UK: Nick Clegg: Liberal Democrats have let women down. Germany: Labour minister proud of Merkel’s legacy

The shaming of Nick Clegg: Deputy PM humiliated as inquiry rules he failed … Daily Mail The Deputy Prime Minister ‘made mistakes’ over the allegations against Lord Rennard, according to a highly critical report into attitudes to women among senior Liberal Democrats. Mr Clegg conceded that ‘women had been let down’ after the independent …

Nick Clegg: Liberal Democrats have let women down BBC News The Liberal Democrats have “let women down”, leader Nick Clegg has said, as a report following allegations of sexual impropriety by former chief executive Lord Rennard was published. The independent inquiry found Mr Clegg “should have asked more …

Nick Clegg: Liberal Democrat sexual misconduct report ‘makes sobering reading’ Telegraph.co.uk The review by Helena Morrissey, a businesswoman, found mistakes stretching back for 20 years in the way the Liberal Democrats dealt with sexual harassment allegations. She singled out Nick Clegg, and two ministers, Jo Swinson and Danny Alexander, …

Nick Clegg admits Lib Dems ‘let women down’ over ‘Lord Grope’ harassment … Mirror.co.uk Nick Clegg was rapped today for his bungled handling of the “Lord Grope” sexual harassment claims. A damning report said the women involved were failed by Mr Clegg, Danny Alexander and fellow Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson after they failed to investigate …

Lib Dem ‘failure’ over Rennard harassment claims – report Channel 4 News … Helena Morrissey to conduct an investigation into its handling of the affair. Women who worked for the Lib Dems made claims to Channel 4 News that Lord Rennard, the party’s most powerful official, had made unwanted sexual advances towards them.

Clegg: Party mistakes left women feeling let down ITV News Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg. Credit: Press Assocation. Mr Clegg said: “It shows that stretching over a 20 year period a series of mistakes were made which left a number of women feeling seriously let down and for that there is absolutely no …

Nick Clegg Should Have Ordered Inquiry Into Lord Rennard Allegations, Report …  Huffington Post UK They were made by Nick Clegg, Danny Alexander and Jo Swinson. “I think you can make a mistake and learn from them, it’s different from setting out to mislead or to do something wrong.” Four women made allegations against Lord Rennard, but Ms …

Clegg Erred by Failing to Probe Sex Allegations, Morrissey Says Businessweek U.K. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg made a mistake by not ordering an official investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct made by women in his party against a senior lawmaker, an inquiry found. Newton Investment Management Ltd. Chief …

Lib-Dems failed to investigate Lord Rennard sexual misconduct claims Evening Standard 12 June 2013. Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats were guilty of a “failure” to investigate alleged sexual misconduct by former Lib-Dem chief executive Lord Rennard, an independent report found today. … She said in her report that the women rightly felt …

Nick Clegg ‘should have ordered Rennard sex harassment inquiry after 2008 … Telegraph.co.uk The accusations only became public in a Channel Four documentary earlier this year, when a series of Liberal Democrat women came forward amid concerns Lord Rennard had returned to party activism. The review by Helena Morrissey, a businesswoman, …

Clegg admits Lib Dems let women down for 20 years as damning report into sex … Daily Mail He added: ‘The report shows that the individuals who dealt with their complaints had the right motives, but there weren’t the right processes in place to support the women who’d come forward. And as Leader of the Liberal Democrats I take responsibility …

Deputy leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman visits Kirkby Mansfield Chad The Rt Hon Harriet Harman, who is deputy leader of the Labour party, addressed a conference of MPs, councillors and activists on some of the barriers currently facing women in politics, business and the media. Afterwards, members were given the …

Opinion: Gender quotas are the sensible way forward Liberal Democrat Voice Research outlined by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) shows clearly that ‘the quality of corporate governance and ethical behaviour is high in companies with high shares of women on boards’. Given some of the behaviour of some major …

Still a long way to go to full equality This is Nottingham Gender equity can only be achieved when differences in women’s and men’s approaches to achieving a particular goal, or in management styles, is positively identified by all as ensuring best value in work, politics or daily life. You cannot legislate …

