I always wonder why so many women are in senior posts are they selected on genuine merit or is it to tick the equality and diversity boxes. ? I remember Dianne Abbott as Shadow Home Secretary, before the election the local Labour candidate was canvassing in my area I told him had it not been for the fact that that Dianne Abbott would have been Home Secretary should labour have won I would have voted for them. His response was that black women were underrepresented in politics and he was not keen to see her removed from her post. She had a much closer previous relationship with Jeremy Corbyn, so interestingly she was relieved of her post when Keir Starmer took over. Take Cressida Dick a woman, lesbian, how many boxes did that tick? And when senior women get appointed they always make a big deal about it "The first woman". Does it matter? Isn't it important that they can do the job rather than diversity?