At last!!! A female Conservative MP has challenged the utter nonsense spoken about women in politics, emanating from politicians and others – most recently, the harridans at The Fawcett Society (see earlier post). Tracey Crouch MP writes in the Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2554975/Dont-patronise-women-like-cheap-stunts-Ed-Its-men-like-I-feel-sorry-MP-slams-Milibands-jibes-number-Tory-female-benchers.html

Now there are some things we wouldn’t agree with in the piece, but overall it’s so good that we’re going to offer Tracey Crouch a ‘Maggie’ award. Only one politician has won the award to date – Marina Yannakoudakis MEP – and there have been few winners overall. One was the journalist and broadcaster Angela Epstein. Her award:

121015 Maggie award for Angela Epstein