Harvey Proctor

Harvey Proctor is president of Falsely Accused Carers and Teachers (FACT), Private Secretary to the Duke of Rutland and a former MP

Why must the next Labour deputy leader be a woman?

Harriet Harman has declared that the next deputy leader of the Labour party “definitely needs to be a woman.” I greatly respect Baroness Harman, but such a view is absurd and discriminatory. Equality must be rooted in mandate and merit, not gender diktat. Why should men not receive equal protection for their health? For nearly