Friday, September 18, 2009



Soviet-style history in Britain

Margaret Thatcher omitted from British government history of women in politics while all sorts of nonentities get a mention:
"Harriet Harman has been accused of airbrushing Baroness Thatcher from an official government document saluting the role of women in politics in the last 100 years.

The paper, Women in Power: Milestones, listed 28 of the most significant events between 1907 and 2008 involving women on the political stage.

The milestones included the election of the first female Head of Government – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 1960 and Britain's first woman councillor Reina Emily Lawrence in 1907.

The document, produced by the Equality Office which is run by Miss Harman, the deputy leader of the Labour Party, highlights the role of Nancy Astor who was the first woman to take her seat in parliament in 1919, the election of Dianne Abbott the first black woman MP in 1987, and victory in 1999 of Neena Gill the UK’s first Asian female MEP.

But there is no mention of Lady Thatcher becoming the first female leader of a British political party when she replaced Edward Heath in 1975, or the fact that she was the longest serving prime minister in the 20th century, and won three general election victories. The only reference to her is: “1979: UK’s first woman Prime Minister.” But her name is pointedly omitted. By contrast Shreela Flather is mentioned twice as the first Asian woman councillor and first Asian woman peer. Britain’s first black woman mayor Lydia Simmons is also given a name check.

Lady Thatcher’s office declined to comment but a friend of the former Prime Minister said: “Miss Harman cannot bear the fact it was the Conservatives who elected the first woman leader back in 1975 long before anyone had even heard of positive discrimination and all women shortlists. "Margaret got there on ability and went on to become one of the great Prime Ministers because of what she stood for not because she wore skirts. We also elected the first Jewish leader in Michael Howard but I imagine that will be airbrushed too when Harman's Equality Office does an ethnic history of political parties.”

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6 comments:

Dean said...

Another example of the liberal's tendency to twist truth into their fantasy version of reality, their inability to show respect for anyone who disagrees with them, or give credit where credit is due.

Anonymous said...

To be a member of a minority group for the left you have to believe in the right set of political values. Look at what they tried to do to Secretary Rice, Justice Thomas, General Powell, Mr. Steele, etc..

Believe differently than them and you are a "fake" minority.

Anonymous said...

Living the life of a lib must be like living the life of a liar, you never know who you told what lie to. Libs have to remember how they twisted history to match their screwed up agenda.

Anonymous said...

Yet, they now have all the power. How did that happen?

Robert said...

"Yet, they now have all the power. How did that happen?"

The short answer: The people were in a low mood and wanted a change away from those they associated with their bad mood - former President Bush AND HIS PARTY - in 2008, no matter now awful the alternative. A much lower and fouler mood is in store at election time in 2010 and 2012, and Barack Obama and his Democrat Party will be squarely associated with that mood. The people will throw out who they can and replace them with alternatives.

Anonymous said...

"The people will throw out who they can and replace them with alternatives."

More repugs thrown out of office. Ensign and the rest of the family values cheating scum.