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Wednesday 12 May 2010

Diversity in Parliament

Ztoical says we should disregard race, sex etc. entirely when looking at Parliamanet. I can't entirely agree. Surely it shows something wrong with our political system if women and ethnic minorities are so poorly represented in the House of Commons? As I am sure no one thinks it is down to lack of ability, there must be informal barriers which are denying talanted people a place in the Commons.

The Labour Party has long taken that view. More recently, the Tories have been catching up thanks to couragous advocacy by among others John Major. The Lib Dems do not have a single non-white MP out of 57, and here in Brent they have only four non white councillors out of seventeen. Surely a progressive party would be looking long and hard at itself as to what is wrong, rather than just denying a problem?

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