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montague. of being a ‘humourless feminisfi even her harman has been changed to harriet harperson to mock her politics. she's the only woman who has come but even she ruled it out. why? was it the party's fault? or hers? harriet harman, welcome to hardtalk.

thank you. the conservatives are on their second leader, all the other parties fé had their second leader, all the other parties *5% had all their second leader, all the other parties 2 had all had the mall r; =,,,,,,,,,, not the labour party, leaders. not the labour party, though, why not? does it have a problem with women? it is embarrassing and troubling that we regard ourselves as the labour party being. party for women and being the party for women and equality and many of us as feminists, that's why we joined the party because we saw at —— saw it at as that party. so never having had a female leader or woman prime female leader or woman'prime ” minister, it's very embarrassing and paradoxical minister, it's very embarrassing and paradoxical that the conservatives are not even on their first women

prime minister, they are on their second. but i think there is a reason for that. ironically, second. but i think there is a reason forthat. ironically, it second. but i think there is a reason for that. ironically, it is slightly ‘ to be a reason for that. ironically, it is slightly- to be a woman in the slightly easier to be a woman in the conservative party if you are part slightly easier to be a woman in the cc sort lative party if you are part slightly easier to be a woman in the cc sort of ive party if you are part slightly easier to be a woman in the cc sort ofjon party if you are part slightly easier to be a woman in the cc sort ofjon ralph f you are part slightly easier to be a woman in the cc sort ofjon ralph woman a part slightly easier to be a woman in the cc sort ofjon ralph woman who t slightly easier to be a woman in the cc sort ofjon ralph woman who are of sort ofjon ralph woman who are not really challenging the status quo —— john russell not really challenging the status quo ——john russell is not really challenging the status quo —— john russell is to you are not there to change the party from top to bottom. —— genre. our path was much harder because we resisted. you don't think it's extraordinary, you are criticising the - who you are criticising the women who have made it in the conservative party and you don't think that there is any party with the top of the labour party as far as women are concerned? no, i have said there is a problem. i have said it's embarrassing. but why? because, when you are trying to make substantial you are trying temakesubstantial you are trying tomakesubstantial z, resistance. ' ' ' you are trying tomakesubstantial u, resistance. if ' ' ' you are trying tomakesubstantial zz resistance. if you '

along with things, there is no alon but h things, there is no alon buhf you gs, there is no alon buhf you want|ere is no alon buhf you want to e is no alon buhf you want to change ceiling. but if you want to change things and you represent a things and yourepresent a challeng also... so the men i the goo of. but also... so the men at the top of the labour party have - the advance of women and that's why they've never had a female leader?|j institutionally, the labour think institutionally, the labour party, like most- parties party, like most other parties and most other is still most other organisations, is still male dominated and the change still . .,s..,s.s:..sss go. it is evident has further to go. it is evigggt = at the top. - only a male right at the top. not only a male lead up to male deputy leader, a at shag chancellor and the ffiéil if. §fi§§fii¥ efiéfieillfif éfififfiil 5§il it 25555? efiéfieillfif éfififfiil are 5§il §e $5555? efiéfieillfif éfifiefiil are hard 5§il §e $5555? efiéfieillfif éfifiefiil are hard to change. we more labour women mps but we have more labour women mps but we § have cracked it at. top and still have cracked it at the too and , a problem. it's a problem we that's a problem. it's a problem we will come back to bat for you, you parliament way back in 1982.

entered parliament way back in 1982. atime entered parliament way back in 1982. a time when you are pregnant and things were very, very different. i mean, flow things were very, very different. i mean, now we are talking about half labour pa bein female mp5 the labour party being female mps but then it was a total of 17 or 19 ina in a total of the house. it was mps in a total of the house. it was 9796 mps in a total of the house. it was 97% of men in the house of commons, 396 97% of men in the house of commons, 3% women. ijoined as the 11th and the ina 3% women. ijoined as the 11th and the in a parliamentary cabinet of over 300. i came into change the in a parliamentary cabinet of over 3c and came into change the in a parliamentary cabinet of over 3c and say e into change the in a parliamentary cabinet of over 3c and say this :o change the in a parliamentary cabinet of over 3c and say this is change the in a parliamentary cabinet of over 3c and say this is not ige politics and say this is not representative. how can this be a representative. how can this be a representative parliament when voices won't hurt? we came with a s-ecific aenda, -oli in with a specific agenda, policy agenda, it was about childcare, maternity leave, domestic violence, quality at work, but also an agenda that women needed to share in the decision—making and - have a decision—making and not have a situation where, in the labour party

andindeed situation where, in the labour party and indeed all other parties, the decisions were made by men but affected women's lives. and you have written your memoirs about this journey of over four decades in politics. but some of the stories of what it was like ben are phenomenal. a house of commons was a very different place. —— was like then. ‘ you are ‘you are in law, politics, whether you are in law, politics, the private sector, nursing, whether you are in law, politics, the private where nursing, whether you are in law, politics, the private where women , whether you are in law, politics, the private where women haven't been journalism, where women haven't been before. it i difficult to be in our before. it is difficult to be in our group. you had to do things together, you had to be more than just one woman, you had to be numerous women at critical mass. that's why getting more women into the of commons that's why getting more women into the - of commons was a plot —— the house of commons was a plot —— important part of my agenda. you make the point that you are working

