It was unveiled as Labour’s latest vehicle for attracting women’s votes at the election. But Harriet Harman’s pink minibus immediately came under fire for being ‘patronising’ and ‘sexist’. The 16-seat van will tour Britain ahead of the election in what the party is calling its ‘Woman to Woman’ campaign. Scroll down for video Pink: Female Labour MPs will travel the country in a women's-only battle bus painted pink, it was revealed Miss Harman claimed the bus was ‘something new and something different’, which would encourage women who were ‘disillusioned’ by politics and create a ‘Domesday Book’ of women’s demands for politicians.
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Labour's deputy leader rejected accusations the party is 'patronising'
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Decision to choose bright pink van was ridiculed as an 'embarrassment'
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Labour MPs have previously hit out at the 'all pink environment' for girls
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She said the ‘collective’ that selected the colour ruled out red because it would be like all other @placeholder buses and they wanted ‘something different’.