Caroline Flint's foul mouth

Gordon Brown was right to sack Caroline Flint. The woman has done this country no favours in her ministerial "career". Her absurd attack on the Prime Minister just proves the point. And, yes, he may be grumpy and bit gauche around women, but he is certainly no misogynist. She branded Gordon Brown a 'f****** b******' as she stormed out of Government in anger at his 'sexism', it has been claimed. That sexism she calls "window dressing". She says the PM used women as 'a smokescreen, a way of making it look like you've got a lot of women around the table' while giving them little influence. How she thinks the country can fall for that rubbish beggars belief.

Caroline Flint is a woman who thinks highly of her own abilities. She appears to be (I take from the Farage comment) a curious hybrid, part temptress, part machievellian schemer. Basically, a woman to be given a wide berth, which is precisely what Gordon Brown has done.

Every time she comes on Question Time, her lips curl in snide ripostes to the audience. She definitely has a massive chip on her shoulder. Ex-MP Oona King, Gordon Brown's former aide, said it was 'absolute nonsense' to suggest he had a problem with women. She also accused Ms Flint of exploiting her sexuality. She said, "She shocked a lot of women in the party by often posing in a fashion that implies she's more interested in the way she looks than the policies she presents." Touché