we have had amber rudd, caroline spelman, claire perry, sarah newton.e tranche of more middle ground tory women saying basically they have had enough. another one who is going as a former deputy prime minister david lidington, and this morning he said he understood why these women are quitting. it's something that all mp5 from all political parties have had to put up with. this bitterness, this sourness that has crept into the way we handle political debate in this country, which i think is damaging. it puts good, younger people off coming into any of the political parties. and women in particular, irrespective of party, seem to be often particular targets. it really came through when i was leader of the house of commons, in the aftermath of the murder ofjo cox, and a number of women mps, labour, conservative, lib dem, snp, all started to open up about what they'd been getting. online trolling, stalkers, anonymous phone calls, text messages or online posts saying, "we know where your children live. don't step out of line." absolutely ghastly stuff. with