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UK election 2015: Female Labour MPs to tour in PINK election battle bus intended to woo women voters
Pink minibus which will be used to by Deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman to launch the woman-to-woman campaign
Labour’s top women MPs are planning an election tour of key seats in a special pink mini-bus.
Deputy leader Harriet Harman said the “woman-to-woman” campaign will aim to visit more than 70 constituencies in the run-up to polling day on May 7.
It is the first time Labour has a mounted a separate election drive aimed at female voters and will see Ms Harman, along with rising stars Lucy Powell MP and Gloria de Piero MP, talk to women in shopping centres, army bases, sure start centres and work canteens.
Travelling in a 16-seater minibus, they will focus on the marginal seats where Labour is fielding women MPs.
Ms Harman said they wanted to show politics was not just a “men-only” activity.
“We don’t want women to give up on politics. If you look at the figures, the disaffection that there is with politics is even more pronounced among women.
“We want women to feel that this is their democracy and politics is for them as well as for men. Politics is too important to be left to be a men-only activity. We are saying this is a woman-to-woman activity,” she said.
The campaign will highlight Labour’s commitment to help women with the cost of childcare, caring for elderly relatives, tackling domestic violence and improving pay and working conditions.
Ms Harman denied it was “patronising” and suggested the bus was closer to magenta than pink.
Ms De Piero, the shadow minister for Women and Equalities, added: “Woman to Woman is all about getting out and speaking to women across the country about the issues they care about and how a Labour Government can and will deliver for them – from saving our NHS to more support for working families with the cost of childcare, an £8 minimum wage and action on equal pay.
“I want to enter Government with the voices of the women we meet across the country still ringing in our ears. That way, we will make sure we are a Government that delivers for women and their families.”
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