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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-11 10:07 AM
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'I'm not one of the lads': David Cameron apologises in sexism row in a bid not to alienate female vo

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2044305/David-Cameron-apologises-sexism-row-bid-alienate-female-voters.html


David Cameron has made a grovelling apology for his treatment of women amid fears that the Tories are losing support from female voters.
The Prime Minister publicly said sorry to two female MPs whom he was accused of dismissing with sexist put-downs in the House of Commons, admitting he had ‘screwed up’.
Senior Tories are concerned by opinion polls which show the party haemorrhaging support from women – who vote in greater numbers than men.

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‘What I find frustrating is that I’m not a sort of “All right luv, I’m down at the pub tonight”. That’s not me. But obviously I’ve come across in this way.’

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‘Unfortunately, there are many women up and down the country who were hoping for his support when the abortion amendment came before the House. He allowed himself to be pushed around by Nick Clegg and George Osborne.’

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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-11 10:16 AM
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1. The Daily Mail is a vile RW rag, and Nadine Dorries is a British version of Sarah Palin
And yes, Cameron is a condescending, rather sexist, rather everything-ist, upper-class twit. But the Daily Hate-Mail is mainly against him because he's not right-wing ENOUGH for their purposes.
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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-03-11 10:32 AM
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2. upper class twit lol
took me too my python collection
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