for women. you also recount in your == for women. you also recount in your 595' what society was for women. you also recount in your book what society was like = for women. you also recount in your book what society was like at = for women. you also recount in your book what society was like at that = book what society was like at that time. you described at professor who said he would give you a 2—1 if you gave him... he came in and said you are very borderline for your degree. is either to wine or a two but it it is either to wine or a two but it will definitely be at two two if you do not have i didn't do not have sex with me. i didn't have all the family hopes riding on me of getting a good degree. |was 55 5 figs 559 am“; 95555 ! fie; able to just get out. that was an attempt by him to us; his " able to just get out. that was an attempt by him to us; his power= attempt by him to use his power which he did with other women as attempt by him to use his power which i with with other women as attempt by him to use his power which i with more )ther women as attempt by him to use his power which i with more success? |en as attempt by him to use his power which iwith more success? yes, i well... with more success? yes, there was one girl. why didn't you call him on it? - idea that there call him on it?—~ ,, anyone to complain to. who would

was anyone to complain to. who would icomplain to? was anyone to complain to. who would i complain to? there was no sense that they would be anything other that thou would lesa soothiniagugr u - , ,, blaming that that! luautd lesa soothiniagugr u - , ,, blaming of the person who had than blaming of the person who had made the complaint. it was inconceivable. hard to inconceivable. it's quite hard to explain that at that time, that was just the sort i thing. explain that at that time, that was just the sort. thing. i just put just the sort of thing. i just put into exa m ples just the sort of thing. i just put into examples in the book. i could put in loads. you talked about senior lawyer. she worked with a senior lawyer that she worked with you. again, it was who groped you. again, it was about the abuse of power. | relied i him sign off on things. a senior to sign off on things. a senior labour oz‘fjsj groped you one 7g; in all these you the dance floor. in all these you are the dance floor. in all these you ”egg the dance floor. in all these you megs“ the dance floor. in all these you areggorat the dance floor. in all these you megs or at least, the dance floor. in all these you are fig or at least, it into are accepting or at least, it into complain. i wasn't accepting, are accepting or at least, it into complain. iwasn't accepting, iwas absolutely repelled by. it was absolutely repelled by it. it was one of the that absolutely repelled by it. it was one of the - that was endemic oneofthethlngs that was endemie the oneofthethlngs that was ehdemis the time. one of the things that at the time. one of the things that you felt," - is wrong". at the you felt," this is wrong". at the idea that you - have as an

idea that you could have as an individual woman, a young woman where nearly all the professors were men, my complaint against him, it was inconceivable. of what your professor did, that issue of sex fullgrabe is was still a thing. do fullgrabe is was still athinfl. do! think it is still a thing? —— you think it is still a thing? —— sex for grades. i had lots of phone calls from women saying that happen to them. women now are still saying it's a thing. you want to change politics to be a better place the women that you found that actually, there was similar behaviour. the way you were treated in the house of commons and i suppose all women, you describe how you were, there was sexist jeers and describe how you were, there was sexistjeers and barracking and even when you saw it on the television, you realised it was your own site that was in. you realised it was your own site

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way you were treated by both tony blair fl auden brown, there was a blair and auden brown, there was a remarkable lack of respect, it seems. “— remarkable lack of respect, it seems. —— gordon brown. you often ignored. i wouldn't talk about it being" treated" by them. i can see that i made mistakes. i think they sometimes do things wrong. i can see how sometimes i did things wrong. so, you know, - things like so, you know, difficult things like getting sacked from the cabinet g ettwdimmihetahinet- after only 15 months of being in by by tony blair. yes, when government. by tony blair. yes, when i had fought for years to get in and bea i had fought for years to get in and be a key part of that. i thought that was wrong for him to sack me that was wrong for him to sack me that i can see my part in it. i actually think it was wrong for gordon brown for after me being elected as deputy leader, not to automatically make me deputy prime minister. john prescott had been deputy prime minister because he was

typically leader. you say in your book that you should have challenged gordon about it but why didn't you? there is case after case that you feel slighted for whatever reason and you don't seem to do anything? it is not about being slighted. the !t is not about lasing shahted—thf party !t is not about being shohted—tho party has never had a woman labour party has never had a woman prime minister that we have the opportunity to have a female deputy prime minister so that was important. so why didn't you challenge it? i announced that challenge it? as announsso that i wasn't challenge it? as announsao that i wasn't going to be a deputy there wasn't going to be a deputy prime minister- he knew there wasn't going to be a deputy prime minister - he knew that i prime minister when he knew that i would be elected. before we knew because his lenient told because wej —— before we at the candidates were. getting him to do a u—turn when he getting him to do a lj-turn when he absolutely at the outset of his was absolutely at the outset of his prime ministership but i should have returned to it and gone back and said, gordon, this is not ok and actually it is a major opportunity for the labour party to have an deputy - minister. and

as an deputy prime minister.é of his ministers caroline when one of'his'ministers' caroline resigned accusing him of only women 515 nindondre55ing and using women as windowdressing and he asked you to go out and defend him and read, do asked you to go out and defend him and - read, do you think that and you'd read, do you think that was a mistake because - said as a result she felt isolated. resultshe—feltslenely and isolatept—e it was very difficult because yeah. it was very difficult because the government was in a difficult time. my constituents and for me, the 1111‘51fi1‘” thing, above the most important thing, above everything, is to - a labour everything, is to have a labour government and not to have a conservative government - that consewativegove‘mment becausethat. . n. why i'm meant the labour party, consewativegove‘mment becausethat. . n. why i'm meant justice. ur party, consewativegove‘mment becausethat. . n. why i'm meant justice. rola rty, consewativegove‘mment becausethat. . n. w he ‘m meant justice. rola rty, consewativegove‘mment becausethat. . n. w he guilty ant justice. rola rty, consewativegove‘mment becausethat. . n. w he guilty oft justice. rola rty,