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Jeremy Browne MP writes…There is no opt out clause for equality for women and girls in a liberal society

In my lifetime, the role of women and girls in British society has been transformed. There has been an emancipation revolution.

Many of these changes have been legal. It seems remarkable today to reflect that, until 1975, women were not allowed to buy a house without financial guarantees being provided by a man, typically their father or husband.Other changes have been cultural. It is extraordinary, for example, that until 1972 a female diplomat in the Foreign Office was required to resign if she got married.

As each of these barriers to female attainment has been removed, women have capitalised on the opportunities …

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  • User AvatarPsi 26th May - 9:38am
    @ Tim13 But ask your self this, who produced the complex tax laws? The politicians! If we take the example of the Jimmy Carr fuss...
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    Alan Sugar is a very good example of how poor the UK's industrial management skills can be. His style of management - impatient, aggressive, non-consensual,...
  • User AvatarTim13 26th May - 8:15am
    I am sorry, I have overreacted to the tone of this discussion. I can also see why people are conflating both tax avoidance and tax...
  • User AvatarTim13 26th May - 8:00am
    Surely, psi, another reason why politicians are held in low regard is because they have allowed big, corporate business to set the political weather on...
  • User AvatarAmalric 26th May - 1:16am
    @ Helen Tadcastle. Helen states, “We have a Judaeo-Christian heritage and in order to know where we are going, we need to know where we...
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