Solidarity with @stellacreasy. Online (or offline) hatred and abuse of MPs, councillors and other public representatives weakens our democracy and diminishes us all. @jocoxfoundation.bsky.social @labourwomensnet.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 2006 and 11 Mar 2014, Michelle Bachelet was sworn in as President of Chile. She was the first woman to hold the role, and the first to be re-elected to it.
In 1929 a middle-aged working-class woman became Britain's first female cabinet minister. Thanks to
@ruthfox.bsky.social and Mark D'Arcy for inviting me onto the
@hansardsociety.bsky.social podcast to talk about how Margaret Bondfield got there and why we have since almost forgotten her.
Thank you Hungary. A little hope was long overdue.