The abuse scandal was going to be as big as MPs’ expenses. So what’s happened? | Kate Maltby

Newsnight’s report shows that Andrea Leadsom’s committee is no threat to Westminster’s toxic culture of entitlementIn January of this year, I was interviewed for the Guardian alongside two other women who’d made complaints of sexual harassment against politicians. We were a Tory, a Liberal Democrat and a Labour activist. Supporting us was the leader of the Women’s Equality party, Sophie Walker. She looked back to October of last year, when the outermost tides of the Harvey Weinstein scandal first lapped against the banks of Westminster. “At the beginning of this, people thought this was the next expenses scandal and it was going to tear parliament apart. It hasn’t. Why? Because basically we care more about MPs who spend money on duck houses than MPs who grope, assault, harass and frighten women. And that is an absolute indictment of this system.” Related: House of Commons denies bullying claims involving John Bercow Continue reading…
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