How do you think history will judge all women's shortlists in the Labour Party? Pros and cons. Well, they've worked.

I mean, in 2019, a majority of Labour MPs were women, just about 50, 51, 52% of the Labour MPs elected. And indeed, because of that, Labour have had to abandon the policy of some seats. I should explain what all women's shortlists are really. Basically, the Labour Party decided that certain constituencies, the only people who could apply were women. So men weren't allowed to apply in those seats. So there would be a shortlist drawn up that was all women. And that led to the 2019 election, where a majority of the parliamentary Labour Party were women. Also, just finally, this election,

irrespective of the outcome, is going to be one of those watershed moments where just loads of people have laughed and loads of new people are coming in. Yeah, I mean, it could be as

many as half. I mean, if Labour were to get a huge majority, you could see more than half. I mean, we know that it's well over 100 MPs are retiring. Well, if you get another 200 who lose their seats and that could happen, then you could see the biggest change in the House of Commons since 1945. Michael, thank

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