Keir Starmer marked International Women’s Day by telling ITV News today that “we need a female leader,” saying that the Labour Party is overdue a woman in the top job. Speaking at an FA-led “Let Girls Play” football training session, the Leader of the Opposition said that the party was pleased to have “powerful, strong women” in his shadow cabinet. He reiterated that the party would have to accept the “challenge” of appointing a female leader before too long, calling into question whether a woman would directly follow him.
Should Starmer win the election, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves would be the first woman to ever run the Treasury. Yet, despite its illustrious 124-year history, Labour remains the only major party never to have had a female leader, despite multiple attempts in leadership elections. All the same, Starmer may need to settle on the definition of a woman before calling for a female leader…
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