Hayle UKIP Viv Lewis mistaken for a woman This is Cornwall “I think voters in Camborne thought I was a woman and I think a lot of people think women should be able to run things. “Mrs Thatcher had been in the news a lot so that might have been in the back of their minds. “I suspect this because someone rang …

Votes for Puffins? How Women and Other Majorities Are Ignored Huffington Post UK Now that the campaigners The Womens Room are threatening to take the Bank of England to court over its decision to drop prison reformer Elizabeth Fry from the UK five pound note, thus leaving the Queen as the only woman on our notes and coinage, I am …

Rebecca Front and Jessica Hynes in “Up the Women”. Photograph: BBC

 

Modern feminists can learn a lot from Suffragette sitcom “Up the Women” New Statesman As longtime fans of the television series Spaced (has a sitcom before or since so hilariously conveyed twentysomething experience?), we were extremely excited about Jessica Hynes’ new venture, a comedy called Up the Women focusing on a Banbury craft group’s sudden interest in the Suffragette movement. The first two episodes of the three-parter aired on BBC4 this month, and it has already been recommissioned for BBC2, news that is unsurprising for anyone who’s seen it. Its slightly stagey feel lends itself well to the razor sharp lines and its comic characters have been well rendered, particularly that of Helen, a Lady Bracknell-esque character and the craft circle’s chair (played by Rebecca Front), who disapproves of women’s suffrage, saying “the present system works perfectly well. My husband votes for whom I tell him to vote. What could be a better system than that?”

What Would the Suffragettes Say if They Could See Us Here Today? Huffington Post UK They would look  globally, because gender equality, like democracy, exposes how interconnected we are, both at home and overseas. One shining example under the Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening, is DFID’s very explicit …

Germany

German Labour minister proud of Merkel’s legacy euronews The German Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Ursula von der Leyen is considered a serious rival to Angela Merkel inside the conservative CDU. Von der Leyen is well known for her progressive views on social issues, such as a quota for women in top …

 

UK: How can the Liberal Democrats cure its ‘woman problem’? IRE: Divorce brought more women into workforce.

How can the Liberal Democrats cure its ‘woman problem’? Telegraph.co.uk The Liberal Democrats have a woman problem. That only seven of the party’s 57 MPs are women makes that painfully obvious, and no equivocation about an unfair electoral system making it harder to get female candidates elected can disguise that fact.

Criminalise possession of ‘rape porn’, campaigners urge David Cameron The Guardian More than a hundred anti-rape groups and campaigners have written to the prime minister urging him to make it a criminal offence to possess internet pornography depicting rape. They argue that such material “glorifies, trivialises and normalises” the abuse of women and girls, and note that both Mark Bridger and Stuart Hazell – recently convicted of murdering April Jones and Tia Sharpe respectively – were users of “violent and misogynistic pornography”.

US research demonstrates a significant link between ‘arousal to rape material and a propensity to rape’. Photograph: Michael Dunlea/Alamy

 

Tory MP’s comments on women doctors dismissed by Downing Street BBC News The government has distanced itself from the remarks of a Conservative MP who described female doctors as a “tremendous burden” on the NHS. During a debate in Westminster Hall, Conservative MP Anne McIntosh spoke about the percentage of medical …

Arrival of divorce brought more women into workforce Irish Independent MARRIED women entered the workforce in greater numbers after divorce was legalised as they sought “self-insurance” against the risk of their marriages falling apart, according to a leading think tank. The Economic Social and Research Institute (ESRI), which examined the impact of the legalisation of divorce on the labour supply of women in Ireland between 1994 to 2001 – including the participation rates of religious and non-religious wives – says …

 

UK: BBC’s historical Suffragettes sitcom ‘Up the Women’. Memo to Jo Swinson: men have body image issues, too.

Suffragette Emily Davison: Feminism’s forgotten hero or middle-aged crank? (CNN) It is one of the most remarkable images of the 20th Century — and no one is watching. As the thoroughbreds stampede around the bend at Britain’s most prestigious horse race, a lone woman darts onto the track. In a shocking instant she is…

What to watch: BBC’s historical Suffragettes sitcom ‘Up the Women’ Hypable “Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women’s Suffrage movement so she decides they need to set up their own movement and The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle becomes the hilariously ineffectual Banbury Intricate Craft Circle Politely Request …

A supporter dressed in Votes for Women colours was at the unveiling of the plaque in April. BBC.

