This deal with the DUP is just another sign of the Tory disregard for women’s rights

Even setting aside questions about abortion, modern Conservatism remains firmly in favour of the exploitation of female bodies.

By Glosswitch

Last year, when the race to Number 10 was down to Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom, leading Tories wasted no time in flaunting the party’s feminist credentials.

“We will have a woman Prime Minister,” declared Iain Duncan Smith. “The Conservative Party, yet again, leading the way on this.” The situation, tweeted Boris Johnson, proved his party to be “the most progressive in Britain”.