Starmer pledges to ‘drain the swamp’ of hate and inequality
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ir Keir Starmer pledged to tackle tech firms who had been serving to create “toxic attitudes” in the direction of girls.
The Labour chief stated a authorities led by him would “drain the swamp of hate and inequality” by tackling on-line abuse and cracking down on violence in opposition to girls and ladies.
In a speech to his get together’s girls’s convention, Sir Keir stated there have been nonetheless “many battles to win” to defend the correct “not to be objectified, demeaned, judged, or worse”.
“We have seen women holding powerful men to account, women coming forward with allegations about serious sexual violence, who were then quickly disparaged or dismissed online, even threatened.
“It is a sharp reminder of the hard road we must walk to eradicate toxic attitudes towards women from our society.”
Addressing the viewers in Liverpool on the eve of his get together’s major convention, probably the final earlier than a basic election, Sir Keir stated his get together would ship “the reward of reform” by altering the best way violence in opposition to girls and ladies was addressed.
The police could be reformed to “tackle this scourge head on”, with specialist rape items, home abuse staff in management rooms and higher coaching for officers.
There could be “proper” victims’ laws, a home abuse register and “we’ll take on the tech companies who push misogyny into the minds of our children for profit”.
He added: “The broader lesson is this: don’t succumb to the Tory project, the hope they want to kick out of our country. Government can make the difference for women and working people.”
There are nonetheless glass ceilings to interrupt and it will likely be the privilege of my life to interrupt this one
Sir Keir stated Labour would provide a “simple message” to voters that it could “make a practical difference to the lives of millions of women in this country”.
Meanwhile, Rachel Reeves stated she needed to interrupt the “glass ceiling” on the Treasury by changing into the primary girl to carry the workplace of chancellor of the exchequer.
The shadow chancellor stated: “I have spent my entire professional career in the worlds of economics and politics.
“When you do that, you get used to a world that doesn’t look a lot like modern Britain.
“Eight hundred years of the office of chancellor of the exchequer, not one single woman to be found.
“There are still glass ceilings to break and it will be the privilege of my life to break this one.”