Emily Davison: Votes for women’s Derby Day ‘martyr’ BBC News Davison died from her injuries four days later in Epsom Cottage Hospital, and the suffragettes quickly established her as a martyr for votes for women. A stage-managed funeral procession in London attracted large numbers of spectators. But what drove …

Survey – ‘Women and the Vote’ The Independent I conducted an online survey on surveymonkey.com from 15th-17th May 2013, which I publicised via social networking, namely Twitter and Facebook. Although it was open to any British woman under the age of 30, it is likely to have a biased demographic …

Women’s suffrage: interview transcript, Alys Cooke, 22, undergraduate student … The Independent AC: I think having a vote makes women equal to men; I think you can’t deny women anything because we’ve been… like, historically women were perceived not able to vote; now that it’s accepted that women can vote, it kind of suggests that actually …

Young women today and their views on suffrage: Street interviews The Independent I spoke to a group of twenty-somethings out on a shopping trip about their views on women’ssuffrage and the importance of voting. Their responses were very disheartening, and highlights a serious disillusionment with voting among young people in Britain.

When did calls for women’s suffrage start in Britain? The Independent The first woman to vote in Britain was Lily Maxwell in 1867, as her name was added by accident to the electoral register, as she possessed the adequate property to be eligible to vote, were she a man (according to www.parliament.uk the 1832 Great …

Memo to Jo Swinson: men have body image issues, too New Statesman Whatever the merits of her actions, a far more interesting question to consider is why is the campaign only focused on women and girls? According to the government’s own research, the issueof body confidence is linked to a broad range of weight …

I’ve got to stop saying I’m a ‘typical girl’ Telegraph.co.uk We started this week off with a very interesting few words from women’s minister Jo Swinson. Parents should stop telling their children they look beautiful, she told me in an interview, because it places too much emphasis on appearance and can lead to …

 

UK: Members call for more female councillors in Gloucestershire. Germany’s Paradox: Family-Friendly Benefits, But Few Kids.

Queen’s Speech: Coalition reaches out to women with pensions and new rights … The Independent Ministers – conscious that the Coalition government is struggling to reach out to female voters – say the social care plans, as well as a shake-up of pensions, will particularly benefit women. A Pensions Bill will overhaul the state pension system by

Elected members call for more female councillors in Gloucestershire This is Gloucestershire That’s the view of county councillors who believe more women should be encouraged to stand for election. Of the 53 seats throughout the authority, only nine councillors are female following last week’s election. Among them, Cheltenham-based councillor …

Rocky road to the top for women in the workforce dw.de Women in leadership positions is still a rare occurance in Germany. Why is that? Successful female bosses used an opportunity to meet with the chancellor and tell her just what’s needed.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel bluntly asked the women from the outset to share their experiences. Especially any difficulties they faced when it came to advancing their careers. The discussion at the chancellery was merciless and lively – entrepreneurs, mayors and scientists did not mince their words. One hundred women, who are, or are aiming to be, top in their chosen field, sat in illustrious company with the chancellor. While she controls the government, no woman heads any of Germany’s 30 major companies. So, there is a lot to talk about.

Germany’s Paradox: Family-Friendly Benefits, But Few Kids KERA News German Labour Minister Ursula von der Leyen (at left, shown here with German Chancellor Angela Merkel) has been the main government architect of measures aimed at helping women reconcile careers with having children. Germany is regarded as one of …

Why don’t Iowa voters elect women? Dubuque Telegraph Herald Academic research has also shown that, nationally, women are less likely to consider running for office because of family responsibilities or a perception that they are not qualified. And veteran women politicians also say many voters hold traditional …

GOP’s New Outreach to Women: It’s a Trap The Nation House Republicans are launching their first concerted effort to win back female voters on Tuesday with the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, a bill that’s being packaged as a lifeline to working moms across the country. Unfortunately, the …

Conservative Women’s Group Claims Credit In Mark Sanford’s Win BuzzFeed A conservative non-profit that was among the few national groups to back former Governor Mark Sanford, despite his complicated personal life, claimed victory on Tuesday night, and celebrated a $250,000 independent expenditure spent in the final week in …

 

Mannequin election woman acquitted. Has Cameron won the battle of the sexes? Former Labour minister: Cameron has ‘woman problem’.

