Brighton Short Breaks recognises Brighton and Hove presenting its as the most Right On town in the country this week with the fact that it is the first occurance a parliamentary election has ensured an all-female list of campaigners.

20 years after Mrs Thatcher broke political history  by being appointed  the first ever Prime Minister the complaint that the halls of Westminster are still a masculine  hall  ring just as forte as ever! So, Brighton and Hove’s totally female  short list of Parliamentary campaigners contributes some boost to a likely future switch of base in the sex equaliser in the political power domain .

Being cited in The Argus , Fawcett Society chief executive Ceri Goddard said: “If all the candidates are women that is cause for celebration but also concern that it has taken until 2009, whereas all-male elections are still the norm.

“The voters if Brighton can be pleased that whom ever they elect they will be a step closer to closing the gender gap in parliament where currently less than 20% of our MP’s are women – less than Iraq, Afghanistan and Rwanda.”

‘Less than Iraq, Afghanistan and Rwanda……… ‘ – personally that peculiar assertion left me slightly fuddled about the state of our governmental arena and interested as to the causes for male mastery above and beyond the prehistorical precedence that men should have it all their own way – and its a whole Pandoras box of debate that is healthiest left for some other place .

But my intention here now is as – as always – to fly the flag for Brighton and Hove and certify how advanced reckoning and politically alive our town is, and having  a ratio of men to women in parliament  more typical of the population, is in my notion, a pace in the true direction!