Tory MPs Are ‘Pretend Socialists’ Picked Due To Gender Or Race, Says Anti-Feminist Philip Davies

Davies also claimed that “political correctness is a form of political control” used by left-wingers and “Conservatives must fight it with all our might”. 

“I think we will only have true equality when we don’t think about somebody’s sex or their or race or their sexuality or anything else for that matter,” he said.  

The 2017 general election delivered the most diverse parliament ever, with a rise in the number of women, LGBT and ethnic minority MPs.

Just 32% of MPs in the Commons are female, but the Davies’ party has a lower proportion; Labour’s figure is 45% while the Conservatives’ is 21%.

Of a possible 650 MPs, there are 52 from a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background; 32 are Labour, 19 Conservatives and one Lib Dem. 

Boris Johnson, who took over after Theresa May was effectively ousted by Eurosceptics, is attempting to renegotiate a Brexit deal with Brussels. 

May’s deal was three times voted down when members of the backbench Tory faction the European Research Group, of which Davies is a member, joined with the DUP to rebel.