His jibes towards MPs Angela Eagle and Nadine Dorries might have provoked male guffaws in the Commons, but now David Cameron has apologised for his part in a sexism row and insisted: "I'm not one of the lads."
His jibes towards MPs Angela Eagle and Nadine Dorries might have provoked male guffaws in the Commons, but now David Cameron has apologised for his part in a sexism row and insisted: "I'm not one of the lads."
In a bid, perhaps, not to alienate female voters, the Prime Minister admitted he made a "terrible mistake" for making the ill-judged jeers at the expense of the two women.
I am an advocate of female leadership and the first to speak out against unbalanced gender issues, but I must admit I wasn’t necessarily taken aback by the PM’s original comments. Over the years, it’s always been quite obvious to me that the House of Commons is the ultimate boys' club.
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