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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

Boris Johnson allowing ‘wild west’ of misogyny in parliament, Tracy Brabin says

Tracy Brabin at City Square in Leeds.
Tracy Brabin: ‘This behaviour will only get worse because of the dereliction of duty of the leader.’ Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Boris Johnson is allowing a “wild west” culture of misogyny to grow in Westminster by failing to tackle “the arrogance of privately educated men,” England’s only female metro mayor has said.

Tracy Brabin, the Labour mayor for West Yorkshire, said: “The idea that somebody who was elected by the public is watching pornography on his phone whilst being at work – I think it’s an aggressive act in the first instance, because women and others will see you doing that. And it’s an arrogance that they are above the law.

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