Why can’t David Cameron find female political journalists to question him? The Guardian (blog) Where have all the women in the lobby gone? That’s the question both former political journalist Cathy Newman and Guido Fawkes have been asking after both David Cameron and Nick Clegg failed to take a single question from a female journalist at the …

Prime Minister’s Questions: David Cameron v Ed Miliband BBC News David Cameron has defended the decision to cap benefit rises at 1% a year, calling it “fair and right”. He said the coalition was acting “in the national interest”, in a turbulent Prime Minister’s Questions session. But Labour leader Ed Miliband said the change was “hitting women three times as hard” as men and accused the government of “dividing the nation”.

FactCheck: has David Cameron won the battle of the sexes? Channel 4 News (blog) The claim “There are more women in work than at any time in our history.” - David Cameron, Prime Minister’s Questions, 9 January 2013

The background Back at the House of Commons for the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the year, Ed Miliband wasted little time taking aim at David Cameron over his record on women. The prime minister, he said, had promised to “make sexual inequality history”, yet changes to the benefits system were “hitting women three times as hard as men”. Wasn’t it another “broken promise”, Mr Miliband asked?

“There are more women in work than at any time in our history,” was Mr Cameron’s riposte.

Ruth Lea: How to attract more women’s votes? It’s the economy, stupid Conservative Home (blog) But when it comes to attracting more women’s votes (and indeed men’s) economic prosperity, the cost of living and the labour market are consistently high on the list of the electorate’s concerns. Prosaic and hackneyed though it may seem, it really is …

David Cameron has ‘woman problem’ says former Labour minister Marilyn Stowe Blog Recently introduced cuts to child benefit show that Prime Minister David Cameron has a “woman problem”, former Labour cabinet minister Dame Tessa Jowell has claimed.Speaking to the Telegraph, the former Olympics minister said the changes did not make sense and highlighted the recent announcement of a scheme which should allow working mothers to claim back £2,000 per child per year to help with the costs of childcare.

Aberdeen ‘Helena Torry’ mannequin election woman Renee Slater acquitted bbc.co.uk An Aberdeen woman charged after a mannequin was entered as a candidate in last year’s city council election has been acquitted. Renee Slater was taken to court over the name Helena Torry being put forward to stand in the May election. She was charged under the Representation of the People Act 1983 and went on trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court this week.

 

MP Clwyd challenges Cameron over NHS. Manifesto: Uni’s global ranking should include gender equality measure, Women, immigrants on the rise in Merkel’s makeover

Autumn Statement hits women harder than ever – Cooper Labour Party House of Commons library analysis: Women hit four times harder by tax and benefit changes. Yvette Cooper MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, responding to the Autumn Statement, said: “The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement today hits women harder than ever. House of Commons library analysis shows women will be hit four times harder by the new direct tax, tax credit and benefit changes they have analysed….’

Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd challenges David Cameron over NHS  WalesOnline Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd today fought back tears in the Commons when she challenged David Cameron to improve the standard of “care and compassion” in nursing care. Her plea followed her description this week of how her husband died in October “like a battery hen” at Cardiff’s University Hospital of Wales. Mr Cameron acknowledged there were “very real problems” in the NHS and extended his sympathy.

Cynon Valley MP Ann Clwyd faced up to Prime Minister David Cameron over the death of her husband Owen Roberts

Clegg to fast-track monarchy changes Herald Scotland Legislation to ensure the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s baby becomes monarch – whether a boy or a girl – is to be introduced as rapidly as possible, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said. Legislation to ensure the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s …

Nick Clegg: Succession law change has been ‘agreed’ BBC News The government has reached an agreement with all other Commonwealth countries to change the laws which put men ahead of women in the line of royal succession. The legislation will also remove the bar on anyone in the line of succession marrying a Roman Catholic.

