Blame The Independent for that.Its a fairly brief article that sets the scene with the party’s formation and Paddy Ashdown becoming leader, and then jumps almost straight to an overview of Nick Clegg’s success in 2010 and the party’s subsequent decline in fortunes.

Whilst I understand what both Jo and Caron are getting at in their well-intentioned way, I really think at this time it’s a pretty unhelpful contribution. Andrew shows us why if Jo Swnison wants to be leader she needs to do more than turn every issue into a matter of gender which was not her way once but seems to be even though she is foreign affairs spokesperson , I have, unless criticising Trump, often on gender attitudes again, not heard much on international affairs.Jo needs to take a leaf out of the book of Shirley Williams and see equal power as far more likely when uniting people for a cause or argument regardless of the issue.

However, for now, can’t we just accept the family’s wishes?We should think about what others would think about such a statue. And in the week of St David’s day!We seem to be in a time where statues are considered a stamp of approval rather than recognition of impact, be that good or potentially bad, and thus many statues are being challenged with some torn down. Her disastrous decision to use Scotland as a guinea pig for the implementation of the poll tax is firmly lodged in my memory, along with the protests it generated. It was showing women they could indeed have choices and be proud of those choices. did not invite her to join a live debate between Mr Johnson and Mr Corbyn in the run-up to the election, so she declared it “an establishment stitch-up” and has threatened legal action.Sky News has since proposed a debate between all three of them and Ms Swinson has already agreed.

Whatever anyone thinks of Margaret Thatcher’s politics, there can be no dispute about her significance.”She explained: “She was our first female Prime Minister and the longest-serving premier of the 20th century.Despite the cost of the statue being covered by private donors, Westminster Council rejected plans for the likeness in January last year twice – firstly, on the basis that the statue could be vandalised.Secondly, because the square had reportedly reached “monument saturation”.Nicola Sturgeon's surprise preference for Tory Prime Minister revealedArticle 50 was 'stacked against UK' and drafted by Major's diplomatYet, Ms Swinson said: “Eleven monuments of men currently loom large around Parliament Square – and not a single woman.”She did add that the statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett was to be unveiled in April, a month after she wrote the article, but argued it was not enough to balance the numbers.Ms Swinson also referenced the female royal statues dotted around London: “While Queen Victoria boosts the numbers of women status and unnamed nude women are not hard to find – data suggests fewer than 1 in 30 statues in the UK depict a real woman from history who wasn’t in the where “local steelmaking and coal mining industries were hit hard by Thatcher’s policies”, she understands “some might be surprised” by her support.Mrs Thatcher was a controversial figure during her years in Downing Street Mrs Thatcher in February 2007 in front of her bronze statue in Westminster  Thatcher] was right”, and “showed impressive skills negotiating the UK rebate with our European neighbours”.Then Ms Swinson added: “While I am no Margaret Thatcher fan, there is one thing in particular for which I do thank her. Mrs Thatcher won an incredibly important victory over Scargill. But I do believe we should recognise the achievements women have brought through their contribution to parliamentary democracy. A statue is fine if in the correct place. Margaret Thatcher ‘Women in a changing world 1982’ – ‘The battle for women’s rights has been largely won. Nothing about Jo Swinson building up a seat and winning it at 25 and subsequently becoming the first Lib Dem woman to attend Cabinet. This article makes sense , because it is a story, but the fact , as mentioned, this is in the Daily Mail and is the whole thrust of the piece , makes me wonder, as with the coalition, how much political savvy the individual Liberal Democrats often demonstrate.I think this is politically reckless. Don’t kid yourselves, progressives – Jo Swinson is so bad she’s helping build a Tory majority. Personally, I can’t work up any enthusiasm for the project and see it more as pandering to a Tory attempt to further deify/solidify the already over inflated iconography of the Iron Lady than as an equality issues.“And note that the article was in the Daily Mail. So I sometimes wonder what all the fuss was about. Perhaps it is because she was a woman.Indeed Women’s achievements must be remembered. I was never particularly political until I wanted to become a printer.

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