Amber Rudd today blamed the 'sexism' of male Tory MPs for Theresa May's failure to get her Brexit deal through the House of Commons. The bruising accusations against the Eurosceptic ERG group of Tory MPs came in an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live. Asked whether she thought Mrs May's deal had been rejected because she was a woman, Ms Rudd said: It is difficult not to share that view.' Pressed on whether sexism was involved, Ms Rudd said: 'I think absolutely there was a whiff of sexism.' 'But it felt, as a woman who is actively involved in politics, that there was a whiff of sexism,' Ms Rudd said.

Source: Daily Mail October 15, 2019 12:18 UTC