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Article: THE QUEEN OF SPIN: Is Labour turning its back on those talented women?(Features)

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August 27, 2000
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Trouble is brewing for Labour in the Parliament again. And the problem is of its own making.

If the party got anything right in its rules for selecting MSPs, it was to come up with a system which made sure women were elected.

The Scottish Parliament would be a very different and lesser place without women like Margaret Curran, Karen Gillion, Pauline McNeil and Johanne Lamont.

They are sitting on the Labour benches because years of pressure ...

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