Hello 50:50 Hope you are having a good summer,

Here are 5 snippets of campaign news:

1. A small step in the right direction for a 50:50 Parliament was made yesterday when the Tory Chairman Brandon Lewis announced that he wanted women to make up 50% of Tory candidate shortlists: https://www.conservatives.com/sharethefacts/2018/08/the-voice-of-women-in-politics
2. Frances Scott was on the Radio 4 "PM" Programme explaining why Magna Carta makes her angry, listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bd6y62#playt=00h51m32s
3. The #CourageCalls #AskHerToStand event that 50:50 hosted with Fawcett in July was a fantastic success with lots of women signing up to stand as a result, see Germaine Broadbent's blog: https://5050parliament.co.uk/5050-fawcett-join-forces-to-inspire-more-women-to-westminster/
4. Angela Crawley MP gave some inspirational answers to "50:50 Voice" Editor Mojo Abidi's 10 Questions: https://5050parliament.co.uk/10-questions-for-angela-crawley/
   
   
5. "Not Yet Suffragette" a show by Natalie Cutler at the Edinburgh Fringe in support of 50:50 has had great reviews book tickets here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/not-yet-suffragette

So even though Parliament is in recess the campaigning continues! 

Frances, Natalie, Mojo, Germaine, Brian

And All #5050Parliament Team