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Bumboys, hot totty and piccaninnies: Boris Johnson’s long record of sexist, homophobic and racist comments

From Business Insider: In 1996, while a journalist for the Telegraph, Boris Johnson went to the Labour conference and wrote a piece reviewing the quality of “the hot totty” who were present.

“The unanimous opinion is that what has been called the ‘Tottymeter’ reading is higher than at any Labour Party conference in living memory,” he wrote.

He added that: “Time and again the ‘Tottymeter’ has gone off as a young woman delegate mounts the rostrum.”

He concluded that the real reason women are turning to Labour is because of their natural “fickleness.”

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Proposed “upskirting” law blocked by Tory MP

From Sky News: A proposed law to make “upskirting” a specific criminal offence has been blocked by a Tory MP.

The Voyeurism (Offences) Bill was stopped in its tracks when #Christchurch MP Sir Christopher Chope objected to it being given a second reading in the Commons.

The bill, which was proposed by Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse and supported by ministers, was expected to get the nod through the Commons on Friday.

Blocking its progress only requires one MP to shout “object” when the title of a private member’s bill is read out.

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Boris Johnson told off by Speaker for ‘sexism’

From BBC News: Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has been reprimanded by Commons Speaker John Bercow for using sexist language.

Speaker Bercow intervened – to applause from some Labour MPs – after Mr Johnson referred to shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry as Lady Nugee.

Ms Thornberry is married to High Court judge Sir Christopher Nugee – but chooses to go by her maiden name.

Mr Bercow said it was “inappropriate” and sexist to refer to her as Lady Nugee.

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Boris Johnson’s sexist and homophobic articles about ‘hot totty’ and ‘tank-topped bumboys’ revealed

From Business Insider: Boris Johnson’s journalistic archive reveals deeply questionable views about women and gay people.

Johnson this week defended the government’s new universities adviser Toby Young despite his comments about women, praising his “caustic wit.”

However, Johnson advised his successor at the Spectator to “pat [a female colleague] on the bottom and send her on her way,” and once suggested women only went to university to find “men to marry.”

He wrote an article mocking “tank topped bumboys” and compared gay marriage to bestiality.

Labour says Johnson’s record makes him ‘unfit’ for the job.

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Tory government awards “Tampon Tax” proceeds to anti-abortion charity

the pool tampon taxFrom The Pool: The Tory government has confirmed that a portion of the money raised from the so-called Tampon Tax will go towards anti-abortion charity Life. Despite outcry from MPs and a number of petitions, the charity will receive a quarter of a million pounds of a £12m total shared with other women’s charities.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg opposed to same-sex marriage and abortion – even after rape

From The Guardian: Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Conservative grassroots’ favoured candidate to succeed Theresa May, has said he is against same-sex marriage and opposes abortion even in cases of rape.

Rees-Mogg, who is a father of six, said he was “completely opposed to abortion” and said he believed life began at the point of conception. “With same-sex marriage, that is something that people are doing for themselves. With abortion, that is what people are doing to the unborn child,” he said.

Asked whether he would be against terminations in all circumstances including rape, he replied: “Afraid so.”

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Tory candidate in marginal seat wrote series of “absolutely shocking blog posts on rape

From The Guardian: A Conservative candidate in a key marginal seat has said a woman’s “promiscuity” is relevant in determining how likely it is that she consented to sex in alleged rape cases.

Peter Cuthbertson, who is seeking election as the Tory candidate in Darlington, expressed a series of controversial views in a prominent blog he wrote in the early 2000s.

He praised a “courageous priest jailed in Sweden for preaching against homosexuality” and wrote several blogposts about rape claims, including one arguing against proposals to make men prove they obtained consent before sex and restrictions on bringing up a woman’s sexual history in court. Read more

“Sexist” Tory MP appointed to women’s rights committee

philip davies huffpostFrom Russia Today: An openly anti-feminist Conservative MP has been appointed to the Commons Women & Equalities Committee, which is responsible for holding the Government to account on women’s rights.

Shipley MP Philip Davies, who had argued that women only wanted equality “when it suits,” was elected to the Select Committee without opposition. Read more

Equal Pay: Seven male Tory MPs vote against bill to make big companies reveal gender pay gap

From the Independent: Seven male Tory MPs voted against a bill to make big companies reveal their gender pay gap, it has been revealed. They were Adam Afriyie (Windsor), Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase), Christopher Chope (Christchurch), Stewart Jackson (Peterborough), David Nuttall (Bury North), Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury), and John Whittingdale (Maldon).

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