MAY’S SEX PEST HYPOCRISY
DEEDS not words are Theresa May’s undoing when she shields sleazy Brexit minister Mark Garnier who called his secretary “sugar t ** s” and made her buy him sex toys.
Weekly updates from chief whip Gavin Williamson will leave her fearing a Cabinet reshuffle if all her molesters, gropers, fondlers, pests, sexsters and stalkers were outed.
The suspension of Labour MP Jared O’Mara demonstrated no political party possesses a monopoly on unacceptable behaviour.
But there’s a hypocritical ring to May’s plea for beasts to be reported and the digs at Labour’s expense when she’s unwilling to challenge pervs in her own ranks. Michael Gove’s Harvey Weinstein rape joke suggested some Cons see abuses of sexual power as a laugh with May willing to ignore the sex monsters. Labour whip Chris Elmore’s right, “many male MPs” – I’d go as far as to say most – aren’t sexists. Yet a predatory minority viewed election to Parliament as a feudal right to prey on vulnerable women. May could make a stand for all women, starting with the sacking of grotesque Garnier. Don’t hold your breath.