Oh so very well said.
Looks like I'm the only one who's appalled at Morrissey's words:
"I cannot use the him/her term in relation to a Prime Minister because, as we all know, Margaret Thatcher has ensured that a female Prime Minister would never again be risked." Ermmm... why?
If Margaret Thatcher had been a male Prime Minister and you wouldn't agree with anything he does and you'd think that he did great harm to the entire nation, would you say your country shouldn't risk another male PM? So isn't it the political views you confront, is it now the gender of the person?
You are completely correct - if you're dealing with reasonable, rational people. But a lot of voters/people are not.
Because of Thatcher, women politicians are likely to be tarred with the same brush. It's not right that that happens - they're completely different people, with different policies etc etc - but that's discrimination isn't it.
Morrissey was just really stating a fact I think.
I have decided (I'm sure you're all fascinated!) that I disagree with Morrissey about Jamie Orrible (Oliver). He can be rightly criticised for being, err, very un-vegetarian and for being really,
really annoying. But I think he should be applauded for his '15' initiative and for his campaigns in the UK and US promoting basic cooking skills and healthy diets for kids and adults.
He has literally put his money where his (massively annoying) mouth is, and he's invested a lot of time and effort in causes he believes in and taken a lot of flak in the process. I don't really like him, but I think I sort of admire him.
Isn't he the sort of person that, if Morrissey actually talked to him and explained the impact of the meat industry on the planet, would probably see the light and go out there and do something about it? He already highlighted the cruelty of the meat industry by slaughtering a lamb on TV and by constantly mentioning during his Turkey Twizler campaign that the animals making them were treated like crap.
This is a really badly written post, I don't think I've really explained myself very well, but in a nutshell, I think Morrissey is (sadly) correct in summing up Thatchers impact on women in this country and is a somewhat wrong in dismissing Jamie Oliver out of hand.