Lucky13 said:
It's just a random question , i'm not asking along party lines , just wondered why they've never had a female leader and thought i'd ask for other peoples thoughts.
Fair enough, I just assumed that knowing this forum as I do it would be a swipe at the party itself. I'll weigh in with the thought that there have never been any strong women candidates for the position - at the 2010 leadership election the only woman standing was Diane Abbott. My least preferred candidate for the job not because of her gender, but because she simply was not as good a candidate as any of the others.