Women demand seat at the tables  Times Higher Education A university’s ranking in global league tables should be based in part on measures of gender equality, according to a manifesto demanding equality of opportunity and pay for female academics. The manifesto, agreed by 50 academics from the UK, Australia and Asian countries following a British Council workshop on the subject, also calls for institutions to declare how many of their professors, top researchers and students are female. In 2010, just 29 per cent of researchers worldwide were female, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. See also: Gender Equity and University Rankings Inside Higher Ed

Women, immigrants on the rise in Merkel’s conservative makeover Reuters More women and immigrants in party posts. Aygul Ozkan, the daughter of a Turkish tailor, is the new face of Germany’s ruling conservatives. Her election to the leadership board of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) represents a facelift for a party that has for decades been dominated by white, Christian, predominantly male politicians. Ozkan, 42, minister of social affairs in Lower Saxony state, is a rising star in a party which, under Angela Merkel, is bent on rejuvenating an image that is as stodgy as the meat, noodles and potatoes served at its party congress in Hanover.

 

UK: Two Lib Dem peers on anti-stalking law and violence against women. Opinion: If we betray Afghan women, the Taliban win

The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) Leads a Team to Rescue a 14 Year Old Girl From Being Married Off AllAfrica.com On the 30th of November the CGE received a complaint from an anonymous caller citing that a 14 year old child in KwaMthandeni, outside kwaMaphumulo in KwaZulu-Natal, was due to marry a man above the age of 40 on the 16th of December 2012. The girl was a replacement for her 20 year old sister who had been chosen in the church by this man. Upon finding that she is pregnant by another man, the sister ran off, hence the suitor and the family agreed that the younger sister should take her place.

S.African women rights at risk as Zuma woos tribal chiefs TrustLaw Traditional courts are the most accessible form of justice for poor, rural South Africans, and their power is growing, setting back the clock on women’s rights in one of Africa’s most progressive countries. Their increasing influence is largely thanks …

Afghan schoolgirls study in an open air school in Jalalabad. Violence against women is a major problem in Afghanistan

If we betray Afghan women, the Taliban win CNN If a woman is free to vote and determine her own future and a girl is free to get an education, then more than 12 years of American engagement have not been in vain. A strong Afghan woman is a defeat for the Taliban. A determined Afghan woman who can …

Trust Women Conference: The Biggest Issues in Women’s Rights New York Times (blog) Activists from around the world introduced the most pressing issues of law and rights facing women at the first session of the two-day Trust Women Conference on Dec. 4, hosted by the International Herald Tribune and Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Hussein-Ece and Brinton on stalking, under-representation of women and … Liberal Democrat Voice November 25th saw the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This occasion was marked by a debate in the House of Lords last Thursday. Just reading the Hansard account of the debate made me feel sick. There was a former surgeon describe the hours of surgery it took to reconstruct one woman’s face after a violent attack by her partner. There were descriptions of how girls as young as 12 were subjected to Female Genital Mutilation in this country despite laws against it. Where is the worst place in the world to be a woman? Reputedly a province in the Democratic Republic of Congo where 40 women are raped every day. In India, 50% of men and women believe that wife-beating is justified if a woman disrespects her in-laws or neglects the house.

 

UK: Labour MP David Lammy: Ethnic minority women face jobs ‘catastrophe’, France: Bruni backpedals on feminism remarks

Labour MP David Lammy: Ethnic minority women face jobs ‘catastrophe’ BBC News Black and minority ethnic women face “catastrophic” levels of unemployment and are discriminated against at “every stage” of the recruitment process, a group of MPs has warned. The BBC has seen a report from the all-party parliamentary group on race and community which says racial bias holds some women back from getting a job.

@thedailybeast After Twitter campaign, Carla Bruni backpedals on feminism remarks
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Call it another first-lady smackdown in France. First Valérie Trierweiler, Socialist President François Hollande’s partner, spent months fielding blistering criticism over one impulsive tweet. This week French social media have turned their wrath on ex–première dame Carla Bruni-Sarkozy for appearing to dismiss feminism in a French fashion magazine. The supermodel turned pop star’s faux pas won’t soon be forgotten, if Trierweiler’s experience is any indication. But in the end Bruni-Sarkozy just may have taken one for the team.

