible to see in a woman.
Just stop.
Say no to that extra trolley of free taxpayer food.
Put the fork down woman.
I would just like to know what incisive questions any of these women who were refused access wanted to ask the Prime Minister.
It such questions could be put in written form and answered by the PM by 6.00Pm then everything can be placed on the internet and honor restored so that we can all move on.
Driving old boy?
Now, if it was a poof in a dress…..
Carla Mendonca, purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I don’t care whether the lobby journalists are men or women, I just want them to be competent and prepared to ask difficult questions.
… and honestly report replies.
I am an equalist. Journalism in this country is a pathetic joke. Both male and female are equally shoddy in their approach to journalism these days.
http://fxbites.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/quote-of-year-so-far.html
If that’s the quality of the girly journos, no wonder they don’t get invited. Still, at least the tea gets made.
I like that last tweet from Helen Lewis, “Apparently @GuidoFawkes does not have a lobby pass. Also, he is a woman called Irene.” If that last one is true Guido should we now call you Irene (where does she get that one from or is there something we don’t know)
..plus, who the hell is she?