Our thanks to Nigel for this. Appalling. A Tory Defence Secretary prioritising identity politics above the security of the country. On its own, this would be a perfectly valid reason not to vote for the Tories at the next general election. An extract:

“Something which I am extremely passionate about is having a military which should represent our country as it is today,” Shapps told The Telegraph. “It can’t be right that our military still only has 11 or 12 per cent women, for example, when you make up half the population.”

Margaret Thatcher must be rolling in her grave. All 255 British military casualties in the 1982 Falklands War were MEN.

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