 

World: US GOP adds woman to chair House committee, France to enact sexual equality laws, Women’s Status in Israel, Women’s 30 Percent Role Doubted

After criticism, GOP adds woman to chair House committee NBCNews.com (blog) After criticism, GOP adds woman to chair House committee. By NBC’s Luke Russert. After enduring negative headlines that all of the House Republican committee chairmanships will be filled by men in the next Congress, Republicans have found their woman.

Why Is GOP Leadership Still So Pale and Male? U.S. News & World Report (blog) Elections have consequences and lessons, and Republicans are saying they are learning theirs. The party must reach out to women and ethnic and racial minorities if it is to remain a viable force in American politics. So what did the House Republican …

French Minister for Women’s Rights and Government spokeperson Najat Vallaud-Belkacem leaves the Elysee presidential Palace Photo: AFP

France set to enact sweeping changes to sexual equality laws Telegraph.co.uk The proposals will include “ABC of gender equality” lessons for children as young as six, the threat of imposing compulsory equal pay for men and women in the same jobs and tougher laws on domestic violence. France’s women’s rights minister Najat …

Former minister’s legal circus makes a sideshow of women in politics Sydney Morning Herald PARIS: Beyond the criminal allegations aimed at the former president Nicolas Sarkozy, the most explosive legal case in France at the moment involves his protegee Rachida Dati. Lawyers for the former conservative justice minister will be at the Tribunal …

Women’s 30 Percent Role Doubted AllAfrica.com Pushing for concerted efforts to increase women’s participation in governance, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has expressed doubts about the achievement of 30% women representation in the National Legislature as assurance of bringing gender equality …

Women’s group says Election 2012 is test for Ghana Vibe Ghana The Upper East Regional Inter sectoral Gender Network RESIGNET, constituting past and present Assembly Women Association, queen mothers and civil society organizations on Thursday saidElection 2012 was a crucial test for the country’s democracy…

Divided Kuwait votes as opposition boycotts Times of India Four Kuwaiti women made history in 2009 when they won seats in parliament for the first time, but no woman was elected in the February legislative polls. The electorate is to vote at around 100 polling stations in schools, with separate centres for men …

Why Women Must Be at the Heart of Phase II of the Arab Spring Huffington Post (blog) The pivotal issues in Egypt are women’s rights, the role of religion in a democracy and the expression of faith. The key questions on women’s rights are: Will marriage and inheritance be tied to Shariah law or will Islamists who want gender segregation …

Assessing Problems of Women’s Status in Israel Forward (blog) Nearly every month, it seems, there is troubling news relating to the status of women in Israel. Late last year it was women forced to sit at the back of public busses, and then Haredim attacking schoolgirls in Beit Shemesh for being insufficiently modest.

 

UK: Stop killing the NHS: Longest-serving nurse tells Cameron to end the cuts, Dorries Claims Cameron Tries To ‘Control’ MPs

The Government must get a grip on women’s drinking problems The Telegraph England’s drinking culture particularly among young women needs to change in order to stop the “rising tide” of liver disease, the Chief Medical officer has warned.

Wardly wise: Nurse Jean Colclough. Photo: John Alevroyiannis

Stop killing the NHS: Longest-serving nurse tells David Cameron to end the cuts Mirror.co.uk Britain’s longest-serving nurse is urging David Cameron to stop the savage cuts that are tearing apart the NHS. Jean Colclough, who is about to retire after 56 years on the wards, has a clear message for the PM, telling him: “Please give us more …

Nadine Dorries Claims David Cameron Tries To ‘Control’ MPs Huffington Post UK I’m A Celebrity MP Nadine Dorries renewed hostilities with prime minister David Cameron on Saturday by accusing him of trying to “control” Conservative MPs. The backbencher, who had the Tory whip suspended when she disappeared into the Australian …

Nadine Dorries hits out at David Cameron after I’m A Celebrity stint Metro Nadine Dorries hits out at David Cameron after I’m A Celebrity stint. Nadine Dorries has taken another swipe at David Cameron following her exit from I’m A Celebrity, accusing him of controlling MPs’ votes in the Commons. Related Tags: Nadine Dorries…