Isabel Hardman Isabel Hardman

What do women think about Palestine, Sam Cam?

The Tories spend a lot of time and money scratching their heads about why women voters are deserting them. Today we were dropped a little clue as to why. Andy Coulson’s GQ article contains all sorts of helpful advice for the Prime Minister including this nugget:

‘There are few people in Number Ten with a better eye and [Samantha Cameron] could play a key role in the winning back of female voters. As a small example Sam would, I think, agree that when her husband talks about the importance of family he should be careful to include the words ‘single’ and ‘parent’ each and every time.’

We’re back to the rather amusing problem that politicians suffer from of assuming that all women think the same on every issue and base their votes solely on the fact that they are women and on how a particular party’s policy will affect them as a woman.

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