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Lib Dem Emma Walker tells Sky News about #Askhertostand event in Parliament

By The Voice | Fri 23rd November 2018 - 1:30 pm

This Wednesday marked 100 years since the passing of the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 2018 which made it possible for women over the age of 21 to stand for Parliament.

A century on, women make up only just over 200 of 650 MPs. That’s why MPs were asked to invite a woman from their constituency to an Ask her to stand event to mark the anniversary.

Christine Jardine asked Emma Walker who, just over a year ago, wasn’t even a member of the Party. She’s made a massive impact in Scotland this year, getting involved in campaigning and member recruitment – and she opened the Autumn Conference in September.

Emma talked to Sky News about what had motivated her to get involved:

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  • Alex Macfie
    There have been several murders with white killers and BAME victims recently. There were no riots following them, from anyone. The far right ignored them becaus...
  • Tom Walker
    Thanks Jack, really interesting read. I'd be really interested to explore how this issue interacts with widening inequality within our society. I see these ...
  • Alex Macfie
    @Chloe: The most similar case to Henry Nowak, but with BAME victim and white killer, is probably the 2013 Murder of Bijan Ebrahimi. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
  • paul barker
    The thing that struck me about the member mailing was what it didn't talk about, Membership & our failure to attract people under 30. Our Membership is a...
  • Tom Walker
    Thanks, really interesting read. For me, the dark art to all of this is having national and local policy that are fully coherent. Working seamlessly, the el...