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Mary Honeyball Articles

Some progress, a lot to do

David Cameron yesterday embarked on the most significant negotiation of his political career. European council president Donald Tusk reported to waiting journalists that there had been ‘some progress’ on the first day of the Brussels summit, but ‘a lot still remains...

How Europe is fighting violence against women

This week we celebrate the courageous women who have spoken out, taken action against or helped some of the most vulnerable women overcome gender-based violence. Their stories are as chilling and poignant as they are optimistic and brave. Examples were highlighted on...

Parliamentary Pioneers: Labour Women MPs 1918-1945

From 1918, with a manifesto claiming ‘The Labour party is the women’s party. Woman is the chancellor of the exchequer in the home’, women very gradually entered parliament. However, with full equal voting rights only in 1929, hence ‘flapper election’, despite being...

Battle of the pygmies

Nigel ‘the European Union has blood on its hands over Ukraine’ Farage appears to have done it again. An instant poll showed that Farage triumphed in the second television showdown on Europe by 69 per cent to 31 per cent, a higher margin than the one following last...